Thanks a lot. I'll try it.> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:18:30 +0200> From: [EMAIL
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page from within portlet ?> > Hi,> > see my comments below.> > z w wrote:> >
Hi,> > > > In a portal, we must integrate an application doing a search then
showing a result page.> > This application should be implemented as a portlet.>
> > > Assuming we have 3 pages in the portlet:> > Page 1: Simple search: a form
with a single text field, whose action is launching a search, this page
contains also a link to Page 2 who corresponds to Advanced search.> > Page 2:
Advanced search: a form with multiple fields, whose action is also launching a
search.> > Page 3: list of results, who is used for displaying results of Page
1 and Page 2.> > > > On the portal's permanent menu, a small region shows
always the Page 1 (Simple search).> > The central zone of the portal initially
shows information from other portlets.> > When one click on the link of the
Page 1, the central zone of the portal must display the Page 2 (Advanced
search).> > When one type a name and submit the form of the Page 1 (Simple
Search), the central zone of the portal displays the Page 3 (List of results).>
> When one type in information and submit the form of the Page 2 (Advanced
search), the central zone displays the Page 3 (List of results).> > > > Beeing
new to portlet, I've quite a few questions:> > 1) should Page 1 be defined as a
portlet and the central zone as another portlet ?> > > to make your portlet
application more modular, I would implement the > three portlets as separate
portlets.> > > 2) if so, both portlets can be the same war ?> > > > Yes, it
makes sense to put all these portlets in the same war, since > they are
strongly related.> > > 3) how can I show the portal page containg Page 2
(Advanced Search) when I click on the link inside Page 1 (how to specify the
good URL inside my JSP) ?> > > > since you use three separate portlets on
different pages, you will have > to use three separate PSMLs for this, each
containing a different > portlet setup. Just use the relative (!) url to the
PSML to navigate > between pages, e.g. "page1.psml", "page2.psml".> > > 4) is
similar to 3), how can I trigger processAction() of my portlet when submit the
form from Page 1 (Simple Search) and at the same time instruct the portal to
switch to the page containing the Page 3 (List of results) ?> > > > > your
question is not entirely clear .. do you want to trigger > processAction of the
portlet belonging to the page 1 or for page 3? You > cannot call a
processAction of a different portlet, only to the portlet > which is creating
the action url. Why do you need a processAction, for > validation of the search
query ? If that's the case, you can call the > processAction of portlet 1, and
conditionally redirect to portlet 3 (or > back to the page containing portlet
1, if validation failed). You can > pass on the query parameters to portlet 3
as request parameters (since > you cannot set render parameters of another
portlet). By default, > request parameters are not passed through to portlets,
but you can > enable this by setting two properties in override.properties (or
> jetspeed.properties) :> >
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > # Until version 2.1, Jetspeed merged portal request parameters with >
portlet specific> # parameters, effectively allowing "shared" parameters.> #
This is not compliant with the JSR-168 PLT.11, so by default this is > now
disabled.> #> # By setting merge.portal.parameters.with.portlet.parameters=true
this > feature can> # be "restored".> # In the situation of portal and portlet
parameters with the same name, > by default> # the portlet parameters will be
provided first in the values array, but > this too> # can be overridden by
setting > merge.portal.parameters.before.portlet.parameters=true> #> # Setting
both these properties to true will deliver the "old" pre-2.1 > behavior.> #
Note: for individual portlets, these global settings can be overridden > by
setting> # these properties as metadata in jetspeed-portlet.xml>
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > merge.portal.parameters.with.portlet.parameters=false>
merge.portal.parameters.before.portlet.parameters=false> > > HTH,> Dennis> >
Thanks in advance,> > > > wzx> >
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