4 Replies Latest reply on Apr 29, 2014 2:29 PM by snigdha.challa

Want to open a link on click of the Add-ons

snigdha.challa Apr 29, 2014 12:31 PM

I have deployed an app as an add-on. So I have the corresponding APP ACTION (a link on the right hand side) for path="jive/actions/content/*"

On click of this link, I do not want to open a view in a dialog box. Instead I want to make it point to a 'mailto' which will open up an email on my Outlook.

How can I do this ?

I tried specifying "url" in my action, but that didnt help. (OpenSocial Core Gadget Specification 2.5.1 DRAFT - set the "url" parameter according to this link)

Below is my code -

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I also tried specifying it in the content

(Followed OpenSocial Core Gadget Specification 2.5.1 DRAFT)

But nothing works.

Ryan Rutan could you please help me with this.

Re: Want to open a link on click of the Add-ons

ryanrutan Apr 29, 2014 12:43 PM (in response to snigdha.challa)
Links for App Actions cannot be non-app targets. The best you can do would be to do something like:
Open the App Model
On Gadget Init => construct a new window/browser with the mailto: url with subject & body parameters
Perhaps its worthwhile to put some sort of "preparing email messaging" etc...
This should prompt the user's email client to launch
Then issue the gadget close after the new window is opened.

To my knowledge that is the only way to do this. Hope that helps.
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  snigdha.challa Apr 29, 2014 12:46 PM (in response to ryanrutan)
  
  Thanks Ryan Rutan for the prompt response.
  
  The new window would be a simple form that I would need to construct right ?
  
  Or will it open as a new mail in outlook ?
  
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    ryanrutan Apr 29, 2014 12:53 PM (in response to snigdha.challa)
    
    when you defining your action in the app.xml, you will specify the HTML that is that action. The HTML will have little (or no visible elements)...but would use the gadgets.util.registerOnLoadHandler (or jQuery onReady) to execute the init logic. I would double check, but I'm pretty sure if you do a (pseudo-code) => new window('mailto:xxxx') that this should launch the mail client directly...but you'll need to test that theory.
    
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      snigdha.challa Apr 29, 2014 2:29 PM (in response to ryanrutan)
      
      Okay . .will try that.
      
      Thanks Ryan Rutan
      
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