IBM Lotus Notes 8.5 Composite Application Tutorial:
Utilize Live Text in a Composite Application
Introduction:
IBM Lotus Notes 8.5 adds Live Text integration to composite application. This allows an application assembler using the Composite Application Editor (CAE) to associate a Live Text Content Type to a component's action. Once configured, Live Text recognized in a document can be sent to a component action using the familiar Live Text UI.
Objective:
This tutorial will explain the following tasks:
- Associate a Live Text Content Type to a component's action
- Run the updated application
Prerequisites:
Procedure:
Utilize Live Text in a Composite Application
In this tutorial you will learn how to associate a Live Text Content Type to a component's action. We will enhance the Lead Manager Sample composite application to leverage Live Text. The user can call an action on the Contact Detail Popup component.
Step 1 Launch Lotus Notes 8.5 and the Lead Manager Composite Application Sample
a. Launch Lotus Notes 8.5
b. Launch the Lead Manager Composite Application Sample.
Step 2 Navigate to a Company Detail page and launch the CAE
a. Navigate to the Company List page by selecting the Company List button in the Navigator on the top
b. Navigate to the Company detail page for 3B Llamawranglers by double clicking on 3B Llamawranglers. We will be configuring a component on this page for Live Text.
c. Launch CAE by selecting Edit Application from the Actions Menu, Select the Company page if it is not selected (Note: You might need to make the CAE visible, if it is hidden behind the Lotus Notes Window)
Step 3 Configure the Contact Detail Popup Component
a. Select the Contact Detail Popup component in the component navigator on the left with the right mouse and select Edit Component Properties
b. Select the Wiring Tab, then the Live Text Integration Tab. Select the Contact Name component action because this action will be called to launch the dialog.
c. Press the Map Content Type... button to assign a Live Text Content Type to this action.
d. Select Person, which includes email addresses and press OK
e. Press OK to save the Component Properties
Step 4 Save the composite application changes and close CAE
a. Select the File menu -> Save and Close
b. Select Yes to keep the changes
c. The Lead Manager composite application will restart
Step 5 Test the updated application
a. Navigate to the Company List page by selecting the Company List button in the Navigator on the top
b. Navigate to the Company detail page for 3B Llamawranglers by double clicking on 3B Llamawranglers. The Authorized Buyer name is underlined with a
blue dashed line because it is recognized by Live Text. The Live Text can access the action on the Contact Detail Popup Component to display a dialog. (Note: If the Authorized Buyer name is not underlined, please verify “Recognize Live Text in this Document” is enabled. Use the right mouse button on this document to enable.)
c. Move the mouse over the Live Text and an icon is displayed to the right which when clicked will display the actions
d. Select Contact Name to dynamically send the underlined Live Text to the component action. By leveraging Live Text, we do not have to add a button to the form and wire to the component as was needed in previous releases.
Step 6 Exit the composite application and Lotus Notes
a. Select the “x” on the Lead Manager tab
b. Exit Lotus Notes
Summary:
In this tutorial , you learned how to associate Live Text with a component's action. This is a verify powerful technique which recognizes content in a form and is dynamically made available to component actions. The user is in control and initiates the action, similar to Click2Action. This feature operates on any text recognized on the page.