step 1) in your action's execute method.... ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors();
errors.add("userHasFooProblem",new ActionError("message.key")); //message.key must be in resource bundle, e.g., application.properties this.saveErrors(errors); return mapping.findForward("failure"); step 2) then in your jsp...... <html:messages property="userHasForProblems" /> (I did this off the top of my head so if the syntax is wrong opps... it should be close). Rick Hightower Developer Struts/J2EE training -- http://www.arc-mind.com/strutsCourse.htm Struts/J2EE consulting -- http://www.arc-mind.com/consulting.htm#StrutsMentoring -----Original Message----- From: bort [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Displaying messages as a result of failure Hi all How do I present, to the user, customized messages in the case of an Action failure? For example, say a user fills and submits a form. The form gets validated, and control is passed onto the Action. From within the action, we have a "success" and "failure" forward. In the case of a "failure", I forward the user back to the same page. What I'd like to do now, however, is to print out a customized message on this page, explaining what the problem was. I realize that this is a rather simple question... so please go easy on me! TIA bort --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]