on 5/30/01 5:54 AM, "Gabriel Moreno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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?
Yup.
>
>>> 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.
SetScreen is the class and setScreenTemplate is the template.
-jon
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