<%= blah_blah %> is a jsp scripting element not a tag. Perhaps I should have used the correct terminology:
"you can't use a jsp action to provide the value of an attribute in another action." But then people who haven't read the JSP spec wouldn't have understood me. Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael McGrady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 25 June 2004 15:07 > To: Struts Users Mailing List; 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: How can i put a dynamic value to an <html:hidden> ? > > > This is not accurate. You can use <%= blah_blah %> in other tags. > > At 03:37 AM 6/25/2004, Paul McCulloch wrote: > >As other posters have said, you can't use a jsp tag to > provide the value of > >an attribute in another tag. Ever. > > > >However, what you are doing is (probably) redundant. The > purpose of the > >html:hidden tag is to *automatically* create an <input > type="hidden"/> > >element in your form with the value already set according to > the value in > >your form bean. > > > >If you just want to create a hidden input with a value from > something other > >than your form bean just use the html tag directly. As this > is not a jsp tag > >you can use a jsp tag as an attribute: > > > ><input type="hidden" name="firstname" value="<bean:write > name="member" > >property="firstname"/>"/> > > > >Paul > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John Antonakos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 25 June 2004 11:17 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: How can i put a dynamic value to an <html:hidden> ? > > > > > > > > > I want to do something like the following: > > > <html:hidden property="firstname" value="<bean name="member" > > > property="firstname"/>"/> > > > > > > is this possible ? > > > The above statement produces an error. > > > Can i use another statement to do this thing ? > > > Give a dynamic value, coming from another bean, > > > to an <html:hidden> field ? > > > > > > Regards, John > > > > > > > > >************************************************************* > ********* > >Axios Email Confidentiality Footer > >Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this > message. 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