Start with the HelloWorld portlet and work from there. Start with a simple MyOwnPortlet with a template called myownportlet.vm.
Create a new .xreg file called my-own-portlets.xreg. Copy the HelloVelocity entry in demo-portlets.xreg to the my-own-portlets.xreg. Change the name and description in the <portlet> entry to what you want. Get this working. After you get this working create an action class that inherits from VelocityPortletAction. Im buildNormalContext() add a couple of strings to the Context and see if you can them to work in your portlet. If you want to execute events you can add some doView or doExecute methods to your action class. r, Hugh -----Original Message----- From: Timo Tetzlaf [mailto:Timo.Tetzlaf@;metris.de] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 7:19 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: portlet <-> actionclass relation Hi everyone, can anyone explain me the relation between a portlet and the corresponding action class ? I can�t find any information about it. Why i am asking this question is: I try to init() a portlet and within this method a generic variable (handle from a web service) has to pass to the action class. How can i get this variable within my action class ? Another question is:( buildNormalContext() and getContent() ) how can i define a content in one of these methods and extend this content in the other method ? how does these both methods works together ? best regards Timo
