Creating a TopicSearch Widget

Using the TopicSearch widget you can search the library using selected criteria and display the results on the home page. The widget can be used to display links to recently modified content, or commonly used books. The search criteria are defined in the default.layout file.

The following table lists the criteria that can be used by the TopicSearch.

The search is defined by adding the required parameter to the code under the "parameters" section. Angle brackets are used to create opening and closing tags, which enclose the search value, for example, <ModifiedDaysAgo>7</ModifiedDaysAgo>.

Example:

      <HomePageControlInfo>

          <Title>Objects Modified in the Last 7 Days</Title>

          <Control>TopicSearch</Control>

          <Icon>/HPI/clock_reset.png</Icon>

          5</Position>

          <Width>370</Width>

          <Height>325</Height>

          <Parameters xsi:type="TopicSearchParameters">

              <ModifiedDaysAgo>7</ModifiedDaysAgo>

          </Parameters>

      </HomePageControlInfo>

To Create a WebDisplay Widget:

1. Open the layout file.
2. Create a new home page control info block between ControlInfo tags, starting and finishing with the HomePageControlInfo tags.
   • Add the widget name between the title tags.
   • Add Webdisplay for the widget type between the control tags.
   • Add the path to the image used in the title bar between the icon tags.
   • Add the page position, and the width and height dimensions (measured in pixels).
   • Add "TopicSearchParameters" as the type in the opening parameter tag.
   • Add the search parameters and value.
3. Save your changes to the layout file.