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Table Of Contents
Functions and fields
Field Type Description
"html()" on
page1495
Gets or sets the HTML of the body element.
"margins" on
page1524
Margins Allows to set the header and footer of a Master Page, using
a Measurement string, for example: "2in" (this sets a margin
to two inches).
html()
In a Control Script, the html() function of a section or Master Page can be used to get the initial
contents of its <body>, and modify them. This makes it possible, for example, to populate a
section or Master Page with elements retrieved from a Content Management system, before
Standard Scripts run.
html()
Gets the initial contents of the <body> of a section or Master Page.
html(value)
Replaces the contents of the <body> of a section or Master Page with the supplied value. This
function is only available in Control Scripts. See also: "section" on page1515 and
"masterpage" on the previous page.
value
A String that may contain HTML tags.
Examples
The following script uses html() to retrieve the contents of a section and add a paragraph to it.
var foo = merge.context.sections["Section 1"].html();
foo += "<p>hello world</p>";
merge.context.sections["Section 1"].html( foo );
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