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Using Google Apps Script to make Google Forms that have scripts already attached

I am looking for a solution to a novel problem I have encountered in applying google apps scripting to, specifically, the google form product.
Context
The company I work for currently performs Quality Assurance(QA) on software we create for our clients by sending feedback through email.
This software is composed of "Parents" and their "Children". I was asked to look into using Google Forms as a method of creating QA feedback for each piece of software created.
I was able to get very far along in this process leveraging the Google Apps Script documentation. However, I have hit a knowledge barrier when it comes to implementing this in the wild.
Problem
I have one script attached to a very basic form that asks for the Name of the Tool(how we track our QA requests), Name of the Parents, and the name of the children for this software. (Currently I am asking for email as well for ease, but will soon replace with the automatic email grabbing function google apps script has).
This script takes in the responses to this first form and creates a new one using the responses. Now, for building purposes, I have created a second google apps script in the script editor of a form that was created by a submission of the first form. This script takes in the responses of to this second form and creates a third (I know, "formception" right?).
After building all this out and being fairly satisfied with my results I realized a massive error in my thinking. Outside of testing purposes users will be making many new forms from that first one. Each of these new forms will not have the google apps script, that I created for the second form, associated with them and as such will not generate the needed third form.
I am know seeking help identifying a method that will let the code I have written for the second form be automatically added to each new form the first creates. If this is not possible, I am seeking any alternatives. I have considered methods of containing the second google apps script within the first's codebase but I could not find a way to trigger that function on submission of the second form from within the first's script. Any ideas or approaches to consider would be very much appreciated.
Code:
As a note; I do realize this code is a bit messy and very redundant. This was hacked together as a brief proof of concept. I plan to clean it up and modularize it if I can find a solution to the issue above. Before wasting time on that though, I want to determine if what I am trying to do is possible within the limits of Google Apps Script.
First Script
//A function to run this unweildy Formception beast
//Its set to be run on a submission event of the original "First QA Form" which resides in ********'s Drive -> QA -> Dynamic Google Form Project Folder
function onSubmit() {
var form = FormApp.getActiveForm();
var formResponses = form.getResponses();
//this whole loop just puts the responses into nested arrays
for (var i = 0; i < formResponses.length; i++) {
var formResponse = formResponses[i];
var itemResponses = formResponse.getItemResponses();
for (var j = 0; j < itemResponses.length; j++) {
var itemResponse = itemResponses[j];
Logger.log('Response #%s to the question "%s" was "%s"',
(i + 1).toString(),
itemResponse.getItem().getTitle(),
itemResponse.getResponse());
}
}
//here we make another Form
var nextForm = FormApp.create('itemResponses[0].getResponse()');
//here we make a section for the questions that apply to the Tool as a whole
var generalSection = nextForm.addSectionHeaderItem();
generalSection.setTitle(itemResponses[0].getResponse());
//here we give the general section a checkbox item
var checkbox = nextForm.addCheckboxItem();
checkbox.setTitle('Which platforms did you test?');
checkbox.setChoices([
checkbox.createChoice('Chrome'),
checkbox.createChoice('FF'),
checkbox.createChoice('Safari'),
checkbox.createChoice('Vivaldi (Jokes)')
])
checkbox.setRequired(true);
//here we give the general section a multiple choice question and make it required
var generalLooks = nextForm.addMultipleChoiceItem()
.setTitle('Does this campaign look good in general?')
.setChoiceValues(['Yes','No'])
.setRequired(true);
//here we give the general section a place for comments
var generalComment = nextForm.addParagraphTextItem()
.setTitle('General comments:')
.setHelpText('Separate each comment with a return.')
