Configure an External Content item

Each External Content item has three properties that must be assigned values:

• URL or URI

• Media Type

• Content Type(s)

An External Content item is modified from the External Content editor. The editor can be opened by double-clicking on an item from the Visualization folder. Also, an External Content item that has been placed onto a layout pane can be edited from the Layout and ViewApp editors by the selecting the item from the Actions list.

To configure an External Content Item

1. Open the IDE and select the Visualization folder to show the External Content items available in the Galaxy.

2. Double-click an External Content item to open it in the External Content editor.

   For more information about each field in an External Content item, see Details of the External Content editor.

3. Enter a URI string where the Word document is saved.

   The value you enter is the location of the Word file specified by a URI-formatted string. A media location must be specified.

   You can browse for the Word file by selecting the vertical dots icon to the right of the data entry field. A drop-down list includes a Browse for file option that enables you to browse your network and select a media file. The URL or URI field updates and shows a formatted URI path to the file.

   

   See More information about specifying a URI for information about the format of a URI string.

4. If you want, select the Open button to validate the URI you entered.

   The Open button launches the appropriate application associated with the doc or docx file types, which is usually Word.

5. Select the type of media associated with Word documents from the drop-down list of the Media Type field.

   The value you enter is the MIME type of a Word document. The DocViewerApp provides two Word MIME types, as shown in the following screen capture.

   • The application/msword Media Type is for legacy .doc Word files.

   • The application/vnd.openformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Media Type is for .docx Word files.

     

     See More information about media types for information about supported media types.

6. Select the type of content from the drop-down list of the Content Type(s) field.

   The value you enter is used by content-placement algorithms within AVEVA OMI during run time to determine the placement of content when AutoFill or ShowContent calls are invoked.

   The configured External Content item for a Word document should look like the following screen capture.

   

7. Save your changes and exit from the External Content item.