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Example

The following script replaces all of the placeholders on a postcard. It takes advantage of the

JavaScript replace() command. Assuming that the ID of the block that requires personalization

is promoblock, the script has to have its selector set to #promoblock.

var block = results.html();

var data = record.fields;

block = block.replace('@name@',data.first + ' ' + data.last);

block = block.replace('@address@',data.address);

block = block.replace('@zip@',data.zip);

block = block.replace('@city@',data.city);

block = block.replace('@country@',data.country);

block = block.replace('@saldo@',data.saldo);

block = block.replace('@promo@',data.promo);

block = block.replace('@customercode@', data.customercode);

…

results.html(block);

The first line retrieves the HTML of the promo block and stores it in a variable called block. To

make the code more readible, the fields from the record are stored in a variable named data.

After replacing the placeholders by values, the script replaces the HTML of the promoblock with

the personalized string.

Loading a snippet via a script

Instead of dragging it into the content directly, it is possible, and often very useful, to load a

snippet dynamically. Create a script (see "Writing your own scripts" on page218) and in the

code, use the following function:

results.loadhtml(‘snippets/nameofthesnippet.html’)

This function will insert the snippet in the content at any position where the script's selector is

encountered.

For more examples, see "loadhtml()" on page454.

Note

Make sure that the file name is exactly the same as the file in the Snippets folder. If the

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