Unexpected Server Round-trip

2003-10-09 Thread Michael C. Clark
the workflow works as expected. A trip through the RequestProcess source has not helped me understand why theBack button causes a trip back to the server. I'm not setting Expire headers, so itseems that all data should be cached in the browser. Insight appreciated. Thanks, Michael C. Clark

Dynamically changing forward in ActionForm

2003-07-08 Thread Michael C. Clark
I have a small ActionForm which I would like to include on all pages of my webapp (it does a login, with user name and password). When the validate() method returns an ActionErrors object, I would like control to return to the page that the login ActionForm was called from. Is there a way to do

logic:iterate ActionForm array

2003-06-13 Thread Michael C. Clark
I'm trying to populate a multibox from an array that lives in my ActionForm (like the example in Ted's book p. 298). I keep getting a NullPointerException when the logic:iterate tag trys to read the String array property from the ActionForm. If I create the String array in the JSP and set it

RE: [OT] RE: Automatic refresh - IS THIS POSSIBLE?

2003-01-30 Thread Michael C. Clark
Flash can (and probably had) launched the Space Shuttle, and would be nice to use for exactly what you are trying to do. If it is an appropriate UI for you, it is quite good at processing requests asynchronously using XML. Just don't use cute animations, and you'll be fine. Original

Re: Flash+Struts how?

2003-01-27 Thread Michael C. Clark
Being able to return XML to the UI is not all that bad, when you consider the opportunities for integrating other technolgies for presentation (if you like XSLT and the like). There are also some nice tools that take advantage of the modular nature of FlashMX, and the native XML parsing

RE: On the Microsoft side...

2002-11-26 Thread Michael C. Clark
One could make the argument that the .NET framework IS your Struts equivalent (though we know there is no real 'equivalent'). The Framework offers some server-side controls that are accessed via tags in your scripts, and the opportunity to extend this library as you see fit). I've not heard of

RE: which one to buy? Struts books? Any ideas?

2002-11-19 Thread Michael C. Clark
I've read the Goodwill book a couple of times. If you're not new to struts, it may not be of great value. It will get you up and running, is clearly and succinctly written and has good, though *basic* examples. -Mike Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]