Hi Jason, All very helpful, many thanks. You say:
" In this case, you can retrieve the current window location to get the gadget's ID and build the link manually: " What's the recommended way of doing this? Of getting the current window location and then extracting the gadget's ID? Many thanks, R On Oct 13, 10:12 pm, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. There may be a simpler solution in the future, but for now, the > most straightforward way to determine whether a user has an app is to > fetch the VIEWER object and determine whether it's non-null. If so, > the user has your app installed. Otherwise, your app doesn't have > access to the user's information and the object returned is null. > > 2. The developer guidelines do not allow direct links to install the > current app because orkut provides this already. However, you are > permitted to redirect the user to the install page IF they try to take > a certain action that requires they have the app installed (e.g. > posting a review, recording their high score, and so on). In this > case, you can retrieve the current window location to get the gadget's > ID and build the link manually: > > http://www.orkut.com/Main#AppInfo.aspx?appId=[gadget ID] > > I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any follow-ups. > > - Jason > > On Oct 10, 9:17 am, rd-london <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Got an OpenSocial application, wonder if someone can help. > > > How can one easily test if a user has already installed the > > application? > > > Also - what's the best way to provide a link that the user can click > > on to install the application if it isn't already installed - an add- > > to-profile button/link in other words. > > > Thanks for any help, > > R --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Orkut Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-orkut@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
