Dear Michael:
1. Pardon me for sending this mail to you, but I need a bit of help.
2. Saw that you have done work using frames.
3. I need to learn about using frames in Struts. This is what I would like to do: - have two frames in a page - user clicks say catalog in one frame - and the catalog should get loaded in adjacent frame
4. Can you please let me know where I can read up so I can do the above ?
Thanks,
a novice,
paresh
Don't know why you had the topic as "Re: resetting values in <html:text/>. But I have changed that.
I have copied the struts user list, Paresh, because I think this is a recurrent issue. I wish I had this email when I started this.
I understand why this recurs, even though experienced people will likely say "duh" or think that this is not a good question. There is something a bit different about this situation that throws new people. I think it is because the answer depends upon the value of a tag attribute and not the attribute itself. If one thinks rigorously, this can be confusing.
If one is lucky enough to have formal schooling, this sort of thing does not cause a problem. If you are self-taught like myself, and I suspect yourself, this is an issue. I had the same problem with trying to find out why "?" was referenced in Java code dealing with the Internet. If you have to find that out on your own, it is surprisingly hard. It is like trying to find the blank key on a keyboard.
Anyway, pedagogical issues aside, the answer follows.
The key is really simply knowing how the frameset and frame tags work generally. The tags allow you to identify which frame will be called. The frame tag has a name attribute which is mirrored by the name value for the target attribute in the related <a> tag used to call a link. The best thing is to just make a simple html page with a frameset and do a little experimenting. It becomes clear quick when you do that.
Michael
