I don't know if you can capture the checkbox value to String, boolean should work though (it works for me at least). Try changing the String element to boolean.
On 8/14/07, Session A Mwamufiya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I started a thread on this topic a while back, but the example I was > guided to was hard to understand and implement. > > The question is straight forward: How do you get the value of a checkbox > from within an action? > > - I have named my <s:checkbox> in the jsp, and have a private String > element with the same name in my action > - I have created get/set methods > > Each time I try to obtain the value when a button is pressed, I get null, > regardless of whether the checkbox is clicked or not. > > It's easy and straight forward to get the value of other tags (textfield, > selectbox, ...), so I'm thinking that there's something more for > checkboxes. Do I need to set an interceptor? Please let me know whether > I'm missing something here. > > Thanks, > Session > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >