Question

Another hopefully simple issue from an xpages beginner.

I am trying to use the Navigator control from the Extension Library. No matter what I do with it, I cannot get it to render on any of the pages I try it on. Code is below. Thanks for any assistance.

<xp:view xmlns:xp="http://www.ibm.com/xsp/core"
xmlns:xe="http://www.ibm.com/xsp/coreex"
xmlns:xc="http://www.ibm.com/xsp/custom">
<xe:navigator id="outline" expandable="true">
<xe:this.treeNodes>
<xe:pageTreeNode page="/bcbsarequirements.xsp" selection="/bcbsarequirements" label="BCBSA Requirements" role="navigation"/>
<xe:pageTreeNode page="/compliance.xsp" selection="/compliance" role="navigation" label="Compliance"/>
<xe:pageTreeNode page="/finance.xsp" selection="/finance" label="Finance" role="navigation"/>
</xe:this.treeNodes>
</xe:navigator>
</xp:view>

Answer 1

1. This will happen at least if your view tag is missing the extension library attribute. Make sure the view tag looks like this: <xp:view xmlns:xp="http://www.ibm.com/xsp/core" xmlns:xe="http://www.ibm.com/xsp/coreex">. If the attribute is missing there is an error visible in the source.

2. Make sure there is no error in XPage source.

3. Make sure the application is built (sometimes project -> clean is needed).

4. Make sure extension library is checked in application properties (you should get errors if not).

5. Check for any error messages in the server console/log when loading the XPage on browser.

6. Do other extension library controls render for you? If not there is a problem in ExtLib installation.

7. Make sure your Designer and server have the same and preferably the latest (20121217) ExtLib version.

8. If you are using the Upgrade Pack then you can open an SPR with IBM.