... and the form bean will have a "name" property, and you will remove the "value" attribute from your "html:text" element.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jarnot Voytek Contr AU HQ/SC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > If you want to stick to the generally accepted Struts best-practices, you > will never link directly to a JSP, only to an Action - which could then > populate your form bean before forwarding to the JSP and the JSP tag would > automagically have the right value. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry Hytail [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > I have started playing with Struts and have some simple > > things working well. I have looked around but can't answer > > the following. > > > > Say I have this in my JSP: > > > > <html:text property="name" value="SAM" /> > > > > Then the field "name" will have a default value of "SAM". > > But what if I want "SAM" to be variable based on a parameter > > passed in on the request? I can't seem to figure out how to > > do this seemingly simple thing. > > > > Say I use URL: > > > > http://localhost:8080/web/JSP/depositMail.jsp?name="BOB" > > > > and I want "BOB" then to show up as the default value. How > > do I code the html tag? > > > > I am sure this is simple and will greatly appreciate the push > > in the right direction. > > > > Larry Hytail > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

