Tiles and frames are not at all equivalent, so it's not a simple either-or answer. It really depends on what your application needs are.
I have done a lot of work with frames and am completely comfortable developing with them. This is not so for everyone, and there are some good reasons for it. Given my affection (well, acceptance anyway!) of frames, I would *still* say that if you don't truly need what they give you then you probably *don't* want to use them. There are indeed added complexities with frames, and sometimes some very subtle problems come up that will give you fits if you don't have a lot of experience with frames, so if you don't truly need them, Tiles will probably be the better choice. Of course, you probably should ask whether you need Tiles or not too... Tiles does have some benefits, but it also adds complexity. I don't want to overstate it, Tiles is *not* difficult, but you may not even ned that added complexity, however little it may be. -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com On Wed, September 7, 2005 2:13 am, gollinger said: > Hi! > > thank you very much for your answer. > Do you think it would generally be better > to use Tiles instead of frameset? > We would like to use the validador-framework > but when we have to use javascript in any case > do you think it would be better not to do this? > > Ciao > > > > > > > ---------- Initial Header ----------- > >>From : "Frank W. Zammetti" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To : "Struts Users Mailing List" user@struts.apache.org > Cc : "user" user@struts.apache.org > Date : Tue, 6 Sep 2005 10:21:08 -0400 (EDT) > Subject : Re: Problem with a Frameset and Struts > > > > > > > >> Hi, >> >> This isn't really a Struts issue per se, it's a frames issue. >> >> When you set the target of the form to display, the response from the >> server is going to go into the bottom frame, regardless of what the >> outcome is (i.e., whether there are errors or not). This is just how >> frames work. >> >> You can do what you want, but it will require client-side coding. >> >> I would suggest having a third frame with a size of 0 (making it hidden) >> and direct your response to it. Add some Javascript to the page that is >> returned that fires in response to the onLoad event. If errors came >> back, >> copy them over to the search frame, otherwise copy the whole page to >> display. Let's assume you call the hidden frame "hiddenFrame", and >> let's >> assume there is a <div> with an ID of "errorDiv" in both the returned >> page >> and what's in the search frame... Here's what I would do: >> >> <html> >> <head> >> <script> >> function loadHandler() { >> if (errorDiv.innerHTML != '') { >> window.top.search.errorDiv.innerHTML > >> window.top.hiddenFrame.errorDiv.innerTML; >> } else { >> window.top.display.document.open(); >> window.top.display.document.write( >> window.top.hiddenFrame.document.documentElement.outerHTML); >> window.top.display.document.close(); >> } >> </script> >> </head> >> <body onLoad="loadHandler();"> >> ... >> </body></html> >> >> So, if errors are present in the <div> on the returned page, they will >> be >> copied over to the <div> in the search frame. If the <div> is empty on >> the returned page, meaning no errors occurred, the entire page is copied >> over to the display frame. >> >> I'm not sure this is 100% cross-browser, you probably need to use >> getElementById() to make it so, but the basic theory works (I know >> because >> I do this in a prod app I have). >> >> -- >> Frank W. Zammetti >> Founder and Chief Software Architect >> Omnytex Technologies >> http://www.omnytex.com >> >> On Tue, September 6, 2005 8:32 am, gollinger said: >> > I have a frameset with two included jsp's. >> > >> > <frameset rows="15%,85%"> >> > <html:frame frameName="search" page="/jsp/awp/search.jsp" /> >> > <html:frame frameName="display" page="/jsp/awp/empty.jsp" /> >> > </frameset> >> > </head> >> > </html> >> > >> > >> > this is the first jsp inside the frameset with validation >> > >> > and errors should be displayed there: >> > >> > <html:form action="/show" target="display" > >> > <tr> >> > <td width="100"> >> > <html:link page="/jsp/index.jsp">Home</html:link> >> > </td> >> > <td colspan="3" align="center"><b>show group</b></td> >> > </tr> >> > <tr> >> > <td><html:text property="abt_id" size="3" value="32"/> >> > </td> >> > <td><html:submit/></td> >> > </tr> >> > <html:errors/> >> > </html:form> >> > >> > the large problem that I have is that I want the errors to be >> displayed in >> > the first jsp (in the part of the frameset above), >> > where the submit button original is! >> > But the effect is that the original page gets duplicated on the screen >> und >> > the errors were displayed there! >> > >> > >> > Who can give me an advice? >> > >> > Thanks Antonio >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ____________________________________________________________ >> > 6X velocizzare la tua navigazione a 56k? 6X Web Accelerator di Libero! >> > Scaricalo su INTERNET GRATIS 6X http://www.libero.it >> > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > 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] >> >> > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Libero Flat, sempre a 4 Mega a 19,95 euro al mese! > Abbonati subito su http://www.libero.it > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
