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5/12/2009 10:37 AM
 
Randy Hook

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Could anyone tell me how to access the SkinPath variable from within a block of JavaScript code? I've seen several examples of referencing SkinPath from the markup (<%=SkinPath%>), but I'm not sure how to translate that into JavaScript.
 
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5/12/2009 2:28 PM
 
Randy Hook

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Actually, I do have the following working:

var x = "<%= SkinPath %>";

The key to that was to have the script running in the same ascx file that inherits from DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Skin. I have a few ascx files that merge together (header, skin and footer). Header and footer inherit from System.Web.UI.UserControl, so those controls had no idea what SkinPath was.

The next challenge is, "How do I get the SkinPath over to an external JavaScript file?"
 
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5/12/2009 4:42 PM
 
Randy Hook

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I've implemented a solution that involves storing the SkinPath into a hidden field in skin.ascx, then accessing that hidden field in header.ascx, via inline JavaScript.

The next challenge is to move the JavaScript to an external file. The problem is, how do you declare <script src=XYZ.js> when you don't know where XYZ.js is until you run the script?
 
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5/13/2009 4:47 AM
 
Timo Breumelhof


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If you write the js variable to the page, any JS in an external file could access it as long as it is loaded after the variable on the page.
So i'm not sure why you want to write the varialbe to the external JS file?
 
 
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5/13/2009 10:46 AM
 
Randy Hook

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Ah yes. Thanks. That saves a few lines of code.

I'm also using the SkinPath now to tell my Header.ascx where to find the external JS, before actually using it. Everything is working beautifully.
 
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