This is a problem with using the LookupDispatchAction. Since the validation is mapped to the formBean name or the url it will always validate as long as you call the url. You could set validate to false and manually validate in the LookupDispatchAction or not depending on what method you call.
I submitted a ValidatorLookupDispatchAction that allows you to map to a validation key that is compatible with the LookupDispatchAction. However validation happens in the Action class and not in the form. see this for details: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg12962.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg12966.html Brandon Goodin Phase Web and Multimedia PO Box 85 Whitefish MT 59937 P (406) 862-2245 F (406) 862-0354 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phase.ws -----Original Message----- From: Matt Raible [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 1:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Strange Validator Issue I'm using Struts 1.1 RC1 and I can't seem to figure this one out... Basically, when I click on a cancel button, the client-side validation is stopped, but not the server-side. Here's my cancel button: <html:cancel styleClass="button" property="action"> <bean:message key="button.cancel"/> </html:cancel> --> onclick="bCancel=true;" is added automagically by Struts when rendering. My form's action is "saveUser" which does specify validation="true" <action path="/saveUser" type="org.appfuse.webapp.action.UserAction" name="userForm" scope="session" input="editProfile" parameter="action" unknown="false" validate="true" > Since UserAction.java is a subclass of LookupDispatchAction, I should be able to map button.cancel to a "cancel" method, which I have done, but I never get to it. The Validator tries to validate the form anyway: DEBUG [Thread-5] RequestProcessor.processActionForm(367) | Storing ActionForm bean instance in scope 'session' under at tribute key 'userForm' DEBUG [Thread-5] RequestProcessor.processPopulate(808) | Populating bean properties from this request DEBUG [Thread-5] RequestProcessor.processValidate(935) | Validating input form properties DEBUG [Thread-5] PropertyMessageResources.getMessage(177) | getMessage(en_US,userForm.password) DEBUG [Thread-5] PropertyMessageResources.loadLocale(266) | loadLocale(en_US) DEBUG [Thread-5] PropertyMessageResources.getMessage(177) | getMessage(en_US,userForm.email) DEBUG [Thread-5] PropertyMessageResources.loadLocale(266) | loadLocale(en_US) DEBUG [Thread-5] RequestProcessor.processValidate(967) | Validation failed, returning to 'editProfile' DEBUG [Thread-5] TilesRequestProcessor.processForwardConfig(298) | processForwardConfig(/userProfile.do, false) Thanks, Matt P.S. I've written about my upgrade from Struts 1.1b3 to Struts 1.1rc1 at http://tinyurl.com/6cp9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
