This method sets the contents of the EditLive! applet between the <BODY> tags. It will replace any existing contents of the applet with the contents the function is provided with as its parameter. This method takes a JavaScript string as its only parameter.
Syntax
JavaScript
editliveInstance.setBody(strBody);
Parameters
strBody
The string representing the contents to be placed into the EditLive! applet between the <BODY> tags.
Examples
The following code creates a <TEXTAREA>, named bodyContents, that will have its contents loaded into an instance of EditLive! via the setBody method. The setBody method will be associated with a HTML button. The name of the EditLive! applet is editlive_js.
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>EditLive! JavaScript Example</TITLE>
<!--Include the EditLive! JavaScript Library-->
<SCRIPT src="editlivejava/editlivejava.js" language="JavaScript">
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM name = exampleForm>
<P>EditLive! contents will be loaded from here</P>
<!--Create a textarea to load the applet contents from-->
<P>
<TEXTAREA name="bodyContents" cols="40" rows="10">
<p>Content to be loaded</p>
</TEXTAREA>
</P>
<P>Click this button to set applet contents</P>
<P>
<INPUT type="button"
name="button1"
value="Set Contents"
onClick="editlive_js.setBody(encodeURI(document.exampleForm.bodyContents.value));">
</P>
<!--Create an instance of EditLive!-->
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
var editlive_js = new EditLiveJava("editlive", 450, 275);
editlive_js.setConfigurationFile("sample_elconfig.xml");
editlive_js.show();
</SCRIPT>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
The string passed to the JavaScript setBody method must be URL encoded. It is recommended that a server-side URL encoding function be used if available as the JavaScript encodeURI function does not fully comply with the URL encoding standard.