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JulieHolland
Community Member
12 years ago

JavaScript ?: Can I pull text from a text box into an email?

I have very little JavaScript experience and would be forever grateful if someone could help me fix an issue. I'm creating a very large branching scenario.  At the end of each branch, we are pr...
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TomWasham
Community Member
12 years ago

Hi Everyone,

I'm attempting to add javascript to a button so that it launches an email. My script appears to be working in other projects but isn't launching an email in my new course. Is there anyone who might be able to look over the script and or inspect the project to help me troubleshoot? Thanks in advance for the review!

var email="twasham@company.com";
var subject="Feedback Needed AAA Level 1A Post-Test";
 
var player = GetPlayer();
var body_start=new Array();
body_start[0]=player.GetVar("question1");
body_start[1]=player.GetVar("question2");
body_start[2]=player.GetVar("question3");
body_start[3]=player.GetVar("question4");
body_start[4]=player.GetVar("question5");
body_start[5]=player.GetVar("question6");
body_start[6]=player.GetVar("question7");
body_start[7]=player.GetVar("question8");

body_text = body_start[0] + "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[1]+ "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[2]+ "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[3]+ "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[4]+ "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[5]+ "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[6]+ "%0D%0A%0D%0A" + body_start[7];

 
var mailto_link='mailto:'+email+'?subject='+subject+'&body='+body_text;
win=window.open(mailto_link,'emailWin');

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