It's a general purpose attribute you can use to pass any desired information into the action from the struts-config.xml file. You can access the parameter's value within the action class via the mapping.getParameter() method. For actions requiring multiple steps, the parameter is often used to indicate which step the mapping is associated with. For example:
<action path="\CreateSomething\Step1" type="myactions.CreateSomethingAction" ... parameter="step1">... <action path="\CreateSomething\Step2" type="myactions.CreateSomethingAction" ... parameter="step2">... <action path="\CreateSomething\Complete" type="myactions.CreateSomethingAction" ... parameter="complete">... I hope this helps. Take care. Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>