I know. This is what I had and didnt like. So we are saying that we need
to re-design the html form tags to handle this in an elegant way, right?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Husted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: Are form tags tied to beans?!!!
> If you want the value of a control to be dynamic and determined from an
> object other than an ActionForm, then use bean:write
>
> <input type="hidden" value="<bean:write ... />">
>
>
> Jonathan Asbell wrote:
> >
> > Yes I know, but I want some of the attributes to be dynamic
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ted Husted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 8:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: Are form tags tied to beans?!!!
> >
> > > You can mix and match the html:form tags with the standard HTML form
> > > tags. So, just code <input type="hidden" .. into your form.
> > >
> > > The html:form tags are a handy way to prepopulate the HTML form
elements
> > > from a bean. But they are only a means to an end. If you don't need to
> > > prepopulate the field, then you don't need to use a html:form tag.
> > >
> > > If for any reason you wanted to pass a "flag" bean to your form, to
set
> > > that dynamically, you could also pass a second form ActionForm bean.
The
> > > default is to use the bean tied to the Action path, but you can also
> > > overide that on a tag by tag basis.
> > >
> > > > Jonathan wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I need to dynamically fill a form with values. The problem is that
> > > > <html:text> and other form tags REQUIRE the attribute "property".
> > > > However, there may be fields that I submit that I DONT want to be
> > > > values in the bean. For example, I may want to add a hidden field
> > > > that is NOT a value in the bean, but merely a "flag" in the request.
> > > > How is this done in a clean way, considering that the form tags all
> > > > require "property" as an attribute, and that value must be a member
> > > > value in a bean?
> > >
>
