set a value from a form to a form

[Michael Lee]

I have a form object that populates html fields. The problem is, I want to display 
some of the form data and have it uneditable. When I submit the form loses all the 
data that is not in an html:.. tag.
I've tried...
    <bean:define id="userRole" name="userForm" property="userRole" scope="request" 
toScope="request"/>
but this doesnt seem to work
thanks,
Mike