nVelocity suggestions

Thanks for this feedback, I will forward it on and see what we can get done for you.

Hi Patrick,

I also find there is a regular need for this. Please can you let me know if this is possible also?

Thanks

Adam

You should be able to do this via a widget extension. See the below sample.  (Note, I've typed this straight into the editor - apologies for any typos)

var page = HttpContext.Currrent.Handler as System.Web.UI.Page;
if (page != null)
{
  page.Head.Controls.Add(new Literal("<!--This markup goes in the head-->");
  page.ClientScript.RegisterScriptBlock(this.GetType(), "key", "<script>alert('hello world');</script>");
}

Thanks Alex, I guess we could do it like this also (how we used to in TC5.6 and below):

Type cstype = oThis.GetType();

System.Web.UI.ClientScriptManager cs = currentPage.ClientScript;

if (!cs.IsStartupScriptRegistered(cstype, scriptId))

{

   String script = string.Format("<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"{0}\"></" + "script>", "/path/to/script.js");

   cs.RegisterStartupScript(cstype, scriptId, script, false);

}

Is this likely to be supported ootb in TC7 with #RegisterHeader ?

Thanks

Adam

I don't think you want to use RegisterStartupScript.  If I recall correctly, RegisterStartupScript registers the script at the end of the page, so you might as well use #RegisterEndOfPageHtml .  (I may be wrong, I always get confused about where each ClientScriptManager method actually registers .

Also note if you want to register a CSS style in the header, you can use $core_v2_page.AddLink

e.g. $core_v2_page.AddLink("stylesheet", $core_v2_widget.GetFileUrl('anythingslider.css'), "%{}")

The 7.0 support for this is via a plugin, not currently using a new directive.  So it would apply to all pages -- not just pages that register a header via an extension.

In what scenarios would registering a header/topOfPageHtml be useful?  I just want to ensure that I fully understand the need.