How to link external javascript file onclick of button

Question

The javascript file is there in Public/Scripts/filename.js. I have a template file in template/form.tmpl.html. Root folder contains Public and template folders

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Answer 1

By loading the .js file first and then calling the function via onclick, there's less coding and it's fairly obvious what's going on. We'll call the JS file zipcodehelp.js.

HTML:

    


    
Use Button to execute function in '.js' file.
    
    Get Zip Help!

And the contents of zipcodehelp.js is :

function ZipcodeHelp() {
  alert("If Zipcode is missing in list at left, do: \n\n\
    1. Enter any zipcode and click Create Client. \n\
    2. Goto Zipcodes and create new zip code. \n\
    3. Edit this new client from the client list.\n\
    4. Select the new zipcode." );
}

Hope that helps! Cheers!

–Ken