Jon Stevens wrote:
>
> on 5/29/01 10:57 AM, "Gabriel Moreno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I'm not sure when to use data.setScreen and when to use
> > data.setScreenTemplate.
>
> Well, one points to the Screen and one points to the Template.
>
So, let me check if I understand right. setScreenTemplate should be used
inside a Screen class in order to select the template to be used.
setScreen should be used to activate a completely different screen (both
class and template), for instance, within an Action class. Am I right?
> > I'm using setScreenTemplate to redirect to other pages and that works.
>
> Ok.
>
> > But if I try to redirect to Error.vm after catching an exception, I have
> > to use setScreen, other wise it doesn't work.
> > Could someone explain me the difference?
>
> The "right way" is to re-display the original screen with the error. If you
> show an Error.vm screen, that doesn't do anyone any good. Also, Error.vm is
> "special" in the system in that it is used by default as a catch all in
> Turbine.java for major errors (ie: Horrible Exceptions), so that may be why
> things are not working the way that you want.
>
> > In addition, is the parameter the name of the template or the class? I'm
> > using "Error.vm".
> > Thanks a lot,
>
> What parameter?
>
The parameter to setScreen and setScreenTemplate.
Thanks,
Gabriel
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