Re: Wizard forms
I'm not saying it's better, but this is what I have done (but not with as much tiles integration). This is how I would do it moving forward: Have a different action or two different actions for each unique page. (You may have pages that are not necessarily unique and are generic second pages possibly). The action for the second page forwards to a tile that subclasses a main tile that you have defined and has a different body. I would still use the page parameter on the form so you could use the validator. sandeep --- "Gregory F. March" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How are wizard forms (multipage forms) typically > done in the struts > framework? > > I have done the following and I'm running into a few > configuration and > usability problems that seem to indicate that I did > something wrong. > I have the following: > > * Main tile page that contains a header, menu, body > and footer. > > * The body tile contains parts of the form with > multiple submit > buttons, a "save", "cancel", "reset", "previous" > and "next". > > * When the user hits next or prev, the action > redirects to a forward > with a ?page=n so that the main tile page can > display the correct > body. > > * Based on the "page" parameter, the main tile page > will change the > body of the page to a different .jsp for each of > the pages in the > multipart form. > > * A DynaActionForm that has session scope to > maintain the data across > pages. > > Does this sound right? My issues are with that > "page" property to > manage the content of the body tile - it doesn't > seem natural in this > framework to do it this way. > > As usual, any comments are really appreciated... > > Thanks, > > /greg > > -- > Gregory F. March-=- > http://www.gfm.net:81/~march-=-AIM:GfmNet > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wizard forms
On Jun 11, 2003, "Kamholz, Keith (corp-staff) USX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |Although there are other ways of doing it, with parameters and logic and |whatnot, my suggestion would be to make a separate tiles definition for each |page, and forwarding to those tiles defs. Does this make sense to you? Let |me know if you're still haveing problems. Ah! The light bulb comes on... I didn't realize you could forward to a tile definition. Err time to go back and rethink what I did with all the freakin' inserts! Thanks! /greg -- Gregory F. March-=-http://www.gfm.net:81/~march-=-AIM:GfmNet - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Wizard forms
tile.pageTwo is an extension of the main layout tile, with a different body defined. Although there are other ways of doing it, with parameters and logic and whatnot, my suggestion would be to make a separate tiles definition for each page, and forwarding to those tiles defs. Does this make sense to you? Let me know if you're still haveing problems. Keith Kamholz Programming and Architecture Moog Inc. Phone: (716) 687-7001 -Original Message- From: Gregory F. March [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 10:26 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Wizard forms On Jun 11, 2003, "Kamholz, Keith (corp-staff) USX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |If all you want to do is forward to another JSP page, make a forward action |in your struts-config like this: | | | |That way, no parameters are necessary. You'll just have to make a whole |bunch of forward actions. The forward you reference, tiles.pageTwo, what is it? A jsp? The reason I ask is that I have one main tile page that has logic: tags to load different body components so that I don't need a separate main tile page for each page of the form. In other words, I have: mainTileFormPage.jsp (loads the formBody.jsp's) formBody1.jsp formBody2.jsp formBody3.jsp formBody4.jsp I'd rather not have a mainTileFormPage.jsp, and I'd rather not embed the body tiles into the main tile form page. Am I thinking about this correctly? I hope I made myself clear there... if not, let me know and I'll try again. Thanks! /greg -- Gregory F. March-=-http://www.gfm.net:81/~march-=-AIM:GfmNet - 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]
Re: Wizard forms
On Jun 11, 2003, "Kamholz, Keith (corp-staff) USX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |If all you want to do is forward to another JSP page, make a forward action |in your struts-config like this: | | | |That way, no parameters are necessary. You'll just have to make a whole |bunch of forward actions. The forward you reference, tiles.pageTwo, what is it? A jsp? The reason I ask is that I have one main tile page that has logic: tags to load different body components so that I don't need a separate main tile page for each page of the form. In other words, I have: mainTileFormPage.jsp (loads the formBody.jsp's) formBody1.jsp formBody2.jsp formBody3.jsp formBody4.jsp I'd rather not have a mainTileFormPage.jsp, and I'd rather not embed the body tiles into the main tile form page. Am I thinking about this correctly? I hope I made myself clear there... if not, let me know and I'll try again. Thanks! /greg -- Gregory F. March-=-http://www.gfm.net:81/~march-=-AIM:GfmNet - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Wizard forms
If all you want to do is forward to another JSP page, make a forward action in your struts-config like this: That way, no parameters are necessary. You'll just have to make a whole bunch of forward actions. Now if only I could get it to stop giving me warnings for all my tiles names... Keith Kamholz Programming and Architecture Moog Inc. Phone: (716) 687-7001 -Original Message- From: Gregory F. March [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 9:00 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Wizard forms How are wizard forms (multipage forms) typically done in the struts framework? I have done the following and I'm running into a few configuration and usability problems that seem to indicate that I did something wrong. I have the following: * Main tile page that contains a header, menu, body and footer. * The body tile contains parts of the form with multiple submit buttons, a "save", "cancel", "reset", "previous" and "next". * When the user hits next or prev, the action redirects to a forward with a ?page=n so that the main tile page can display the correct body. * Based on the "page" parameter, the main tile page will change the body of the page to a different .jsp for each of the pages in the multipart form. * A DynaActionForm that has session scope to maintain the data across pages. Does this sound right? My issues are with that "page" property to manage the content of the body tile - it doesn't seem natural in this framework to do it this way. As usual, any comments are really appreciated... Thanks, /greg -- Gregory F. March-=-http://www.gfm.net:81/~march-=-AIM:GfmNet - 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]
