Hi, I think I can put together a better implementation of what I was doing using your two suggestions :
a)put the bean in the session scope b)use an associated form with the prepare action Thanks for your help!, Jim -----Original Message----- From: Wendy Smoak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 3:29 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: newbie html-el question > From: Bender, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > The user can click > Search Attributes | Search Components | Search Templates > I've provided html:link's like these respectively: > doPrepareSearch.do?searchType=attribute | > doPrepareSearch.do?searchType=component | > doPrepareSearch.do?searchType=template When the user clicks one of those, Struts will populate the form associated with (I assume) PrepareSearchAction. Does the mapping for that have a 'name' attribute? Does that Form have get/setSearchType methods? If you need to "remember" data, it's often easiest to put the Form bean in session scope. And you can associate one Form to several different Actions if it makes sense for your application. Some people will argue against session scope, so you may want to consult the archives and see if their reasons apply to your situation. > so when they user lands on my form, I want to prepopulate the > search type based on what they chose. That will just magically happen if you let Struts populate the form from the query string parameter and then use the same Form bean when you display your HTML form using the JSP. Rather than confuse the issue, if you still need help, post your struts-config.xml so we can see what you've got. -- Wendy Smoak Application Systems Analyst, Sr. ASU IA Information Resources Management --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
