Yes, it is cleared in the reset method of the session-scoped bean. I'm pretty methodical about that. Is my syntax ok?
Ken -----Original Message----- From: Michael J. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:33 PM To: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Using checkbox value in Validator validwhen test It is a classic. Look on Ted Husted's website for tip. Basically, you need to clear checkbox value each time in the reset() method of a form bean, because cleared value is not sent to server. So you think that you cleared it, but it is still set (do you use session-scoped form bean?) Michael Jouravlev. On 4/19/05, Dornback, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Problem: I don't know how to test a checkbox setting in the validwhen > test var-value. > > I have a checkbox and a text field. I only need to validate the text > field when the checkbox is checked. I cannot get this to work using > validwhen (other validwhens do work that use different types of tests). > It always requires the text field value be supplied regardless of the > checkbox setting. The checkbox sets the options.EMailConfig.enabled > property (The enabled field in the code does have a getter - > isEnabled()). Here is the xml I've tried: > > <field property="options.EMailConfig.primaryServer" > depends="validwhen"> > > <arg0 key="AlertsOptions.EMAIL_PRIMARY"/> > > <var> > > <var-name>test</var-name> > > <var-value>((options.EMailConfig.enabled == null) or > (*this* != null))</var-value> > > </var> > > </field> > > I've also tried !options.EMailConfig.enabled for and it also fails. > Thanks. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