.setRequired(false);
//here we give the general section a place for images to be submitted
var generalImg = nextForm.addParagraphTextItem()
.setTitle('General comment reference image links:')
.setHelpText('Separate each image link with a return.')
.setRequired(false);
//here we create a new section to conatin all the parents
var parentPage = nextForm.addPageBreakItem();
parentPage.setTitle(itemResponses[0].getResponse() + '| Parent(s)');
//here we create an array to conatain all the parent names
var parents = [{}];
//we populate this array with the responses to the second question of the "First QA Form" which asked for ther Parent names seperated by returns
parents = itemResponses[1].getResponse().split("\n");
//this for loop creates a section and series of questions related to each parent
for (var p = 0; p < parents.length; p++) {
//adds a section for each parent
var parentSection = nextForm.addSectionHeaderItem().setTitle(parents[p]);
//adds a yes or no question for each parent
var parentLooks = nextForm.addMultipleChoiceItem()
//sets the name of the question dynamically using the current parent
.setTitle('Does ' + parents[p] + ' look good in general?')
.setChoiceValues(['Yes','No'])
.setRequired(true);
//adds a comment section for each
var parentComment = nextForm.addParagraphTextItem()
.setTitle(parents[p] + ' comments:')
.setHelpText('Separate each comment with a return.')
.setRequired(false);
//adds an img section for each (there is potential to get into regex here and verify links)(there is also potential to replace with apps script UI stuff for direct upload)
var parentImg = nextForm.addParagraphTextItem()
.setTitle(parents[p] + ' image links:')
.setHelpText('Separate each image link with a return.')
.setRequired(false);
}
//end for loop
//makes a new page for the children
var childPage = nextForm.addPageBreakItem();
childPage.setTitle(itemResponses[0].getResponse() + '| Children');
var children = [{}];
children = itemResponses[2].getResponse().split("\n");
//this for loop creates a section and series of questions related to each child
for (var c = 0; c < children.length; c++) {
var childSection = nextForm.addSectionHeaderItem().setTitle(children[c]);
var parentSelect = nextForm.addListItem().setRequired(true);
parentSelect.setTitle('Which parent does this child belong to?');
parentSelect.setChoiceValues(parents);
//adds a yes or no question for each parent
var childrenLooks = nextForm.addMultipleChoiceItem()
.setTitle('Does ' + children[c] + ' look good in general?')
.setChoiceValues(['Yes','No'])
.setRequired(true);
//adds a comment section for each
var childrenComment = nextForm.addParagraphTextItem()
.setTitle(children[c] + ' comments:')
.setHelpText('Separate each comment with a return.')
.setRequired(false);
//adds an img section for each (there is potential to get into regex here and verify links)(there is also potential to replace with apps script UI stuff for direct upload)
var childImg = nextForm.addParagraphTextItem()
.setTitle(children[c] + ' image links:')
.setHelpText('Separate each image link with a return.')
.setRequired(false);
}
//end for loop
//we need the email of the account manager we want this to go to after we fill it out
var finalStep = nextForm.addSectionHeaderItem();
finalStep.setTitle('Final Step');
//this is a response field that grabs the email of the account manager, it is required.
var accountEmail = nextForm.addTextItem();
accountEmail.setTitle('What is the email of this account manager?').setRequired(true);
//grabs the form we just made's ID
var id = nextForm.getId();
//create the link that will be sent to the QAer to respond with content and images
var emailBody = 'https://docs.google.com/a/***********.com/forms/d/' + id + '/viewform';
//set the email of the QAer
var email = itemResponses[3].getResponse();
//set the subject of the email to the name of the Tool
var emailSubject = itemResponses[0].getResponse();
//send the email of the link to the new form to the QAer
MailApp.sendEmail({
to: email,
subject: emailSubject,
htmlBody: emailBody});
Second Form Script
//set to be run on a submission event of the second form "Next QA Form" which resides in ********'s Drive
function onLastSubmit() {
var form = FormApp.getActiveForm();
var formResponses = form.getResponses();
//loop just puts the current responses into nested arrays
for (var i = 0; i < formResponses.length; i++) {
var formResponse = formResponses[i];
var itemResponses = formResponse.getItemResponses();
