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== Showing Content from an External Web Page ==
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== Usage Example ==
# Click the '''External Content''' presentation object icon.<br>[[File:AddExternalContent.png|330px]]
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# Click the '''External Content''' presentation object icon.
# Click the '''Edit''' button on the presentation object to open its properties.<br>[[File:OpenExternalContentProperties.png|800px]]
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# Click the '''Properties''' button on the presentation object to open its properties.<br>[[File:OpenExternalContentProperties.png]]
 
# Define the '''Name''', '''Description''', and the '''External content URL'''. In the Name and URL fields, you can use context variables by typing in the context variable name in the format "{#contextvariablename}".
 
# Define the '''Name''', '''Description''', and the '''External content URL'''. In the Name and URL fields, you can use context variables by typing in the context variable name in the format "{#contextvariablename}".
# After defining these properties, click '''Close'''. The web page should now be visible:<br>[[File:ExternalContent.png|800px]]
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# After defining these properties, click '''Close'''. The web page should now be visible:<br>[[File:ExternalContent.png]]
 
 
Note that some sites prevent themselves to be embedded into other web sites and web applications like QPR MobileDashboard. In those cases, the presentation object will be left blank.
 

Latest revision as of 15:25, 7 December 2018

Usage Example

  1. Click the External Content presentation object icon.
  2. Click the Properties button on the presentation object to open its properties.
    OpenExternalContentProperties.png
  3. Define the Name, Description, and the External content URL. In the Name and URL fields, you can use context variables by typing in the context variable name in the format "{#contextvariablename}".
  4. After defining these properties, click Close. The web page should now be visible:
    ExternalContent.png