'input' not a JSP tag, that is why it worked...
to your original question, if your new tag supports EL, you could write:
<formatChecker:check value="${fbname.price}"/>
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Voytek Jarnot
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rajesh P [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:46 AM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: RE: Custom tags with Struts
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> but i was able to use the struts tag within a html tag as follows:
> <input type="hidden" name='<bean:write name="fb"
> property="prop1"/>' value='<bean:write name="fb" property="prop2"/>'>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:07 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Custom tags with Struts
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> You can't use a tag as input to another tag's attributes.
>
> David
>
>
>
> >From: "Rajesh P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List"
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> >To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Custom tags with Struts Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003
> 20:49:48 +0530
> >
> >Hello Everyone,
> >I had created a Custom tag for formatting number to decimal
> places based on
> >some business rules. The tag looks like this:
> ><formatChecker:check value=" "/>
> >In the value attribute I need to send data from my form
> bean. I tried as
> >follows:
> ><formatChecker:check value='<bean:write name="fbname"
> value="price"/>'/>
> >I tried with single quotes and double quotes, but the custom
> tag does not
> >evaluate the struts bean tag but takes the value as "<bean:write
> >name="fbname" value="price"/>"
> >Please, can anyone tell me how i can proceed with this.
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Rajesh
> >
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