Problems importing a JavaScript (.js) external file

Question

Hello everyone,
Within RoboHelp, I was able to write a JavaScript function for a link that asks our customer if a topic was helpful.  The code basically populates the topic name in the subject line in the e-mail to prevent us from entering the topic name for each topic.  Basic stuff.  Anyway, if I put the code in the topic itself and call the function, it works beautifully.  But if I reference an external file with the traditional reference tag, I have no luck and an "object not found" error message displays, which tells me that it cannot locate the .js file -- it is in my project folder.  No dice.
Any thoughts on this?  Has anyone experienced this before?  I am using RoboHelp 7.

Answer 1

Hi,
In the top of your HTML file stands an empty function: <script language=JavaScript>breadcrumbs()</script>. This is causing the error in your CHM. Remove this, or create a valid function.
Your script works fine in both CHM and WebHelp, but only the CHM gives an error message because of the empty function.
Greet,
Willam