Hi Richard, On 20 May 2011, at 16:19, Richard Felton wrote:
> Hi, > > Hopefully this is the right place to ask this question. > > I'm looking at the possibility of using W3C widgets as a web-app mechanism on > an IP connected set-top box. I've had a look through the specifications > available and I can't see a way to pass launch parameters to a widget. Is > this possible or has it been ruled out for good reason? > > For example, if I want to write a branded media player application (in a > widget) it'd be useful if I could allow the set-top box user interface to > pass the identifier of the programme to be played into the widget. > Effectively I'm looking for a way for a widget to specify something similar > to command line options so that the launching entity can control the state > the widget starts up in. It depends on the widget engine and what APIs it exposes. For example, when a web application requests a widget instance from Apache Wookie[1], you can also set any of its preference values using a REST API call. Other engines could offer a widget launch protocol that allows setting preferences in the launch parameters. S [1] http://incubator.apache.org/wookie/ > > Regards, > > Richard.
