Importing the Event Definition File

Use the Import function in the Events Editor to import an event definition file.

Procedure

  1. Open the custom WCC application from which you want to subscribe to events from an external application.
  2. Display the Events Editor (see The Events Editor is used to specify the PageBus events to which you would like a WCC component to subscribe.).
  3. Click the Import button in the Events Editor.

    The Import Files dialog is displayed.

  4. Navigate to the event definition file that was created in the external application (see step 9 in the Creating the External Application Event Definition).
  5. Select the event definition file, then click Import.

    The Events Editor will now include the components and events from the external application. In the following example, the external application (named "ExternalApp") contains two components whose events your custom application can subscribe:

  6. Subscribe to the desired events from the external application.

    Note - The external application’s components / events can be removed from the Events Editor by clicking on the Remove button. This displays the Remove Files dialog from which you can select the desired event definition file for removal.