thank you Frank for your answer and your explanations!
---------- Initial Header ----------- >From : "Frank W. Zammetti" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : "Struts Users Mailing List" user@struts.apache.org Cc : "user" user@struts.apache.org Date : Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:31:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject : Re: Problem with a Frameset and Struts (replacing frameset with tiles?) > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
