Use object handle in JavaScript™

Learn to use object handle in JavaScript.

You can refer to a 3D or FLV object’s name in a JavaScript™ using the FM_ prefix.

The following JavaScript™ example uses the FM_ prefix with the object name. This example JavaScript™ code makes the relevant object transparent.

1. Insert an object in FrameMaker and name it as my3d in properties in the 3D menu.

2. Attach the following JavaScript™ code to the object. The object my3d is referred to in this code as FM_my3d.

   var i,count,tempObj; 
   count=FM_my3d.context3D.scene.meshes.count; 
   var selObj; 
   for( i=0;i<count;i++){ 
   selObj=FM_my3d.context3D.scene.meshes.getByIndex(i); 
   tempObj=FM_my3d.context3D.scene.nodes.getByName(selObj.name); 
   tempObj.renderMode="transparent"; 
   }

3. Create the PDF and click the link. The 3D object turns transparent.