Hi Jason,
That's great, works fine.
Many thanks,
R
On Oct 16, 6:43 pm, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Here's a quick regular expression that you can use:
>
> var match = window.location.toString().match(/#gadgetId=(\d*)&/);
> if (match) {
> output(match[1]);
>
> }
>
> Cheers!
> - Jason
>
> On Oct 14, 3:47 am, rd-london <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > 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
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