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Subject:Re: Robohelp 8: javascript for custom buttons From:Robert Courtney <bobsc1 -at- earthlink -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:51:43 -0800
Paul,
Thanks for the info on the robohelp customization. I can use that.
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On 1/19/2010 11:03 AM, Paul Hanson wrote:
> I would download Rick Stone's (free) "Skinny on Skins" for WebHelp - http://www.robowizard.com/RoboWizard/Downloads/Skinny_on_Skins.htm - and look at what it says about custom buttons.
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> Paul
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> Hi all,
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> Here's the situation:
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> I've added custom Previous and Next buttons to the skin I'm using, but when I try to set up the onLoad, onMouseOver, and onClick functionality, I can't seem to get the buttons to work. Visually, the rollover image swap works fine, but functionally, nothing happens when I click the buttons. whtbar.js appears to be the correct script to use, and cusButton(sOnLoad), cusButton(sOnMouseOver), cusButton(sOnClick) the correct calls, but I'm not getting anywhere using them.
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> Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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> Jan C.
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