12.1 Adding Remote Applications to Views and Forms

Novell Vibe enables you to add a Remote Application element to a folder or workspace view or a custom form. The Remote Application element is a drop-down list that enables users of the view or form to select from a list of remote applications. This is useful if the current view or form does not allow you to select a remote application to run; it is also useful if you want to run multiple remote applications in a single view or form. (For specific information on configuring a view or form to run multiple remote applications, see Section 12.3, Setting Up Multiple Remote Applications on a Single Page.)

Unless you are the Vibe administrator, you can perform the following procedure only on custom views and forms for which you have appropriate rights. You can create custom views and forms for workspaces, folders, or entries, as described in Section 7.0, Creating Custom Workspace Views, Section 8.0, Creating Custom Folder Views, and Section 9.0, Designing Custom Folder Entry Forms.

To add a Remote Application element to a view or form:

  1. Navigate to the workspace or folder where you want to add the Remote Application element.

    If you want to add the Remote Application element to a form, navigate to the workspace or folder where the form was created.

  2. Click Workspace > Form/View Designers if the form was created at the workspace level.

    or

    Click Folder > Form/View Designers if the form was created at the folder level.

    The Form and View Designers page is displayed.

  3. Click the entry definition, folder view, or workspace view where you want to add the Remote Application element.

  4. Add the Remote Application element to the desired folder view, workspace view, or entry definition, as described in the following sections: