XPages - xe:namePicker - select server name?

Question

Is it possible to select a server name for an xe:namePicker control? I would like to select an Address Book from a different server (not the one my application resides on).

Answer 1

You can set a different server with

addressBookDb="ServerName!!names.nsf"

before the database name devided by "!!"

<xe:namePicker id="namePicker1">
    <xe:this.dataProvider>
        <xe:dominoNABNamePicker addressBookDb="ServerName!!names.nsf">
        </xe:dominoNABNamePicker>
    </xe:this.dataProvider>
</xe:namePicker>

Answer 2

You can use xe:beanNamePicker to do that. One example is the XSnippet - Sample about NamePicker Data Provider (dataBean).

There you can get handle of database (names.nsf) on different server and fetch its entries.