Just don't specify a form (i.e. no name="..." attribute) in your action mapping....
<action path="/Start" type="org.test.Actions.Start"> <forward name="started" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/controls/started.jsp" /> </action> Niall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <user@struts.apache.org> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:45 PM Subject: Action without ActionForm > Is there any way in struts-config.xml to specify an Action that doesn't > require an ActionForm? > I have: > > index.jsp -> link to controller Action -> decides which jsp to display > -> start.jsp or stop.jsp > > start.jsp and stop.jsp just have a form with a button that starts/stops > a service. So I don't need an ActionForm > > I tried: > <form-bean name="generic" > type="org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm"/> > > <action path="/Start" type="org.test.Actions.Start" name="generic"> > <forward name="started" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/controls/started.jsp" /> > </action> > > but after the "generic" form bean is used by a previous Action I get: > Cannot retrieve definition for form bean generic on action /Start > > do I need a DynaActionForm for every Action that doesn't need an > ActionForm? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]