How do i get an option from a parent widget into an embedded widget?

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I have a widget that has an option, called "message".   In one place, I have embedded this widget in another widget. I have created an option called "message" on the parent widget.

How do i link the parent widget's option to the embedded widget?

The solution is this:

function(spUtil) { /* widget controller */   
   var c = this;   
   spUtil.get("custom-search-page", {message: c.options.message}).then(function(response) {   
   c.data.parentMessage = response.options.incident_message;   
   c.data.parentMessageFlag = 'true';   
   });   
} 

I'm not positive i understand exactly what is happening, but it's behaving the way i want it to.

The widget im using is embedded sometimes, and not at other times. The widget is a button with a string of text above it. I set the value of that string with instance options. I wanted to be able to set that text even when it's embedded in this widget.

from what i understand, the SPutil gets the message i ask for from the widget i specify, and returns a promise. When the promise comes back, i set a data paramenter to equal the response field, and set a flag to true.

in my server script i check to see if the flag is true. if it is, I display the parent message. otherwise i use the one local to the widget.

[nathanfirth]

See below:

[BrianD502676804]

Hi Nathan,

So to clarify in your server script:

• this is being run in the first/parent widget:
            data.widget = $sp.getWidget("widget-id", options);
• "widget-id" is referring to the embedded widget
• options are the instance options object already passed to the parent widget

Is that all correct?

Thanks,

-Brian

Edit:   Ha.... when I'd started there were no other replies (yet) to your comment.   I got side-tracked and didn't reload the thread.   Already answered

[david_hreben]

Hello Nathan,

How would you execute a widget if the widget does not have options? For example, the OOB widget "Catalog Content" is trying to get info from the current portal SC catalog. I am trying to execute with you method but it does not seem to work. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks!