Accessing Project.SlideReference with Javascript?

Jun 04, 2019

Hi,

First, to the mods: I know you cannot answer JS questions, so, please, no need to reply and say that and invite others to help :)

Now: to any javascript genius types: is there anyway for me to access the Project.SlideReference variable via javascript or jQuery?

I tried :

And I get "null" returned, so any ideas would be great!

Thanks!

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Michael Anderson

almost 5 years ago06/04/19 at 6:16 pm (UTC)

I don't think built in variables can be accessed directly with javascript at this point. You will need to first use a trigger to set your own custom variable to the value of the built in variable, and then access your custom variable with javascript.

Seth Merriam
Author

almost 5 years ago06/04/19 at 7:19 pm (UTC)

Thanks, looks like I can't do that either... Project.SlideReference does not show up as an option :/

Michael Anderson

almost 5 years ago06/04/19 at 7:28 pm (UTC)

Make sure the variable you'e trying to set it to is also a number variable.

Seth Merriam
Author

almost 5 years ago06/04/19 at 8:24 pm (UTC)

AH! Thanks that's totally the reason. Sigh... I said to myself... Javascript doesn't care, it will typecast on the fly for strings and numbers, so I went with string for the variable. Me being lazy, so no one to blame but myself :P

Thanks for the help!

Michael Anderson

almost 5 years ago06/04/19 at 9:31 pm (UTC)

I get fast and loose with variable types sometimes too, so I understand. Sometimes is easier to go with a string because you're not sure what you're going to get back.

Accessing Project.SlideReference with Javascript?

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