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OK, for the archives, I think I may have sussed it out.<br><br>In a text icon I have:<br><a href="asfunction:_level0.engine.help_function,Click">Click</a><br><br>help_function is the name of an isFunc script icon somewhere above the text icon that contains this:<br>eventObject.word = args[0];<br>rootIcon.broadcast('showDefinition');<br><br>Then I have an event response off an interaction set to icon: rootIcon and eventName: showDefinition<br><br>Below that in a script:<br>debug(eventObject.word);<br> <br>So when you click on the word "Click", it triggers the function and passes the word "Click" as an argument.<br>The function sets "Click" as the word property of eventObject, then broadcasts the "showDefinition" event, which is picked up by the event response.<br><br>Probably just re-invented the wheel, and slightly out of round to boot.<br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From: d_b_burnett@hotmail.com<br>To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>Subject: Call script function from HREF anchor?<br>Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:22:15 -0500<br><br>
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I can't seem to get the syntax for calling a named script icon function from an html link.<br><br> <br><hr>Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/">Sign up now.</a> <br /><hr />Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/' target='_new'>Sign up now.</a></body>
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