Hi all, I am experiencing problems with struts-validator, in that it seems That the validation is not done at all. I have created a form (named contactFomr) that extends DynaValidatorForm.
<form-bean name="contactForm" type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm"> <form-property name="contactRef" type="java.lang.String"/> <form-property name="contactName" type="java.lang.String"/> <form-property name="address1" type="java.lang.String"/> <form-property name="address2" type="java.lang.String"/> <form-property name="address3" type="java.lang.String"/> <form-property name="address4" type="java.lang.String"/> <form-property name="postcode" type="java.lang.String"/> <form-property name="fax" type="java.lang.String"/> <form-property name="country" type="java.lang.String"/> <form-property name="emailAddress" type="java.lang.String"/> <form-property name="website" type="java.lang.String"/> <form-property name="telephohe" type="java.lang.String"/> <form-property name="version" type="java.lang.Integer"/> <form-property name="versionDate" type="java.sql.Timestamp"/> <form-property name="buttonSelected" type="java.lang.String"/> <form-property name="statusMessage" type="java.lang.String"/> </form-bean> I have created a validation.xml file which contains following code <form-validation> <!-- ========== Default Language Form Definitions ===================== --> <formset> <!-- Validation rules for Contact form. We need to check only that contactRef is present --> <form name="contactForm"> <field property="contactRef" depends="required,minlength"> <var> <var-name>minlength</var-name> <var-value>5</var-value> </var> <!-- <msg name="required" key="message.00042"/>--> </field> </form> </formset> </form-validation> I have configured the plugIn In struts-config.xml , but whenever I submit the form (not providing the field contactRef) everything is fine and the form is submitted (while I was expecting to receive an error displayed on my Input page..) Anyone can help? Thanx in advance and regards marco -----Original Message----- From: Zakaria khabot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 April 2004 11:56 To: Struts Users Mailing List; Struts Developers List Subject: validation.xml Hi all, How to call the validator from an Action. - in struts-config I put validate="false", - I am using validation.xml to control erors. - In the action I wrote : ActionErrors errors = new ActionErrors(); errors = form.validate(mapping, request); but it executes the validate methode in the formAction not in the validation.xml. Thanks for help... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]