for (var j = 0; j < itemResponses.length; j++) {
var itemResponse = itemResponses[j];
// Logger.log('Response #%s to the question "%s" was "%s"',
// (i + 1).toString(),
// itemResponse.getItem().getTitle(),
// itemResponse.getResponse());
}
}
//create a Form instance of our last(old) form. It will be usefull in accessing data like parent and child names
var previousForm = FormApp.openById('***********************');
var oldFormResponses = previousForm.getResponses();
//loop just puts the old responses into nested arrays
for (var i = 0; i < oldFormResponses.length; i++) {
var oldFormResponse = oldFormResponses[i];
var oldItemResponses = oldFormResponse.getItemResponses();
for (var j = 0; j < oldItemResponses.length; j++) {
var oldItemResponse = oldItemResponses[j];
// Logger.log('Response #%s to the question "%s" was "%s"',
// (i + 1).toString(),
// oldItemResponse.getItem().getTitle(),
// oldItemResponse.getResponse());
}
}
//some debugging and such
Logger.log(oldItemResponses[0].getResponse());
Logger.log(itemResponses[4].getResponse());
//oldItemResponses[0] = Name of Tool
var toolName = oldItemResponses[0].getResponse();
Logger.log(toolName);
//oldItemResponses[1] = parent names
var parentNames = oldItemResponses[1].getResponse();
Logger.log(parentNames);
//oldItemResponses[2] = child names
var childNames = oldItemResponses[2].getResponse();
Logger.log(childNames);
//oldItemResponses[3] = email of the QAer
var qaEmail = oldItemResponses[3].getResponse();
//newItemResponse[0] = tested platforms
var testedPlatforms = itemResponses[0].getResponse();
//make the last form
var lastForm = FormApp.create('Account Manager Response | ' + toolName);
//make a section for the general content
var generalSection = lastForm.addSectionHeaderItem();
generalSection.setTitle(toolName + ' | General Section');
//make a checkbox item for the CD to approve each of the platforms that the QAer says were tested
var testedCheckbox = lastForm.addCheckboxItem();
testedCheckbox.setTitle('If you agree a platform was accurately tested please check it off below.');
//use the array from the first response of the previous form (platforms that were tested) to generate a list of the tested platforms for the CD to approve
if ( Array.isArray(testedPlatforms)) {
testedCheckbox.setChoiceValues(testedPlatforms);
} else {
testedCheckbox.createChoice(testedPlatforms);
}
//set general section response variables
var genYesNo = itemResponses[1].getResponse();
var genComments = itemResponses[2].getResponse();
var genImgs = itemResponses[3].getResponse();
//if statement either says the general section looks good or makes a bunch of fields with the content the QAer left
if ( genYesNo == 'Yes') {
generalSection.setHelpText('Looks Good!')
} else {
//make a checkbox item for the CD to approve or not approve the general section QA feedback
if ( genComments != '') {
var generalCheckbox = lastForm.addCheckboxItem();
generalCheckbox.setTitle(toolName + ' | General Information and Comments');
generalCheckbox.setHelpText('Please check the boxes that you have fixed. Feel free to leave a note about any in the following section.');
if ( Array.isArray(genComments)) {
generalCheckbox.setChoiceValues(genComments);
} else {
generalCheckbox.createChoice(genComments);
}
}
//create a for loop to display image items for any linked images that were included by the QAer in the general section
if ( genImgs != '') {
if ( Array.isArray(genImgs)){
for (var gI = 0; gI < genImgs.length; gI++) {
var generalImg = lastForm.addImageItem();
generalImg.setTitle('General Section | Image ' + (gI + 1));
var genImg = UrlFetchApp.fetch(genImgs[gI]);
generalImg.setImage(genImg);
}
} else {
var generalImg = lastForm.addImageItem();
generalImg.setTitle('General Section | Image 1');
var genImg = UrlFetchApp.fetch(genImgs);
generalImg.setImage(genImg);
}
}
}
//make a paragraphTextItem for the CD to leave notes about this section if they would like
var generalNotes = lastForm.addParagraphTextItem()
.setTitle('Notes about the general section:')
.setHelpText('Leave notes here about any items you have not fixed and other things you would like the QAer to know.');
//make a new page for the parent content
var parentPage = lastForm.addPageBreakItem();
parentPage.setTitle(toolName + ' | Parent(s)');
//a variable that we can increment by 2 to account for there being 3 items in each parent
var incParent = 0;
//a loop that creates items for each parent including: new section, checkbox to approve content and image displays
