That was close to the first way I went about it. I did the following: <tiles:useAttribute name="titleKey" scope="page"/>
and then I was able to access the key just fine ( I did a test of <c:out value="${titleKey}" /> and got "home.title"), proving that the problem wasn't in the way I was using the tiles attribute. For some reason, when I plugged in : <fmt:message key="${titleKey}"/> I got the usual ???${titleKey}??? message from the fmt:message tag Perhaps I'm doing something wrong somewhere. I even tried just doing the following as a test: <c:set var="titleKey" value="home.title"/> <fmt:message key="${titleKey}"/> <fmt:message key="home.title"/> and I got the following: ???${titleKey}??? Main Home Page -----Original Message----- From: Benedict, Paul C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 2:27 PM To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' Subject: RE: using <fmt:message> with Tiles and Struts Vince, You need to import the Tiles attribute before you reference it: <tiles:importAttribute name="titleKey" ignore="true" /> <c:out value="${titleKey}" /> Thanks, Paul -----Original Message----- From: Fumo, Vince [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 2:11 PM To: 'user@struts.apache.org' Subject: using <fmt:message> with Tiles and Struts I am building a Struts Web application and I'm using Tiles for the first time. I have it all set up and working nicely. My problem comes in the fact that I want to use a standard messages.resources file for my page titles. For example home.title=Main Home Page info.title=Intro Page etc. I am used to setting the bundle at the top of the page like: <fmt:setBundle basename="messages"/> and then directly accessing keys as follows: <fmt:message key="home.title"/> however I am now using tiles so what I had hoped was to use a tiles attribute to pass the key : <definition name=".home" extends=".baseDef"> <put name="titleKey" value="title.home" /> </definition> and then use the key in the tile like: <fmt:message key="${titleKey}"/> however, nothing I've tried has worked (including just trying the fmt:message tag w/o using Tiles like : <c:set var="titleKey" value="home.title"/>) . For some reason, the fmt:message tag refuses to accept expression values. Can anyone offer me a best practice on how to handle this? Or at least solve my problem? Vincent Fumo System Development Specialist ACS Municipal Services Government Systems 609-823-6587 AIM : neodem2001 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (One Merck Drive, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA 08889), and/or its affiliates (which may be known outside the United States as Merck Frosst, Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD and in Japan, as Banyu) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete it from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]