Call Home button via scripting - Beta 2b

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Is it possible to place a HTML button on a page and call the “Home” button via the “Execute an HEScript Function”? PHP and/or JavaScript.

I have looked at “HTML Executable JavaScript API” in help, but my old head is not getting it OR maybe not possible?

Understand that I could simply place a link to the internal home page but need to know how to call via HEScript.

I really need to brush up on HEScript’ing and learn more :slight_smile: Searched forum but not finding what I need.

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In the documentation (latest beta), you have a topic called:
“How to call a javascript function from HEScript (toolbar, menubar)?”
This is probably what you are looking for.
The doc is not available online yet, so start HTML Executable Help and search for executehtmlscript

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Yes, I have read and reread this. But my issue is: I do not understand how to call the toolbar home function from a standard HTML button on HTML page. Seems easy enough but my old head is not grasping.

4

Basically, you want the browser to go to the homepage of the app?

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Yes, that is correct. Button on a HTML page that uses hescript to call home.

Simple to make a HTML link to home page, but users are on the school network and no way to get them back to home page. Hoping that can call home button via scripting.

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Create an HEScript procedure in UserMain:

procedure GoHome;
begin
GoToPage(GetString("SPubHomepage"), "");
end;

And then you can invoke GoHome with JavaScript or better simple HTML link:
<a href="hescript://UserMain.GoHome">Go to homepage</a>

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I had tried this, but it sends user to the “Web Homepage” listed in the default settings (i.e. https://example.com). I need the link to go to the home page listed in file manager.

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My bad, it should be the real homepage and not the web homepage :slight_smile:

procedure GoHome;
begin
GoToPage(GetGlobalVar("HomePage","fnf.htm"), "");
end;
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Perfect! Thank you.

I had some of the code right but did not have the fnf.htm. Never saw doc reference to fnf.htm but might have missed it.

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The “fnf.htm” is just a dummy filename in case of the homepage does not exist, it will show this one and since it does not exist too, it will show the classical 404 error page.

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