for (var i = 0; i < parentNames.length; i++) {
var parYesNo = itemResponses[(i + incParent) + 5].getResponse();
var parComments = itemResponses[(i + incParent) + 5].getResponse();
var parImgs = itemResponses[(i + incParent) + 5].getResponse();
//create the new section for each parent
var parentSection = lastForm.addSectionHeaderItem();
//and name it
parentSection.setTitle(parentNames[i]);
//if statement to ensure we dont show any content if the QAer checked 'Yes' for looks good
//using incOne to ensure
if (parYesNo == 'Yes') {
parentSection.setHelpText('Looks Good!');
} else {
//create a checkbox list for all the comments the QAer listed if they clicked 'No' for looks good
if (parComments != '') {
var parentCheckbox = lastForm.addCheckboxItem();
parentCheckbox.setTitle(parentNames[i] + ' | QA Comments');
parentCheckbox.setHelpText('Please check the boxes that you have fixed. Feel free to leave a note about any in the following section.');
if (Array.isArray(parComments)) {
parentCheckbox.setChoiceValues(parComments);
} else {
parentCheckbox.createChoice(parComments)
}
}
}
//create the images the QAer listed if they clicked 'No' for looks good
if (parImgs != '') {
if (Array.isArray(parImgs)) {
for (var pI = 0; gI < parImgs.length; pI++) {
var parentImg = lastForm.addImageItem();
parentImg.setTitle(parentNames[i] + ' | Image ' + (pI + 1));
var parImg = UrlFetchApp.fetch(parImgs[pI]);
parentImg.setImage(parImg);
}
} else {
var parentImg = lastForm.addImageItem();
parentImg.setTitle(parentNames[i] + ' | Image ');
var parImg = UrlFetchApp.fetch(parImgs[pI]);
parentImg.setImage(parImg)
}
}
//increment to account for the other items in each parent
incParent += 2;
}
//end for loop
//make a new page for the children content
var childPage = lastForm.addPageBreakItem();
childPage.setTitle(toolName + ' | Children');
//determine how many parents there are and count three items for each
//also account for the items from the general section (4 items)
var parentItems = parentNames.length * 3;
var nonChildItems = parentItems + 4;
//a variable that we can increment by 4(the number of items in each child)
var incChild = 0;
//creates items for each parent including: checkbox to approve content and image displays
for (var j = 0; j < childNames.length; j++) {
var chiYesNo = itemResponses[nonChildItems + (j + incChild)].getResponse();
var chiComments = itemResponses[(j + incChild) + nonChildItems].getResponse();
var chiImgs = itemResponses[(j + incChild) + nonChildItems].getResponse();
//create sections for each child
var childSection = lastForm.addSectionHeaderItem();
childSection.setTitle(childNames[j] + ' | ' + itemResponses[nonChildItems + (j + incChild + 1)].getResponse());
if (chiYesNo == 'Yes') {
childSection.setHelpText('Looks Good!');
} else {
//create a checkbox list for all the comments the QAer listed if they clicked 'No' for looks good
if (chiComments != '') {
var childCheckbox = lastForm.addCheckboxItem();
childCheckbox.setTitle(childNames[j] + ' | QA Comments');
childCheckbox.setHelpText('Please check the boxes that you have fixed. Feel free to leave a note about any in the following section.');
if (Array.isArray(chiComments)) {
childCheckbox.setChoiceValues(chiComments);
} else {
childCheckbox.createChoice(chiComments);
}
}
}
//create the images the QAer listed if they clicked 'No' for looks good
if (chiImgs != '') {
if (Array.isArray(chiImgs)) {
for (var cI = 0; cI < chiImgs.length; cI++) {
var childImg = lastForm.addImageItem();
childImg.setTitle(childNames[j] + ' | Image ' + (cI + 1));
var chiImg = UrlFetchApp.fetch(chiImgs[cI]);
childImg.setImage(chiImg);
}
} else {
var childImg = lastForm.addImageItem();
childImg.setTitle(childNames[j] + ' | Image ');
var chiImg = UrlFetchApp.fetch(chiImgs[cI]);
childImg.setImage(chiImg);
}
}
//increment to account for the other items in each child
incChild += 3;
}
//end for loop
//grabs the form we just made's ID
var id = lastForm.getId();
//create the link that will be sent to the QAer to respond with content and images
var emailBody = 'https://docs.google.com/a/**************.com/forms/d/' + id + '/viewform';
//set the email of the QAer
var email = qaEmail;
//set the subject of the email to the name of the Tool
var emailSubject = toolName + ' | CD Response';
//send the email of the link to the new form to the CD
MailApp.sendEmail({
to: email,
subject: emailSubject,
htmlBody: emailBody});
}
Thanks in advance!
*edit for company privacy reasons.

