I think you're on the right track with your idea that no action has run first. Usually in Struts an action should run before the JSP is seen.
Does it work if you use the following tag on your index.jsp instead? <logic:redirect forward="/login"/> B > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Lipscombe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:31 AM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: NEWBIE: Wierd problem - Action sometimes produces > Status 500 - No Context configured to process this request > > > Folks, > > > I have a strange problem that is confusing me: > > I have a simple login page with a Help button defined like this: > > <html:link href="javascript:displayHelp('loginPage')"%>"<img > border="0" height="28" name="Image10" > src="images/b_help_1.gif" width="32"></html:link> > > > When pressed, the JavaScript displayHelp() method below is called: > > function displayHelp(context) > { > [snip] > > var url = "<html:rewrite page='/help.do' />" > url += "?context=" + context; > > [snip] > > window.open(url, "HelpWindow", windowOptions); > } > > > > This page is the first page that the user sees, having been > redirected from index.jsp like this: > > <logic:redirect forward="login"/> > > > > > The problem is that before a user logs in, pressing the > "Help" button results in the error "HTTP Status 500 - No > Context configured to process this request" being displayed. > > However after a user logs in (and presses the browser back > button to return to the login page) the link works fine and > the help is displayed OK. > > > Its as if the act of logging in sets up a context within > which the actions work.... > > > > The relevant bits of my struts-config looks like this: > > <global-forwards> > <forward name="login" path="/pages/Login.jsp" /> > </global-forwards> > > <action-mappings> > <action input="/pages/Login.jsp" name="loginActionForm" > path="/login" scope="request" > type="com.expensys.expensyswt.struts.action.Login" > validate="true"> > <forward name="home" path="/pages/Home.jsp" /> > </action> > > <action path="/help" scope="request" > type="com.expensys.expensyswt.struts.action.DisplayHelp" > validate="false" > > <forward name="loginHelp" path="/pages/help/LoginHelp.jsp" /> > <forward name="displayHelpTopics" > path="/pages/help/HelpTopics.jsp" /> </action> </action-mappings> > > > > Does anyone know what is going on here? > Why does the "/help.do" action URL work after the user has > logged in but not before? > Is it to do with the fact that no action has been called > before the log in takes place? > > > > TIA - Adam > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
