I have a form which I want to prepopulate with some general data (eg. a list or provinces) from a database along with some user specific data again from a database (eg. user name). The form is also secure so I want the user to be "logged in" to access it.
So I have set up: Page.jsp - the view containing the form PageForm.java - extends ActionForm PageAction.java - extends Action and set in mapping as pageAction.do In PageAction I check for a session attribute which tells me whether or not the user is logged in. If the user is not logged in I forward them to a login sequence. The problem is when I call pageAction.do the PageAction is never called. The reset() and validate() methods on PageForm are called but then Page.jsp is displayed without ever having called PageAction's perform() and therefore never doing security authentication. So no security validation occurs. I have no opportunity to prepopulate the form. I did cheat in a way by having reset() set the general data but I still need a way to prepulate the personal data that I want pre-filled on the form *once* when it's first displayed and then allow the user to change from then on. So if they change their name on the form, for example, but make an error on the form then when the form is redisplayed it doesn't reset the name back to what's in the database but instead shows the changed name. In my mapping I have the input attribute set to Page.jsp. Perhaps I'm misusing this attribute. Thanks for any and all help. Derek
