Hi,
I know we can share a Notes Widget with others by sending the extension.xml file which they can drag and drop in their “My Widgets” panel.
But what i want to know is, Can i create a button on the mail form and write some code in Lotus script so that it will install the Widget in a single click?
Thanks.
Subject: Agreed, not possible, but…
Check into the user profile administration. There is an option to designate a central/shared widget container (i.e. toolbox.nsf) that can automatically be pushed to the end user.
You can even automatically install certain categories for them, and allow the users to upload their own widgets to share with others.
In short, USER-A builds a widget and uploads to the toolbox, and USER-B can just find it and then click on it and install. OR, you can just email a link to that particular document entry to allow the end user to click and install.
Subject: Not Possible…
Thanks Doug/Erik for your responses.
toolbox.nsf is not possible now since we are on Domino 7.0.2 now.
Since i need to send a widget (just a web page widget) to hundreds of people, i don’t want to send the extension.xml attachment to everybody. So i thought that i will save the extension.xml on the server and send a link to that file through mail.
But the frustrating thing is that we can’t drag n drop a link from Notes mail on to the “My Widgets” panel.
Is there any workaround for this?
Subject: Links
We do not support dropping links from within a mail message. We do support dropping links from a browser.
You could send them a http link to the file directly and then they can open it and drag and drop the url from the address bar.
Or you can send them a http link to an html page that has a description and a link to the file which they can open and then drag and drop the link to the file.
Or you can send them a link to a document in a db (discussion db?) that contains the file as an attachment. They can open the doc and drag and drop the attachment.
Subject: Not Possible
It is not possible to hook Lotus Script up to the widget install function.
We do supply a menu item that will install the widget from the email. You can find that here: Tools/Widgets/Install this widget… action.