This method sets the contents of the EditLive! applet between the <HTML> tags. It will replace any existing contents of the applet with the contents the method is provided with as its parameter. This method takes a JavaScript string as its only parameter.
Syntax
JavaScript
editliveInstance.setDocument(strDocument);
Parameters
strDocument
A string of the contents to be placed into the EditLive! applet.
Example
The following code creates a <TEXTAREA>, named documentContents, that will have its contents loaded into an instance of EditLive! via the setDocument method. The setDocument method will be associated with a HTML button. The name of the EditLive! applet is editlivejs.
<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="documentContents" cols="40" rows="10">
<html><body><p>Content to be loaded</p></body></html>
</TEXTAREA>
</P>
<P>Click this button to set applet contents</P>
<P>
<INPUT type="button"
name="button1"
value="Set Contents"
onClick="editlivejs.setDocument(encodeURI(document.exampleForm.documentContents.value));">
</P>
<!--Create an instance of EditLive!-->
<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
var editlivejs;
editlivejs = new EditLiveJava("editlive", 450, 275);
editlivejs.setConfigurationFile("sample_config.xml");
editlivejs.show();
</SCRIPT>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
The string passed to the JavaScript setDocument 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.