How to hide or collapse a widget deployed as a Context App?

Using the HomepagesSDK, We have developed a Widget that will do a FedEx rate quote based on an order line. It was deployed as a Context App (i.e. in the "<<" menu) and uses the inforBusinessContext to determine that the user has navigated to "m3_OIS107_B". It then grabs the Order Number (ORNO) and line (PONR) to make the appropriate M3API calls to get the details, and then calls a FedEx API to get shipping rates.

Technically it is only valid on the OIS107 panel B screen. The rest of the time it sits in the Context App Menu in a blank state just taking up real estate. As another example, we are also working on an address validation context app that would only be valid on screens with addresses (e.g. CRS610E, OIS002E). Is there any way to make a widget, deployed as a context app, visible (or expand it) only when in the right context?

Thanks,

David

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Kristin Juchems

Go to the Manage Application tab at the top. Double-click your application, then select Context/Utility Apps link from under the Application Details. There should be a link to Edit Screen ID Associations. Click Add Row and choose your Rule Type and Value.

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Although this functionality exists it's not recommended since when you start to have 3 context applications with this approach they are actually loading the Homepages framework and it is a considerable amount of scripts. Please note that even if a context application is not currently visible the scripts for it is still loaded. In 12.0.40 the action to get the URL is removed and there are additional verifications done to check that the widget is correctly framed, it will not be possible to access it in a new tab for example.

It should be possible to configure so that the context application is only visible on a specific screen as part of the configuration that is done in Ming.le in the Context/Utility tab on the M3 application.

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I totally agree. I would much rather just load the widget when the user navigates to the M3 Program/screen (e.g. OIS107, CRS610, etc.) rather than load it and hide it.

Can you tell me specifically how to "configure" visibility on the "Context/Utility tab"? I can add applications and enable/disable the widget for each application, but I do not see a way to enable/disable by M3 Program/screen.

Kristin Juchems

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