Rick, I just noticed your comment on this page with regard to its structure... I agree with you, it's a pretty sloppy right now (it's been structrued a certain way from the start and no one has bothered to fix it up)... although, it probably doesn't need to jump off to individual pages for each item... just a more typical FAQ organization, a list of questions and answers, with maybe a table of contents up top and jump links, would be nice.
I very much doubt anyone will complain if you do it (and if they do someone could always just revert it!), so I for one say go for it! -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com On Mon, August 1, 2005 10:34 am, Apache Wiki said: > Dear Wiki user, > > You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Struts Wiki" for > change notification. > > The following page has been changed by FrankZammetti: > http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsSolutions > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 7. A plug & play solution to adding a "please wait" page to any Struts > action: [StrutsPleaseWait] > > + 8. How do I include an anchor name when forwarding from an Action? > (i.e., how can I make the page returned to the browser jump to a specific > section out of an Action?) > + > == DISCUSSION OF PROBLEMS (What Is The Problem?) == > > 4. In an application I was architect and lead developer for last year, I > was asked to expose certain pieces of functionality of the system as Web > Services. This request was made AFTER the application was complete and > deployed in production. I did not want to spend a lot of time on this > (in fact, COULDN'T) and wanted to change as little code as possible, > ideally none. > > 5. I've seen this question asked numerous times on the Struts User's > mailing list, so I thought an entry somewhere on the Wiki might be a > good idea. The question is usually asked something like "How can I open > a new window from an Action?" It's a little vague, but it's along the > lines of how can you submit a form and have the response appear in a new > window. Usually it's asked within the context of doing it variably, > that is, sometimes returning in a new window, sometimes not. > + > + 8. If you name an anchor in your page (<a name="something">) and you > want the browser to jump to that specific anchor when it is rendered, you > would generally do something like <a href="mypage.htm#something"> if you > were doing it from a link. Or, from a servlet, you might attach > #something to the end of the page name when using a dispatcher to forward. > If you try to append #something to the end of a forward name from an > Action though (return mapping.findForward("myForward#something");) you > will find that Struts throws an exception about not being able to find the > forward. That is because it is looking for a forward that is literally > "myForward#something" and won't find it. > > == DISCUSSION OF SOLUTIONS (What Is The Solution?) == > > @@ -150, +154 @@ > > > The bottom-line here is this: There is no way to direct the browser to > open the response in a new window from an Action. You either have to > indicate you want this behavior when the form is submitted, or make it > happen with scripting once the response is back at the browser. At > least, this is true within the confines of plain old HTML... You could > always pull an applet out and do something like this! > > + 8. In theory at least (can someone verify this, I'm being lazy!) you > could actually name your forward "myForward#something", and it should > work. However, this ties your page design a little too much to your > Struts config, and that's probably not a good idea. The better solution > is to use a little snippet of Javascript on the client like so: > + > + {{{ > + <head> > + <script> > + function jumpToAnchor() { > + <% if (request.getAttribute("hash") != null) { %> > + location.hash = "<%=request.getAttribute("hash")%>"; > + <% } %> > + } > + </script> > + </head> > + <body onLoad="jumpToAnchor();"> > + }}} > + > + Then, all you need to do is add an attribute named "hash" to the request > right before you return the forward from your Action. The value of the > attribute is simply the name of the anchor you wish to jump to. Voila, > all set! > + > = THE END = > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
