If you need to retain the value(e.g. have struts put it back into your formbean), use hidden. Otherwise, use the below example.
James Mitchell Software Engineer\Struts Evangelist Struts-Atlanta, the "Open Minded Developer Network" http://www.open-tools.org/struts-atlanta > -----Original Message----- > From: ajTreece [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 1:05 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: How to write an ActionForm property as just plain text > > > Try using <bean:write name="{your form name}" property="email"/> > > Later, ajTreece > > > > David Wood wrote: > > > Suppose you wanted to have an entry screen, then a confirmation screen. > > The entry screen could have one field (email address) for example. In > > my jsp, I'll use <html:text property="email> to accomplish this. > > > > The user enters an email address and submits the form. I want the > > Action to then forward the request to a confirmation page. On that > > page, I want to just write out the email address they entered. I could > > use <html:text property="email" disabled="true"> to put a disabled text > > box, and struts would fill in the value of the email address. > But, what > > if you want to just put out the email address in plain text? > > > > Is there an easy way to do this? I managed to accomplish this by > > creating my own tag <custom:text property="email">. I created a custom > > TextTag class that extends BaseInputTag, looks up the property and > > writes it out. This works, but it seems like there should be a better > > way of doing this. Is there a better way? How have others approached > > this problem? > > > > TIA > > > > -- Dave > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>