Thanks for the responses, David and Wendy. In order to determine if a particular form field is required, I need to determine the property of another field. Therefore, I thought it would be best to hold this other property in a hidden field.
I have tried to validate it as any other input field, but have not had any luck. Any suggestions/ideas? Thanks much! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Smoak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Struts Users Mailing List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 3:36 PM Subject: RE: Struts Validator and Hidden Field > > I was wondering if it is possible to validate a hidden field using the > > Struts Validator framework. If so, an example would be extremely helpful. > > > Validator is a separate project in the Jakarta Commons, it's not part of > Struts proper. > > Sure you could validate a hidden field, but what's the poor user supposed to > do when you toss back an error that such-and-such field is required? He > can't DO anything about it, the field is hidden! (Unless perhaps there's > client side scripting setting a value when he fills in a visible field?) > > I don't see it as any different than validating a text box, did you try it > and it didn't work? By the time the request gets turned into a Form bean, > Struts doesn't know or care that the field was hidden on the HTML form it > came from. > > -- > Wendy Smoak > Applications Systems Analyst, Sr. > Arizona State University, PA, IRM > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
