NEWSFEED

The NEWSFEED control is a simple-to-use "newsreader" within the Natural pages. It offers the possibility to read news feeds (RSS feeds and Atom feeds).

Important:
In order to use the NEWSFEED control, you have to specify a valid RSS or Atom feed URL (for example https://www.cnet.com/rss/news/). If necessary, you also have to specify your proxy server settings (host, port, user name, password).

The following topics are covered below:

Example

Newsfeed

The XML layout definition is:

<rowarea name="Newsfeed Control" width="560">
  <newsfeed infoprop="newsfeedinfoprop" width="550" height="450">
  </newsfeed>
</rowarea>

Built-in Events

value-of-infoprop.onOpenLink
value-of-infoprop.onOpenLinkNewTarget

Properties

Basic
infoprop

Name of the adapter parameter that represents the control in the adapter.

 Obligatory  
height

Height of the control.

There are three possibilities to define the height:

(A) You do not define a height at all. As consequence the control will be rendered with its default height. If the control is a container control (containing) other controls then the height of the control will follow the height of its content.

(B) Pixel sizing: just input a number value (e.g. "20").

(C) Percentage sizing: input a percantage value (e.g. "50%"). Pay attention: percentage sizing will only bring up correct results if the parent element of the control properly defines a height this control can reference. If you specify this control to have a height of 50% then the parent element (e.g. an ITR-row) may itself define a height of "100%". If the parent element does not specify a width then the rendering result may not represent what you expect.

Optional

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50%

100%
splitstyle

By default the newsfeed control appears within a vsplit control. Headers on the left and content on the right. Set this value to hsplit and the control appears within a hsplit control. Headers on top, content on the bottom.

Optional

vsplit

hsplit
comment

Comment without any effect on rendering and behaviour. The comment is shown in the layout editor's tree view.

 Optional