Might be your nested quotes ..... try using different quote characters to define the nested string ie.
style='<%=pageContext.findAttribute("styleVar").toString()%>' S. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rahul Mohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 February 2004 09:09 > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: <c:out> tag inside <html:text> tag > > > Hi Max, > > Thanks for the reply... > > I have found a work around for the problem...but it looks wierd!! > > These are the steps I performed: > > 1. I am setting the styleVar as follows: > > <c:set var="styleVar"> > <c:choose> > some JSTL conditional stmts > </c:choose> > </c:set> > > 2. Then I retrieve the value using the following scriptlet: > > <% String str = pageContext.findAttribute("styleVar").toString(); %> > > 3. Now I can use the value of str inside my <html:text> tag as follows: > > <html:text > name="Customer" > property ="Name" > maxlength="256" > size="256" > style="<%=str%>" > /> > > The wierd part is that if I put > > style="<%=pageContext.findAttribute("styleVar").toString()%>" > > inside the <html:text> tag it wont work!!! > > Can anybody tell me why it is so?? I am stumped! > > thank you all... > rahul > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Max Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Rahul > Mohan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 1:45 PM > Subject: Re: <c:out> tag inside <html:text> tag > > > > Two issues may be at work here: > > > > 1. It isn't valid to have a JSP tag render an attribute value for > another > > JSP tag. This might work instead, depending on the scope of styleVar: > > > > <html:text > > name="Customer" > > property ="Name" > > maxlength="256" > > size="256" > > style="<%=styleVar%>" > > /> > > > > 2. Are you missing the <%@ taglib %> thingy for the html taglib in your > JSP? > > > > -Max > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rahul Mohan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "struts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:47 PM > > Subject: <c:out> tag inside <html:text> tag > > > > > > Hi...I am facing some problems with using JSTL tags inside struts tags. > > > > This is the piece of code I wrote for my application: > > > > <html:text > > name="Customer" > > property ="Name" > > maxlength="256" > > size="256" > > style="<c:out value="${styleVar}"/>" > > /> > > > > the problem is that it is getting traslated to > > > > <html:text > > name="w_CustomerWin" > > property ="wca_Name" > > maxlength="256" > > size="256" > > > style="width:100;height:22;position:absolute;top:20;left:56;display:none;" > > /> > > > > in the final html page!! > > > > can anybody please tell me why the <html:text> tag is not getting > translated > > to <input type="text .....> ? > > > > thank you.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rahul Mohan > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > MasterCraft Group > > Tata Consultancy Services > > Tata Research Development and Design Center > > 54B, Hadapsar Industrial Estate > > Pune - 411 013 > > Phone: +91 4042333 or 4031122 Extn 2541 > > +91 471 3129787 ( Mobile ) > > Fax: +91 20 4042399 > > email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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]