Did you get that in your JSP file? I found that if I use the html:form tag in the jsp page in which I use that technique that it errors.
If that is the case, in the JSP page, just use the normal <form name ....blah> and see if the error goes away. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Alistair Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 7:49 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Action without ActionForm I tried that but I get: Cannot retrieve definition for form bean null on action /Start Alistair On 3 Mar 2005, at 12:54, Niall Pemberton wrote: > 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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
