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bspindia
2 years agoHelpful | Level 7
Dropbox Embeder
able to embed pdf using anchor tags
but getting error as Drobox is not defined when trying to embed using Drobox(option,element)
Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
bspindia, Are you sure keep still set up the Embedder properly? 🤔 Make sure you put in the "dropins" script, at least (the Dropbox object comes from there).
PS: Make sure you remove all possible typos in your code! 😉 (Drobox ≠ Dropbox)
bspindia
2 years agoHelpful | Level 7
if i wouldn't appended the dropoin script to body, how would anchor tag embed will work ?
function textBookLibrary(){
$(".mNavCntnt").empty();
$(".mNavCntnt").append(
$("<div>").attr('class','tbContainer').append(
$("<div>").attr('name','subject').text("Health and Physical Science"),
$("<div>").attr("name",'chapter').append(
$("<span>").text("Chapter 1")
),
$("<a>").attr({
//'height':'400px','width':'200px',
//'frameborder':'0',
'class':'tbLesson',
'type':'application/pdf',
//'src':'assets/textBooks/jehp1ps.pdf',
}).addClass('dropbox-embed')
)
)
/*
let options = {
// Shared link to Dropbox file
file: {
// Sets the zoom mode for embedded files. Defaults to 'best'.
zoom: "best" // or "fit"
},
folder: {
// Sets the view mode for embedded folders. Defaults to 'list'.
view: "list", // or "grid"
headerSize: "normal" // or "small"
}
}
Dropbox.embed(options,$(".tbLesson"));
*/
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