Ahead of you, got it and using it.... Still in Blighty (Scotland in fact), just working far too late!!
HM On 15 Oct 2002 at 15:53, Chappell, Simon P wrote: > Howard, > > Keep asking questions, you'll get there. :-) > > Which part of the homeland do you live in? I was raised mostly in Cornwall, >graduated from Plymouth University and lived for a few years in Wiltshire before >crossing the pond and marrying one of the few Yanks with a sense of humour. :-) > > The first thing that you need to do is NOT edit your struts-config.xml file by hand >when there are magnificent tools like the Struts Console available from James Holmes. >Run, don't walk to http://www.jamesholmes.com/struts/console/ download it and start >working with it. This will make life much easier. I'll save further advice until you've followed this advice first. :-) > > Simon > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Simon P. Chappell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Java Programming Specialist www.landsend.com > Lands' End, Inc. (608) 935-4526 > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Howard Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 3:44 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: (sigh!) another pre-populate question > > > > > >Simon (we meet again).. > > > >Sounds very interesting, but I'm not quite there: > >Firstly I'm not entirely sure what you mean by separating view > >and edit pages. I'm > >actually trying to write what I think of as an edit page (it > >basically is setting up some > >parameters for a graph). But I need to load default parameters > >(well its worse than > >that I actually load an existing "user" session bean as the > >page parameter, as this > >contains all the stuff I need). > > > >Secondly, I do see what you mean by having a PreAction and a > >PostAction, but I > >don't see how I would set that up in the struts-config. Can > >you hold my hand a bit > >here, as it where? > > > >One more thing... how does the PreAction actually call the > >associated JSP. I seem to > >have a problem with this! > > > >Cheers... Howard > > > >On 15 Oct 2002 at 15:35, Chappell, Simon P wrote: > > > >> Howard, > >> > >> Remember what I said about Scriptlets? Well, calling an > >action with a mode is worse and you'll be forced to watch > >Emmerdale farm until the cows come home as punishment! (Gotta > >give these folks some humour, even if they won't understand it :-) > >> > >> Here's what I do, for what it's worth: > >> > >> When I have view and edit pages, I separate them. Better to > >have two pages that don't have a bunch of <logic:equal> tags > >in them IMNSHO. e.g. fooDisplay.jsp and fooEdit.jsp > >> > >> When I have a page foo.jsp, I create two actions: > >fooPreAction and fooPostAction. The fooPreAction does whatever > >it takes to setup for the foo.jsp (mostly sticking data into > >fooForm) and the fooPostAction does the actual processing. In > >our recent project we observed this pattern and naming > >convention and it worked quite well for us. > >> > >> Simon > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Simon P. Chappell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Java Programming Specialist www.landsend.com > >> Lands' End, Inc. (608) 935-4526 > >> > >> > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: Howard Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> >Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 3:27 PM > >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >Subject: (sigh!) another pre-populate question > >> > > >> > > >> >Sorry if I keep asking variatons on the same question. > >> > > >> >I have a JSP called "dosomething" and an associated action > >> >called "dosomething > >> >Action". > >> > > >> >I want to pre-load the form, but this page can be called from > >> >all over the place, so my > >> >previous page calls the action for the "dosomething" page > >> >directly, having a link that > >> >looks like "/dosomething.do?action=new". The action creates > >> >and pre-populates the > >> >bean for the form. > >> > > >> >Question: (a) is this a sensible way to proceed (as far as I > >> >can tell it is similar to the > >> >method in the struts-example). and (b) How do I correctly call > >> >the "dosomething.jsp" > >> >page from the "dosomethingAction"?? > >> > > >> >Problem is I am using "mapping.getInput()" and all I get is an > >> >empty page with just > >> >headers - no errors - weird! > >> > > >> >HM > >> > > >> >-- > >> >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
