Your ActionMessage should contain the key to a message in some message resources, rather than the actual message itself. Something like...
errors.add(ActionErrors.GLOBAL_MESSAGE, new ActionMessage( "user.required" ) ); then define "user.required=User name is null" in your message resources. Niall ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 8:47 PM Subject: Displaying errors messages from validate in V1.2.4 > Hi, > I cannt find the correct setup for <html:messages> to display error messages from a form's validate method in Struts 1.2.4 > > For example, if I have something like this in the validate method: > > <snip> > public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping, > HttpServletRequest request) { > ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors(); > > if (username == null) { > errors.add(ActionErrors.GLOBAL_MESSAGE, new ActionMessage( "User name is null" ) ); > > return errors; > </snip> > > What is the correct struts tag to use to display the error message ? Are the java docs accurate? > > Best 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]