I've been doing something very similar and have mostly been successful.
I was able to ensure code is moved over to newly created forms by creating a blank template form, with the necessary script attached.
When when a new form is needed with this script, I create a copy of the template document and then populate this with the necessary contents.
The only problem I have run into with this is being unable to easily set up triggers for code to run on form submission in these new forms. I have solved this by prompting the user to open the newly created form and click on a menu item I have added to 'initialise permissions'.

Unfortunately there is no way to programmatically attach a script to a form. In general, if you expect a script to be used on multiple forms, docs, etc, it's best to convert it to an add-on. This has the benefit of allowing you to make updates to the script over time, instead of each being a local copy.
Forms making forms making forms is also probably an anti-pattern. What you probably need is a more complex web app, which you can build in Apps Script but is quite a bit more involved.

Using javascript Not able to disable textbox.It Immediatly enable after disabled. Can anyone give me solution?

I have One simple registration Form which is developed in C#.Net. This form also contain one Grid view which display data from database.In this,I want to disable Insert button when i select particular raw data. and i had develop this code in jquery. I used below code.
function DoStuff(lnk) {
debugger;
var grid = document.getElementById('GridView1');
var cell, row, rowIndex, cellIndex;
cell = lnk.parentNode;
row = cell.parentNode;
rowIndex = row.rowIndex;
cellIndex = cell.cellIndex;
var rowId = grid.rows[rowIndex].cells[0].textContent;
var rowname = grid.rows[rowIndex].cells[1].textContent;
var rowcontact = grid.rows[rowIndex].cells[2].innerHTML;
var rowaddress = grid.rows[rowIndex].cells[3].innerHTML;
var rowemail = grid.rows[rowIndex].cells[4].innerHTML;
var Id = document.getElementById('txt_Id');
var name = document.getElementById('txt_Name');
var contact = document.getElementById('txt_PhoneNumber');
var address = document.getElementById('txt_Address');
var email = document.getElementById('txt_EmailId');
Id.value = rowId;
name.value = rowname;
contact.value = rowcontact;
address.value = rowaddress;
email.value = rowemail;
document.getElementById('Button1').disabled = true;
};
But when i run that page it becomes disable and immediately enable automatically.....:(
Can anyone give me solution ???

You have to call this function after form is completely loaded.
Use below code to make it that happen if you are using jQuery.
$( document ).ready(function() {
DoStuff(lnk);
});

"FORBIDDEN You don't have permission to access /greenfloyd/php/bm_edit_xml.php on this server."

