thanks alot Rob...
I think this is what I was looking for!!!
Theron
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1 ActionForm (session scope), 5 ActionMappings, one Action, 5 JSPs. Each
tab has link which submits form with that tab's form values, the tab submit
link is differentiated by mapping parameter attribute (or hidden form
field). ActionForm validate checks data is OK. Each submit of the current
tab is redirected back to the input page (the current tab). If the user
changes tabs, the mapping simply redirects to the appropriate page. Only
when the user clicks the final 'commit this lot' link should the Action
actually process the data.
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Hi Folks:
We're converting much of our GUI (written in JFC/Swing) to thin client
using HTML-JavaScript and the struts framework.
I have converted a few of the simpler maintenance screens using the
framework and (thanks to you all) have learned quite a bit with struts.
There is a screen that I need to convert though which has 5 panes in a
JTabbedPane control. Each pane refers to input in a different table but
all 5 panes together serve to obtain information about a Process Setup for
claims. So in other words, you fill out the info for all 5 tabs and when
you hit "Ok", required field checks are performed. If required fields are
ok, then data is gathered from each tab and the corresponding table is
updated for a total of 5 tables. But they all belong to the same SQL
transaction. So it is not valid to update just 1 of the 5 tables. It's
either all or none. So if the update/insert fails on any of the 5
tables, then the whole transaction is rolled back and the user is informed
of the problem.
With the JFC/Swing architecture, this is pretty easy to do. With struts
it seems different. Do I need to have 5 forms (each form mimicing a tab)
with a hyperlink of image files that look like tabs but have href's to the
5 different forms?
Here's my problem:
- Don't forms need to have a Submit button? If so, I can't do this. I
need to have 5 forms but one submit so that all 5 forms share the same
submit button (the 1 submit button would cause an action to take data off
of the 5 pages (or forms) and populate the tables directly.
What would be the best way to do this? I can't use a wizard as the user
needs to be able to flip back and forth at will thru any of the 5 forms
before they hit the final "submit" button.
thanks,
Theron
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