Customization of Portlet

Hi,
I'm using JPDK 1.4, Portal 3.0.8.9.8 on Win 2000.
I've tried following the example on customization of the MyFirstPortlet and I'm having the following problems:
1. The greeting messasge doesn't get updated at all. Only the title gets updated. Any clue?
2. The Customize page is showing 2 sets of the header and footer, i.e. the Customize Banner and the OK, Apply and Cancel buttons. If I remove the lines, renderCustomizeFormHeader and renderCustomizeFormFooter, it appears ok but the title and greeting do not get updated.
3. Apparently, the documentation in PDK is not updated. A lot of the classes, tags referenced in the documentation are outdated and I spent lots of time trying to figure out why certain errors were generated.
I would appreciate it very much if someone could help me.
Regards,
Alex Tan

Hi,
Your suggestion for my 2nd problem works like a charm.
I've realised if I use BaseCustomization, I could customize the greeting. I don't quite know how to use NameValuePersonalizationObject though. Appreciate if you could show me some code.
Now, I've got a serious problem after I've tried using NameValuePersonalization. I can't even run a normal portlet using BaseCustomization. I got the following error:
[23/05/2001 21:14:54:529 CST] hello3/FilePersonalizationManager Error instantiating Hello3Customization :
[23/05/2001 21:14:54:529 CST] hello3/FilePersonalizationManager Error instantiating Hello3Customization :
[23/05/2001 21:14:54:549 CST]
java.io.IOException:
at oracle.portal.provider.v1.FilePersonalizationManager.createDataObject(FilePersonalizationManager.java:1000)
at oracle.portal.provider.v1.FilePersonalizationManager.create(FilePersonalizationManager.java:294)
at oracle.portal.provider.v1.PortletRendererUtil.getDefaultEditData(PortletRendererUtil.java:792)
at oracle.portal.provider.v1.PortletRendererUtil.getLanguageDefaultEditData(PortletRendererUtil.java:810)
at oracle.portal.provider.v1.PortletRendererUtil.getUserEditData(PortletRendererUtil.java:825)
at oracle.portal.provider.v1.PortletRendererUtil.getEditData(PortletRendererUtil.java:703)
at hello3.hello3._jspService(_hello3.java:61)
at oracle.jsp.runtime.HttpJsp.service(HttpJsp.java)
at oracle.jsp.app.JspApplication.dispatchRequest(JspApplication.java)
at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.doDispatch(JspServlet.java)
at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.internalService(JspServlet.java, Compiled Code)
at oracle.jsp.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:588)
at oracle.portal.provider.v1.http.JspRenderer.renderBody(JspRenderer.java:116)
at oracle.portal.provider.v1.RenderManager.render(RenderManager.java:164)
at oracle.portal.provider.v1.http.ServletProviderResponse.showPortlet(ServletProviderResponse.java:376)
at oracle.portal.provider.v1.http.HttpProvider.dispatchProviderAction(HttpProvider.java:613)
at oracle.portal.provider.v1.http.HttpProvider.service(HttpProvider.java:374)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:588)
at org.apache.jserv.JServConnection.processRequest(JServConnection.java:402)
at org.apache.jserv.JServConnection.run(JServConnection.java:260)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:479)
My provider.xml is
<provider class="oracle.portal.provider.v1.http.DefaultProvider" session="true">
<portlet class="oracle.portal.provider.v1.http.DefaultPortlet" resource="Hello3Bundle" version="1">
<id>1</id>
<name>MyThirdPortletJSP</name>
<title>My Third Portlet - JSP</title>
<description>This is my third portlet implemented in JSP.</description>
<timeout>5</timeout>
<timeoutMessage>My Third Portlet timed out</timeoutMessage>
<showEdit>true</showEdit>
<showEditDefault>true</showEditDefault>
<showPreview>false</showPreview>
<showDetails>true</showDetails>
<hasHelp>true</hasHelp>
<hasAbout>true</hasAbout>
<acceptContentType>text/html</acceptContentType>
<renderer class="oracle.portal.provider.v1.RenderManager">
<appPath>/hello3</appPath>
<appRoot>d:\oracle\iSuites\Apache\Apache\htdocs\hello3</appRoot>
<showPage>hello3.jsp</showPage>
<editPage>hello3custom.jsp</editPage>
<editDefaultsPage>hello3custom.jsp</editDefaultsPage>
<aboutPage>about.htm</aboutPage>
<helpPage>help.htm</helpPage>
<showDetailsPage>hello3fullscreen.jsp</showDetailsPage>
<renderContainer>true</renderContainer>
<renderCustomize>false</renderCustomize>
</renderer>
<personalizationManager class="oracle.portal.provider.v1.http.DefaultPortletPersonalizationManager">
<dataClass>Hello 3Customization</dataClass>
</personalizationManager>
</portlet>
</provider>
Am I missing something?
Regards,
Alex
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