Assuming you are using the Struts-EL tag library:
Try:
<html_el:hidden property="itemIdx" value="${itemIdx.count}"/>
robert
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom McCobb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:05 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: RE: Setting html:hidden property using JSTL
>
>
> I am having the same nagging problem in JBoss3.2.3/Tomcat4.1.
>
> <c:forEach var="costs" value="${DetailForm.detail.costs}"
> varStatus="itemIdx" >
>
> <c:out value="${itemIdx.count}" /> ---this works just fine
>
> <html:hidden property="itemIdx" value="${<c:out
> value='${itemIdx.count}'/>"/>
>
> The last line always renders as '<c:out value="${itemIdx.count}"/>' both in
> the Form property and the request parameter.
>
> I checked versions, etc. as detailed earlier in this thread. I'm stumped.
>
> Tom McC.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karr, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 11:00 AM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: RE: Setting html:hidden property using JSTL
>
>
> What container are you using? If this is Resin, this has been known to
> cause problems because of the fact that Resin has an integrated version
> of the JSTL which doesn't work the same as the Jakarta one. If you're
> using Resin, make sure the integrated JSTL is not being used.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: klute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Robert,
> >
> > I am using servlet spec 2.3 and i did all the steps
> > you mentioned.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > James
> >
> > --- Robert Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I'm sorry, I've missed parts of this thread, but
> > > this
> > > last message caught my eye when you said it's
> > > printing
> > > ${contentId} to the screen instead of the value of
> > > contentId.
> > >
> > > Which servlet spec. does your container support?
> > > I've seen this
> > > type of behavior when the container supports Servlet
> > > Spec. 2.4 but
> > > the web.xml file is referring to the 2.3 dtd.
> > >
> > > If your container does support the 2.4 spec, then
> > > make sure your
> > > web.xml file has
> > >
> > > <web-app version="2.4"
> > > xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee";
> > >
> > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
> > >
> > xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd";>
> > >
> > > in its root element.
> > >
> > > Again, if your container does support the 2.4 spec,
> > > then you
> > > shouldn't need any .tld files or even jar files for
> > > JSTL.
> > > All you should have to do is add (or include)
> > > something like this to the
> > > top of your .jsp page.
> > >
> > > <%-- JSTL Standard Tags --%>
> > > <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core";
> > > prefix="c" %>
> > > <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/fmt";
> > > prefix="fmt" %>
> > >
> > > If your container does not support the 2.4 spec,
> > > then you will need
> > > to include the appropriate .tld and .jar files and
> > > update your web.xml
> > > file to reference the appropriate .tld file(s).
> > >
> > > robert
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: klute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:01 AM
> > > > To: Struts Users Mailing List
> > > > Subject: Re: Setting html:hidden property using
> > > JSTL
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hello All,
> > > >
> > > > I *really* appreciate your help. Because of a
> > > > hard-pressing work deadline, i actually gave up on
> > > > getting that to work using JSTL and ended up using
> > > the
> > > > ugly <input type="hidden" name="contentId"
> > > > value="<%=request.getAttribute("contentId")%>"/>
> > > > instead.
> > > >
> > > > I'll definitely come back to JSTL at a later time
> > > > since i consider that to be a proper way of doing
> > > this
> > > > sort of things.
> > > >
> > > > Robert, if ${contentId} is available as an
> > > attribute
> > > > (which it was) and not as a parameter, i would
> > > expect
> > > > it to produce null or something instead of
> > > literally
> > > > printing out ${contentId} string...
> > > >
> > > > Rick, i tried creating a var in the jsp and the
> > > result
> > > > would still be the same: the value of the hidden
> > > > property was printed out as {$myVar}. And, if i do
> > > > c:out in the begging of the jsp, i do get an
> > > actual
> > > > int value printed. weird... i definitely need to
> > > spend
> > > > more time doing my homework to understand how it
> > > > works...
> > > >
> > > > All the best,
> > > > James
> > > >
> > > > --- Rick Reumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > klute wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Yes, the struts-el.jar is in WEB-INF/lib
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- Rick Reumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >>klute wrote:
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>><input type="hidden" name="contentId"
> > > > > >>>value="${contentId}">
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>This are the tagligs i am importing on this
> > > page:
> > > > > >>><%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld"
> > > > > >>>prefix="bean" %>
> > > > > >>><%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld"
> > > > > >>>prefix="html" %>
> > > > > >>><%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html-el.tld"
> > > > > >>>prefix="html-el" %>
> > > > > >>><%@ taglib
> > > uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core";
> > > > > >>>prefix="c" %>
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>>What am i doing wrong?
> > > > >
> > > > > Not sure. If you have
> > > > > - struts-el jar included
> > > > > - proper definition of the tld in web.xml
> > > > > - proper declaration for the tld on top of the
> > > page
> > > > >
> > > > > then using it as:
> > > > > <html-el:hidden property="contentId"
> > > > > value="${contentId}"/>
> > > > > should be fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > The only thing I'm still concerned about and
> > > maybe
> > > > > somehow it's related
> > > > > is that contentId has to be a property of your
> > > > > ActionForm or else Struts
> > > > > would complain that it couldn't find the
> > > property
> > > > > 'contentId' Are you
> > > > > maybe creating the "contentId" var dynamically
> > > first
> > > > > in the JSP page and
> > > > > then trying to set as above? "Usually" you don't
> > > > > need to do like you are
> > > > > doing (setting the value) since that value can
> > > be
> > > > > set before you get to
> > > > > the page and thus just doing <html:hidden
> > > > > property="contentId" would be
> > > > > fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > What does <c:out value="${contentId}"/> produce
> > > on
> > > > > the page (or in
> > > > > source) when placed right before the html-el
> > > hidden
> > > > > tag?
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Rick
> > > > >
> > > > >
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