Searching this forum

Former Member over 8 years ago

Looking for some advice/info here on searching the forums. I can't seem to search under Connect IQ forum(s) without it telling me to add more constraints. I just want to search for a method of sending an email from an app. I've tried clicking the Advanced Search, clicking Posts + Titles only, and then:

* email
* send email
* "send email"

I get the same "add more constraints" message every time. I've used plenty of forums before and I've never had this issue before. Just wondering what I am doing wrong.

Thanks,
Dale

seilogramp over 8 years ago

Go to the Connect IQ forum
Click on "search forum"
Enter your search term, i.e. "email."

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travis.vitek over 8 years ago

I have no problem searching for those terms using Chrome.

That said, I doubt you're going to find anything useful on that subject. If you're trying to send an e-mail from a ConnectIQ app, the data has to get off of the Garmin device via one of two methods. You can use http/https to talk to a web service (via Comm.makeWebRequest()), or you can use the bluetooth system (via Comm.transmit()) to send data to an app that runs on a mobile device (Android/iOS). That is the extent of what you have available.

This is likely to mean that you'll need to find a web service that does what you need (gmail/hotmail/...). Once you've done that, you'd use Comm.makeOAuthRequest() to authenticate with the web service, and Comm.makeWebRequest() to send a JSON-formatted request to that service.

Travis

peterdedecker over 8 years ago

it's a problem with the advanced search, that just doesn't work for me either.
you can use the search box as seilogramp recommends, one down-side to the search box is that you're also getting results from the subforums of Connect IQ which is usually not what you want in this case.

mqbfxw over 8 years ago

SEILOGRAMP,

thanks a lot. This information I just came across and I had taken to opening and leaving open about thirty tabs on my beefed up 2003 era laptop I'm using in order to "save" the threads I found interesting!

Hey PLEASE, can we get this little picture/instruction posted somewhere where more people can read it? If I had known about it earlier I would have saved maybe 5 hours of just browsing the forums; searching is very helpful, and I tell you, I still don't know if what I do will work, I have to play around with it every darn time I want to try to search for something.

It isn't fun, and this little step can save a lot of effort... thanks... NEVER AGAIN WILL I USE THAT "ADVANCED SEARCH" BUTTON... not any help whatsoever... compared to this other way!