I've been sweating over this the last three days, I am baffled!
The input html launches an xml scan of a web site to gather text, images and links which populate a form for the user to select what they want to save. (The output eventually becomes a bookmark stored at greenfloyd.org.) The problem began a month or so ago, the scan started crashing with a "Forbidden 403" error pointing to my php code file, on the gf server (dir/file permission at 0644). The problem revolves around the links (url and text) gathered and placed into a box , the url is put in the value, and the link text into the innerHTML. The default is that none of the links are selected, the user can then select one or more links from this box, or manually add a link via two fields that get put into the select box, and become part of the form.
<form id = "bmInputForm" onsubmit = "bmSub(); return false;" onreset = "bmInputFormReset();" action = "http://greenfloyd.org/greenfloyd/php/bm_input_xml.php" method = "post" enctype = "multipart/form-data" class = "readerBox">...
<code><input type = "url" id = "link1Url" class = "input_size" size = "40" maxlength = "250" value ="" onclick = "this.select();" title = "Enter a standard url for this related link.">
<input id = "link1Title" class = "input_size" size = "40" maxlength = "150" value = "" onclick = "this.select();" title = "Enter a short title for this related link.">
<button type = "button" onclick = "relatedAdd()" title = "Add to related links list.">[+]</button>
<hr style="width:25%;">
<select id = "relatedSelect" name = "related_select[]" multiple title = "To select/unselect hold down the Ctrl key and click an option." onchange = "relatedCheck();" style = "width:80%;"></select></code>
The scan is an ajax xml call and returns elements from the target url, including the following:
<code>//echo "<related url='".rawurlencode($valid_url)."' txt='".htmlspecialchars($related_text, ENT_QUOTES,'UTF-8')."'></related>";
err = false;
try { var relatedNode = ( xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("related") ) ? xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("related") : false; }
catch(err) { err = true; relatedNode = false; }
result += ( !relatedNode ) ? "<li>Scanner unable to retrieve relatedNode || "+err+"</li>" : "<li>Link scan found: "+relatedNode.length+" entries.</li>";
if( relatedNode.length > 0 )
{
clearCache("relatedSelect");
var selObj = document.getElementById("relatedSelect");
for(var i = 0; i < relatedNode.length; i++)
{
val = unescape(relatedNode[i].getAttribute("url"));
str = unescape(relatedNode[i].getAttribute("txt"));
opt = document.createElement("option");
opt.value = val;
opt.innerHTML= ( str.length > 50 ) ? str.substring(0,48)+"..." : str;
selObj.appendChild(opt);
}
}
</code>
All the above is working fine. But everything goes south at submit time when the urls, (the value), are external relative to greenfloyd.org. Then, I get the "Go away and don't come back message..." On the other hand, if the urls point to greenfloyd there's no problem and the bookmark is published, with links. It's almost like I were trying to call the local script from some other domain. The uls are not in any linkable context, they are treated as plain text in the value attribute of the option. Although I do combine the url with the text using a seperator (,) between them so that php can unpack the value to produce seperate url and text fields that are stored on msqli... it's hacky, but it works, or at least it use to and I've yet to find a better alternative. One other odd thing: when I gather the links in greenfloyd.org there are a couple external links and they are accepted!?
<code>
function bmSub()
{
...
var selObj = document.getElementById("relatedSelect");
var url, txt, val, sendCt=0;
for ( var i = 0; i < selObj.options.length; i++ )
{
if ( selObj.options[i].selected )
{
url = selObj.options[i].value.trim();
txt = selObj.options[i].innerHTML;
val = url+"*,*"+txt; // pack url and txt into the value attribute, php unpacks it into 2 db fields
selObj.options[i].value = val;
sendCt +=1;
}
}
resultDisplay("Link count: "+sendCt);
var formElement = document.getElementById("bmInputForm");
var formData = new FormData(formElement);
var urlX = encodeURI("http://greenfloyd.org/greenfloyd/php/bm_input_xml.php?sid="+Math.random());
xmlObj = GetXmlHttpObject();
xmlObj.open("POST", urlX, false);
xmlObj.send(formData);
// pause echo "<return err='$err' msg='$msg'></return>";
try
{
xmlDoc = xmlObj.responseXML;
var returnNode = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("return");
err = ( returnNode[0].getAttribute("err") == "1" ) ? true : false;
msg = unescape(returnNode[0].getAttribute("msg"));
}
catch(e)
{
msg = "bmSub status : "+e+"<br>xml: "+xmlObj.statusText+", "+xmlObj.status+", size: "+xmlObj.responseText.length;
err = true;
}
resultDisplay(msg);
if ( err ) return;
</code>

Change existing javascript Ticker to work from RSS feed

I am not good at code so am a bit in the hands of anyone who might be able to help.
I have a functioning Ticker Tape working in my wordpress site here www.solosails.com
currently, it works from data manually entered, I would like to modify it so that it takes the title and link from my RSS feed myurl/feed hopefully by using something like this ...
$.get(FEED_URL, function (data) {
$(data).find("entry").each(function () { // or "item" or whatever suits your feed
var el = $(this);
console.log("------------------------");
console.log("title : " + el.find("title").text());
console.log("author : " + el.find("author").text());
console.log("description: " + el.find("description").text());
});
});
The Java Script code is...
function startTicker(){theCurrentStory=-1;theCurrentLength=0;if(document.getElementById){theAnchorObject=document.getElementById("tickerAnchor");runTheTicker()}else{document.write("Error");return true}}function runTheTicker(){var e;if(theCurrentLength==0){theCurrentStory++;theCurrentStory=theCurrentStory%theItemCount;theStorySummary=theSummaries[theCurrentStory];theTargetLink=theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];theAnchorObject.href=theTargetLink}theAnchorObject.innerHTML=theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength)+whatWidget();if(theCurrentLength!=theStorySummary.length){theCurrentLength++;e=theCharacterTimeout}else{theCurrentLength=0;e=theStoryTimeout}setTimeout("runTheTicker()",e)}function whatWidget(){if(theCurrentLength%2==1){return theWidgetOne}else{return theWidgetNone}}
This is the part of the code that potentially needs altering so that the hardcoded links and titles become the new code pulling from the rss feed...
var theCharacterTimeout = 50;
var theStoryTimeout = 4000;
var theWidgetOne = "_";
var theWidgetNone = "";
var theSummaries = new Array();
var theSiteLinks = new Array();
var theItemCount = 2;
theSummaries[0] = "Solo Sails proudly sponsor Lizzy Foremans Mini Transat Campaign... Read more here ...";
theSiteLinks[0] = "http://www.solosails.com/solo-sails-sponsor-lizzie-foremans-mini-transat-campaign/"
theSummaries[1] = "10% discounts on ALL multiple sail orders !! Try us for price with your new sails, complete our simple quote form here.";
theSiteLinks[1] = "http://www.solosails.com/quotes"
startTicker();
Many thanks in advance if you can help!
Andrew

