You can create a widget to search IBM® Notes® XPages
using a default value, selected Live Text, or other selected text.
You can also use this wizard to open the target XPage.
About this task
You
can start the configuration wizard to create a new Notes widget from an XPages application running
in the Notes client as follows.
Note: For
an XPages application running through a Web browser, use a Web Page
widget.
For widgets samples, see the public catalog and the Notes and Domino® wiki.
Note: If you are using IBM Notes, use the embedded Web browser.
Procedure
- Open the target XPages application from which to base your
widget.
Note: To search the XPages application from a
default value or Live Text, perform a search inside the application
and configure the widget from the search results page.
- Click the Configure a Widget from Current Context toolbar
button to start the wizard.
Note: If you use a local XPages
application as the widget source, the widget will not be functional
in a Notes roaming user context
nor will it be functional for other users you share it with through
either email or by publishing to a widget catalog.
- Select a configuration option.
- Perform a full text search on this XPage –
This creates a widget, based on the search that was performed, that
opens the XPages application and either defaults to a preset search
value or accepts a Live Text search value for which to query. This
only appears when configuring a widget from a search results page.
- Open this XPage – This creates a widget
that opens the specific XPage currently being viewed. This provides
a simple way to add an XPages application to the Notes Sidebar, in addition to a new tab or
window.
- Open Notes object – Use the default Notes URL, for example notes://mydominoserver/XPagesDiscussion1.nsf/allDocuments.xsp?OpenXPage
or optionally specify another value.
- Click Next.
- Specify a widget name or accept the default.
- Specify what you want to do with the widget and click Next.
Note: The "Wire an action to configure a widget" dialog prompts
you to specify whether to use recognized content or other content,
specify the content (type) and then wire a Content type property
to a Widget property. Entries in the Content
type property field are derived from the selected content
(type), which is the field next to the New Recognizer button.
Entries in the Widget property field are derived
from the fields you selected on the previous "Configure a widget"
dialog. See "How do I wire a widget action" for related information.
- Click Next to view the Test and Publish panel instructions
and then Finish to create the widget and close the wizard.