It won't work that way, you've got to use the -el tags for such a thing. Moreover just specifying the property should suffice for population of the hidden field , you would not need to explicitly do it using the bean tag unless there is some other issue that makes you do it. IN that case: <html-el:hidden property="id" value="${formbean.id}"/>
-----Original Message----- From: as as [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 7:03 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: RE: Jasper error Wendy, Yes I did try using it: <html:hidden property="id" value="<bean:write name="ID" property="id" />"/> seems it doesnt like two "" may be one of them need to be ".... it still doesnt work though... Thanks in advance, Sam. Wendy Smoak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: as as [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [input] > value=""> > need I change the syntax... What's wrong with: Is there some reason you're not using the Struts tags? -- Wendy Smoak Application Systems Analyst, Sr. ASU IA Information Resources Management --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway - Enter today --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]