Hi I see no reason of losing the session while opening a JSP in a new pop up window.
Try this <a href='/test2.jsp' target='test2' >test2</a> or window.open("/test2.jsp","test2"); I am pretty sure that no session variables are lost while opening a JSP in a pop up window. Harjot ----- Original Message ----- From: "grati_a_lozano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 4:14 PM Subject: Session attributes lost when open a popup window > Hi all, > > I'm working with Struts 1.1. > > When open a JSP page in a popup window with JavaScript, the Session > attributes are lost. > > I make a little example: > > The test1.jsp put one attribute ("test1") in Session and invoke > test2.jsp in two ways: > > a) When submit the form, a forward is defined to return test2.jsp > > b) Using a JavaScript function > > Test2.jsp only must check that the attribute "test1" exists and > display it: > > That is TEST1.JSP > > <SCRIPT language="javascript"> > function openwindow(){ > aBase='<html:rewrite > page="/test2.jsp" />'; > window.open(aBase, "test2", > "200", "200"); > } > </SCRIPT> > > <TITLE>TEST1</TITLE> > <% request.getSession().setAttribute("test1", "hola"); %> > </HEAD> > > <BODY> > <html:form action="/test1Action"> > <html:text property = "texto"/> > <html:submit value="test2"/><br> > </html:form> > > <a href='javascript:openwindow()'>test2</a> > > </BODY> > > That is TEST2.JSP > > <BODY> > <logic:present name="test1"> > session.test1: > <bean:write name="test1" scope="session" /><br> > </logic:present> > </BODY> > > > That is the piece of struts-config.xml concerned (test1Action do > nothing but returns the addecuate forward ). > > <action-mappings> > <action > name="test1" > path="/test1Action" > scope="request" > type="test_struts.forms.test1Action"> > <forward > name="success" > path="/test2.jsp" /> > </action> > </action-mappings> > > > And that is the result: > > If test2.jsp is invoked via the Submit button, it is open in the same > browser window and display: > > session.test1: hola > > If test2.jsp is invoked via the link, nothing is displayed. > > I'm looking in Google and it seems that the session ID (jsession) is > lost. > > To avoid that I tried to change the JavaScript code using the next: > <% String url =response.encodeURL("test2.jsp"); %> > window.open( <%=url%>,"TEST", "200", "200"); > > but with the same results. > > My questions are: > How can I open a popup window without losing session? > Is there another way to do that using Struts tags?. > > Thanks in advance and excuses for my English. > > Regards. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]