The reason is that the <welcome-file> declaration must point to a physical file (e.g. initial.jsp) per the Servlet specification and not a Struts action, yet the Struts action needs to be invoked upon first contact.
This technique is shown in the struts-blank application included in the Struts distribution.
HTH
Chris
At 01:36 PM 1/29/2003, you wrote:
You can create an initial page that forwards to an Action like this: <%@ taglib uri="/tags/struts-logic" prefix="logic" %> <logic:redirect forward="KeepHouse.do"/>KeepHouse.do would then sweep and mop the floor, and return a clean kitchen. It might also do the laundry while it's at it. -Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Roark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Auto execution of an action on page display > > > I'm a newbie to Struts, and would like to know if its > possible for Struts to automatically execute an Action > upon the display of the initial page? I would like to > avoid having the user click on something to initiate > certain user-specific house-keeping tasks, if > possible. TIA. > > HR > > P.S. Initiating this action as part of the Login > action > is not possible, since this application does not > require > the use of a login process. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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