Can Web Browser component be linked with Tab Strip component

General Discussion
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Here’s the scenario:

I have two tabs, one is Google, other is Yahoo. When I click on Google Tab I want web browser to go to Google.com web page, when I click on Yahoo Tab I want web browser to go to Yahoo.com web page. How do I link Tabs to Web browser component?

Thanks.

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You can bind the Starting URL property in the Web Browser. As an example, I put a Web Browser into a window, and added two buttons. One has an actionPerformed script of event.source.parent.getComponent('Web Browser').startingUrl = "www.google.com" and the other has a script of event.source.parent.getComponent('Web Browser').startingUrl = "www.yahoo.com" Clicking on each of them sends the browser to the appropriate site.

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OK, that’s for using Buttons, however, would I need to create custom property (dataset) for the Tabs and include both URLs. How would the script look like then?

Thanks.

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Bind the starting startingUrl to selectedTab of the tabstrip.
If you have two tabs called “google” and “yahoo” use the following expression on the binding.

concat("www.",{Root Container.Tab Strip.selectedTab},".com")
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Cool, it works. Now, is Web browser able to view PDF documents. What file extension is it compatible with? For videos and images specifically?

Thanks.

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The Web Browser is based on the Chromium engine, so anything a stock Chromium engine can display (note: this is NOT the same as what Google Chrome can display, even though it is based on Chromium).

I haven’t heard of any still image formats that cause problems. For video, I know the h.264 codec can’t be displayed, but I don’t know of other issues.

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I tested to see if it can open a PDF file, but it asks me to save the file instead. So, I guess it can’t view PDF unless there is some kind of plug-in for PDFs.

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The most recent version of the module can view pdfs. The version that shipped with 7.7.0 couldn’t.

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Awesome it works, it doesn’t seem to work with flash videos like .flv or .swf…what kind does it support?

Thanks.

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I would think that the Chromium audio/video webpage would be a good source. Remember to only go by the Chromium lists, not the Chrome lists. :smiley:

If you have control over the client machines, you can install plug-ins. Adobe, for example, gives instructions on how to make Flash play with Chromium.

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Lets say I want to play samplevideo.flv on the browser itself, So I provide the link for it. I open it and it won’t play the video. Is that with all video formats? I cant just open a direct link to a video. Do videos need to be embedded with HTML code in order to play in the Web Browser?

Thanks.

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Good question.

I just went to http://www.dhs.state.il.us/accessibility/tests/flash/video.html in the Web Browser component, and had no problem viewing the video (although it does take a couple of seconds to load). So that tells me that flash video embedded in html works (at least on my machine).

Then I tried http://www.mediacollege.com/video-gallery/testclips/barsandtone.flv, a link directly to a flash video file. Not unexpectedly, the Web Browser asked me if I’d like to save it (the same thing happened in my regular web browser). So a direct link to the video itself doesn’t work.

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Yea, I can watch Youtube and other flash videos with no problem, but trying to watch a video link does not work. So I think because it is a “Web Browser” it requires HTML code to wrap around the videos.

14

Off topic question but, I have a integer tag and I want to display the word “Hello World” when the tag changes to 2. How do I write script for it?

Thanks.

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Best to put a new topic in a new topic – you’re much more likely to get a useful reply. :slight_smile: