Its all of because where your code gets placed.
That is, the useBean tag is translated into code which comes before any of
the <% %> code in the body of JSP.
So when you use setProperty it is transalted into code that comes before
your <% %> code but there is no bean at that point.
Instead of changing the bean, you could put initialization code inside the
useBean tag.
<jsp:useBean id="mybean" scope="myscope" class="myclass">
<%
...any java code....
%>
</jsp:useBean>
This way, the code you include will be placed at the right point when your
JSP is turned into a servlet.
The setProperty tags will get transalted into code that comes after this.
I hope this helps.
>just for arguments sake, why does then usebean tag need to create a bean
before i can use set-
>and getProperty on it?
thnx,
-Alexander.
