The Google Gadget file is the .xml file with the special MIME type "application/x-google-gadget". With the eXo IDE, you can create such files, edit with the Code or WYSIWYG Editor, preview in the Preview Tab, deploy/undeploy it on the server through the shindig-library, add deployed gadgets to some pages in the portal.
To create the Google Gadget within the eXo IDE, do one of the following ways:
The first way: Click the New > Google Gadget on the toolbar;
or select File > New > Google Gadget on the top menu.
The second way: Open the existed gadget from the local system by selecting File > Open Local File on the top menu.
The third way: Upload the existed gadget directly to JCR by selecting File > Upload on the top menu.
For the second and third ways, don't forget to select the MIME type as "application/x-google-gadget".
Illustration 25. Google Gadget Operations
To deploy the Google Gadget in the portal, do as follows:
Step 1: Save the file before deploying.
Step 2: Open the file in the Content Panel.
Step 3: Click the Deploy Gadget to Portal button on the toolbar;
or select Run > Deploy Gadget to Portal on the top menu.
The deploy request will be sent to the server, and if there are no errors - the message like the following will be displayed in the Output Tab:
[INFO]/rest/private/ide/gadget/deploy?gadgetURL=http%3A%2F%2F192.168.0.130%3A8080%2Frest%2Fprivate%2 Fjcr%2Frepository%2Fdev-monit%2FTest+Gadget+File.xml&privateContext=%2Frest%2Fprivate&publicContext= %2Frest deployed successfully.
It means that gadget was deployed to the portal with title set in the gadget's '<ModulePrefs title="Hello World" />', for example:
Illustration 26. Deploy Gadget
Otherwise, the error message will be displayed in the Output Tab.
To undeploy the Google Gadget, do as follows:
Step 1: Find the service which was previously deployed in the Workspace and open this service in the Content Panel.
Step 2: Click the Undeploy Gadget from Portal button on the toolbar;
or go to Run > Undeploy on the top menu, and verify if there is no error message in the Output Tab.
If the undeployment is successful, you will receive a message as below:
[INFO]/rest/private/ide/gadget/undeploy?gadgetURL=http%3A%2F%2F192.168.0.130%3A8080%2Frest%2Fprivate %2Fjcr%2Frepository%2Fdev-monit%2FTest+Gadget+File.xml&privateContext=%2Frest%2Fprivate&publicContext= %2Frest undeployed successfully.
To preview the Google Gadget, do as follows:
Step 1: Open the gadget file which was previously save.
Step 2: Click the Show Preview button on the toolbar;
or select Run > Show Preview on the top menu. The gadget will be opened in the Gadget Container of the Preview Tab as figured in the Google Gadget Operations illustration above.