Thanks for the clarification! After I sent the message a little light bulb came on and I realized that I was using <bean:write> to output the content, so I did turn on the filter and it worked....
Thanks! p.s. I guess women are right when they say 'verbalize' your problem lol > Actually those 2 methods should provide the same output. This is from the > TagUtils.jsp, which is used in the <bean:write tag: > MessageResources resources = > retrieveMessageResources(pageContext, bundle, false); > ... > message = resources.getMessage(userLocale, key); > ... > return message; > > which is the same way you're describing retrieving the message in your > action. I'm assuming you're problem is when you are outputting the message > in your jsp. To confirm this, try outputting the message from your action. > > To fix your problem, if you're using <c:out, make sure you add the attribute > > escapeXml and set it to false. I believe <bean:write has a similar > attribute, called filter. > > -Ben > > >From: "Khalid K." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Struts Users Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: MessageResources and html help! > >Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:47:16 -0800 > > > >Hello All, > > > >I use MessageResources to pull text from property files, but it doesn't > >interpret the html tags. I do need to pull the text in the Action class. > ><bean:message> recognizes and parses html tags but > >MessageResources.getMessage > >just prints it out. Any help is appreciated. > > > >example: > >CompanyResources.properties > > key1=Hello<br>World > > > >Action: > >msg = bundle.getMessage(locale, key1); > > > >jsp shows > >Hello<br>World > > > >instead of > >Hello > >World > > > >Thanks, > >Khalid > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Let the new MSN Premium Internet Software make the most of your high-speed > experience. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/prem&ST=1 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Khalid K. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]