[jboss-dev-forums] [Design of JBoss Portal] - Portlet instance Admin

Hi, I'm trying to implement the admin preferences. Where the admin can change default values for a portlet instance that will be reflected for everyone viewing that page. Allowing administrators to easily tweak values such as the number of images to display in each column/row for a category portlet for example. This can be done in the admin portlet, but it can be difficult for non-programmers to understand how instances are configured and which instance is displayed on which page. Which is why I also want a admin GUI layout for portlets. I have seen the thread: http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=139028 but i also saw this in the API of 2.6.3: anonymous wrote : | There are two different types of preferences: | | modifiable preferences - these preferences can be changed by the portlet in any standard portlet mode (EDIT, HELP, VIEW). Per default every preference is modifiable. | read-only preferences - these preferences cannot be changed by the portlet in any standard portlet mode, but may be changed by administrative modes. Preferences are read-only, if the are defined in the deployment descriptor with read-only set to true, or if the portlet container restricts write access. | | So i went about making preferences read-only and set up a custom view: | <portlet> | ..... | <preference> | <name>numberOfImages</name> | <value>5</value> | <read-only>true</read-only> | </preference> | <supports> | <mime-type>text/html</mime-type> | <portlet-mode>VIEW</portlet-mode> | <portlet-mode>Admin</portlet-mode> | </supports> | </portlet> | <custom-portlet-mode> | <name>Admin</name> | </custom-portlet-mode> | </portlet-app> | allowed my "admin" to edit instance preferences: | <instance> | <instance-id>name</instance-id> | <portlet-ref>name</portlet-ref> | <security-constraint> | <policy-permission> | <action-name>admin</action-name> | <role-name>Admin</role-name> | </policy-permission> | <policy-permission> | <action-name>view</action-name> | <unchecked/> | </policy-permission> | </security-constraint> | </instance> | But when trying to write to the value i get a error: | javax.portlet.ReadOnlyException: Key foo cannot be written | Also when i am looking at the admin portlet logged in as admin i cannot click on the value for a portlet varible where i can change it. Other preferences in other portlets not mark as "read-only" can be changed. It's like the admin cannot write to the values. Is there something i am missing? I'm using the same default admin that was set when i downloaded it. Is there something i need to for admin to write to read only values ? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4171017#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...