Tool Area Link1 and Link2

Question

Hi,
I have enabled Link2 in tool area and went into Collaboration Content--> Link Commands > link2> and added www.cnn.com in the reference and restarted the server. The properties I have set are..
valueFactoryKey * = LinkCommandValueFactory
labelKey       = label2
resourceBundle    = test.properties
launchtype        = window
reference         = http://www.cnn.com     
       My problem is I can see the Link2 in the tool area but I cannot launch cnn website when i click.  Nothings seems to be working. Am I missing something or do I have to configure anything else.
Thanks in advance,
Praveen

Answer 1

Hi Praveen,
actually there is a simple explanation for your problem. If you check the ToolAreaiView.jsp in com.sap.portal.navigation.toolarea you will find this piece of code:
<TD nowrap>
<%if (isEnabled(profile, ENABLE_EXAMPLE_LINK2)) {%>
<A href="#"class="prtlToolAreaTaskText" title="<%=exampleLink2TooltipStr%>"><%=exampleLink2TextStr%></A></TD>
<TD nowrap class="prtlToolAreaTaskDivider"> 
<%}%>
</TD>
As there is no function implemented for the clicking on the link as it is for CLP, this CAN NOT WORK!
Here the lines for CLP:
<%
if (isEnabled(profile, ENABLE_CLP)) {
%>
<A href="#"class="prtlToolAreaTaskText" onClick="openCollaborationLaunchPad(); return false;" title="<%=clpLinkTooltipStr%>"><%=clpLinkTextStr%></A></TD>
<TD nowrap class="prtlToolAreaTaskDivider"> 
<%}%>
You might implement such a function also for opening the configured link for this to work, or wait till SAP does!
Hope this helps,
Robert