If you are using Tomcat I believe that the problem is that the code checks
that the file exists before redirecting to it so doesn't work for URLs that
are mapped to a servlet. A workaround to this problem is to create a dummy
file with the same name. In your case this would be something like;
<TOMCAT_HOME>/webapps/<myApp>/index.do
The file doesn't have to contain anything in particular, it is never
accessed.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Alfors [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 05 March 2001 17:27
> To: struts-user
> Subject: initial action
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I noticed some messages in the archives that explain how
> to have the
> initial page be an action.
> It appears that adding this block:
>
> <welcome-file-list>
> <welcome-file>index.do</welcome-file>
> </welcome-file-list>
>
> directly after the servlet definition in the web.xml should do the
> trick. However, as others have replied, I am receiving the directory
> listing rather than executing the specified action.
>
> Has anyone been able to get this to work?
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
>