Still hoping somebody can help here.
I basically want to either get theSummaries and theSiteLinks to be pulled from the rss or change the arrays so that they use the XML parser in Javascript.
Would really appreciate some help here and happy to donate something via paypal for the working result.
Regards, Andrew

Thanks to #David Hammond for finding the answer ...
var theCharacterTimeout = 75;
var theStoryTimeout = 4000;
var theWidgetOne = "_";
var theWidgetNone = "";
var theSummaries = new Array();
var theSiteLinks = new Array();
jQuery.get('http://www.solosails.com/feed/', function(data) {
var $xml = jQuery(data);
$xml.find("item").each(function() {
var $this = jQuery(this),
item = {
title: $this.find("title").text(),
link: $this.find("link").text()
}
//Do something with item here...
theSummaries.push(item.title);
theSiteLinks.push(item.link);
});
theItemCount = theSummaries.length;
startTicker();
});

Hover over data using title attribute in javascript

I have a javascript code that displays data in a table format and when hovered over the first column it displays additional details. The hover over code is using jquery tooltip and the title attribute of html. The code works fine in most cases but if one of the fields I am displaying in the hover has " symbol it screws up everything that record onwards and the hover and main data display together and the hover doesnt work on those rows.
below is a snapshot of my code
var medicationName = medJSON.MED_DETAILS[medIdx1].ORDER_NAME;
var orderdetails = medJSON.MED_DETAILS[medIdx1].ORD_DETAILS;
var comments = medJSON.MED_DETAILS[medIdx1].ORD_COMMENTS;
var reqStart = medJSON.MED_DETAILS[medIdx1].REQ_ST_DT;
var originalStart = medJSON.MED_DETAILS[medIdx1].ORIG_ORD_DT;
var lastDose = medJSON.MED_DETAILS[medIdx1].LAST_DOSE;
var nextDose = medJSON.MED_DETAILS[medIdx1].NEXT_DOSE;
var stopDt = medJSON.MED_DETAILS[medIdx1].STOP_DT_TM;
var stopReason = medJSON.MED_DETAILS[medIdx1].STOP_REASON;
var enteredBy = medJSON.MED_DETAILS[medIdx1].ORDER_ENTERED_BY;
var status = medJSON.MED_DETAILS[medIdx1].ORD_STATUS;
var simpleDetails = medJSON.MED_DETAILS[medIdx1].CLIN_DISP_LN;
if(nextDose.length == 0)
{
nextDose = "Not Defined";
}
var medHover = ["<table><tr><td><b>Medication:</b></td><td>",medicationName,"</td></tr>"
,"<tr><td><b>Details:</b></td><td>",simpleDetails,"</td></tr>"
//,"<tr><td><b>Order Comments:</b></td><td>",comments,"</td></tr>"
,"<tr><td><b>Request Start:</b></td><td>",reqStart,"</td></tr>"
,"<tr><td width = 200px><b>Original Order Date/Time:</b></td><td>",originalStart,"</td></tr>"
,"<tr><td><b>Last Documented Dose:</b></td><td>",lastDose,"</td></tr>"
,"<tr><td><b>Next Scheduled Dose:</b></td><td>",nextDose,"</td></tr>"
,"<tr><td><b>Stop Date/Time:</b></td><td>",stopDt,"</td></tr>"
,"<tr><td><b>Stop Reason:</b></td><td>",stopReason,"</td></tr>"
,"<tr><td><b>Order Entered By:</b></td><td>",enteredBy,"</td></tr>"
,"<tr><td><b>Status:</b></td><td>",status,"</td></tr>"
,"</table>"]
tempStr1.push("<tr class = 'evenrow' ><td class = 'cmedname custhvr' title=\"",medHover.join(""),"\">",medicationName,"</td><td> ",simpleDetails,"</td></tr>")
thanks,
Sid

Process medHover with:
medHover.join("").replace('\"', '"');
This replaces the quote character with a value usable with HTML.