Sorry, that's a bit of a stretch for me. I'll let you submit a patch first ;)
James Mitchell Software Engineer/Struts Evangelist http://www.open-tools.org "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) > -----Original Message----- > From: Taylor, Jason [mailto:jtaylor@;cobaltgroup.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 6:24 PM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: Can " format strings" be used with html:text input fields > > > Hmm... Stemming from that idea, you could develop a general mechanism for > setting attributes using tag body content-- like if David's example looked > like this: > > <html:text property="LHO_AppraisedPrice"> > <dyna-tag-body> > <attribute> > <name>value</name> > <value><bean:write property="LHO_AppraisedPrice" > format="$###,###,###.00" /> > </attribute> > </dyna-tag-body> > </html:text> > > where the html:text tag (and any other tag) would have a means of parsing > its body as xml for attribute values without resorting to scriptlets or > nesting angle brackets. > > -JT > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Karr, David [mailto:david.karr@;attws.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:35 PM > > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > > Subject: RE: Can " format strings" be used with html:text input fields > > > > > > Just thinking out loud, for future's sake, but would it be > > useful if the > > "input" tags could optionally take their value from the body > > content? If > > "value" was set, it would use that, but if not set, it would > > use the body > > content. That would allow something like this: > > > > <html:text property="LHO_AppraisedPrice"> > > <bean:write property="LHO_AppraisedPrice" format="$###,###,###.00" /> > > </html:text> > > > > It looks a little silly because of the repeated property value, but it > > allows you to use the full functionality of "html:text". > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: James Mitchell [mailto:jmitchtx@;telocity.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:24 PM > > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > Subject: RE: Can " format strings" be used with html:text > > input fields > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's a quick work-around: > > > > > > <input type="text" name="LHO_AppraisedPrice" value="<bean:write > > > name="overviewForm" > > > property="LHO_AppraisedPrice" > > > format="$###,###,###.00" />"> > > > > > > > > > James Mitchell > > > Software Engineer/Struts Evangelist > > > http://www.open-tools.org > > > > > > "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human > > > stupidity, and I'm not > > > sure about the former." > > > - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Norman Klein [mailto:norman.klein@;first-franklin.com] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:57 PM > > > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > > Subject: Can " format strings" be used with html:text input fields > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Currently we use "format strings" to control the display > > > output of our > > > > financial fields for bean:write output statements. > > > > > > > > bean:write name="overviewForm" property="LHO_AppraisedPrice" > > > > format="$###,###,###.00" /> > > > > > > > > This "format string" ensures that thousands and hundred > > > thousands values > > > > automatically have the appropriate number of commas > > > inserted and that the > > > > value ends with ".00". Is there a similiar clean way to > > do this with > > > > "<html:text" fields. It won't recognize a "format" > > > attribute and I would > > > > prefer to keep all formatting in the JSP file and out of > > > the corresponding > > > > action. > > > > ex. > > > > <html:text property="LHO_AppraisedPrice" /> > > > > > > > > Thanks, Norman > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > > <mailto:struts-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > > <mailto:struts-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:struts-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:struts-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:struts-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:struts-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
