Anne, you need to override the validate method provided in ActionForm. It would look something like this:
In your form bean... import org.apache.struts.action.ActionErrors; import org.apache.struts.action.ActionError; | | | public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) { ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors(); if ((user == null) || (user.length() < 1)) { errors.add("username", new ActionError ("error.username.required")); errors.add("header", new ActionError ("errors.header")); } return errors; } regards, sanjay __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ MVC-Programmers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.basebeans.com:8081/mailman/listinfo/mvc-programmers