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Thefollowingscriptsetsthebackgroundcolorofaspecifictablecellinanemailtoredifthevalueofthe

fieldTOTALhasanegativevalueinthecurrentrecord.

if(record.fields.TOTAL<0) {

query("#total").attr("bgcolor","red");

}

before()

InsertscontentbeforeoneormoreHTMLelements,whichcanbe:

l

Theelementsthatmatchtheselectorofascript(see"results"onpage1301).

l

Oneelementthatmatchestheselectorofascriptthatrunsfor"Eachmatchedelement"(see

"this"onpage1237and"Settingthescopeofascript"onpage813).

l

Theelementsreturnedbyaqueryinthetemplate(see"query()"onpage1197).

Seealso:"after()"onpage1242.

before(content)

Before(content)insertscontentbeforeoneormoreHTMLelementsandcreatesanewresultset.

content

String,HTMLstringorresultsettoinsertaftertheelements.Incaseaplaintextstringisprovided,itis

automaticallywrappedinaelementtoavoidorphantextnodestoappearinthe<body>ele-

ment.

Examples

ThisscriptlooksforanelementwiththeIDsalesrepandinsertsaparagraphbeforethatelement.

results.before("Lorem Ipsum");

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Selector Matched element Matched element after script execution

#salesrep <pid="salesrep">PeterParker Loremipsum

<pid="salesrep">PeterParker

Thisscriptdoesthesame,butitusesthequery()functiontolookuptheelement.

query("#salesrep").before("Lorem ipsum");

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