You do understand me! :) I use a hidden field now. I was trying to get away from that though so the user will not see it. I may have to put it in the session. Any ideas? thanks, Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Yu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:09 PM Subject: Re: set a value from a form to a form > Mike, > > If I understand you correctly, you want to retain the value when the form > is submitted. One option is to use <bean:message> to display the value and > use <html:hidden> to retain the value for form submission. > > <html:form ...> > Prop1: <bean:message name="myForm" property="prop1"/> > <html:hidden name="myForm" property="prop1"/> > ... > </html:form> > > The value is *not* retained in a bean. It's just resubmitted as an URI > parameter. If you let Struts do the auto formbean population, you will get > it in the actionform object. > > Bean created by <bean:define> in the request scope will "disappear" because > whenever you submit the form, that's a complete new request. > > > At 06:36 am 11-09-2002, you wrote: > >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 > > -- > John Yu Scioworks Technologies > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: +(65) 873 5989 > w: http://www.scioworks.com m: +(65) 9782 9610 > > Scioworks Camino - "Don't develop Struts Apps without it!" > Copyright (c) 2002 John Yu/Scioworks Technologies. All rights reserved. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
