element = request.evaluate( "bookstore/name" );
text = element.item(0).firstChild.data;

I am unable to parse the elements i require into the widget screen(although i am just able to print it on the terminal). Is there any documentation that could help me achieve this (there are examples in the document but no concrete example on parsing step by step unless i am missing something).

Also, it is very useful to hand the request to object - like below. I also noticed you are not parsing the XML...

CODE

var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open( "GET", "http://www.website.com/test.xml", false );
request.send();
var myXML = XMLDOM.parse( request.responseXML.toXML() );
var element = myXML.evaluate( "string(bookstore/name)" );
//Need to pull out the string()
print(element);

Hi krish,
You can check example widget 'NewsTV' (Yahoo News). On Ubuntu it is located here:
/usr/local/Konfabulator/TV/Widgets/NewsTV.widget/
In file /Contents/Javascript/core/API.js you can see example of using URL object to load XML/JSON; check WDK documentation aswell


It is shorter to use

CODE

text = request.evaluate('string(bookstore/name)');

Check WDK documentation, there are good examples of parsing xml


To display something on "widget screen" you can create Text element and populate it with your text :)Krish

I would start by making sure you understand the WDK, the DOM, and all the elements. Sending & receiving is the easy part of building a widget, the display and design elements are where you should be focusing all efforts now. :). thanks anyways .

Hi krish,
You can check example widget 'NewsTV' (Yahoo News). On Ubuntu it is located here:
/usr/local/Konfabulator/TV/Widgets/NewsTV.widget/
In file /Contents/Javascript/core/API.js you can see example of using URL object to load XML/JSON; check WDK documentation aswell


It is shorter to use

CODE

text = request.evaluate('string(bookstore/name)');

Check WDK documentation, there are good examples of parsing xml


To display something on "widget screen" you can create Text element and populate it with your text :)Max

Hi Sarah

zip -r MyWidget.zip MyWidget.widget
mv MyWidget.zip MyWidgetToUpload.widget

This is all clearly spelled out in the documentation. I highly recommend you take a glance at it. :)I'll see to it more carefully. Thank you very much.