Not to detract at all from the great JWP project but you can also do this with AjaxTags.
The ajax:select tag is described here: http://ajaxtags.sourceforge.net/usage.html I used ajax:select to call an action that returned XML using the handy AjaxXmlBuilder that came with AjaxTags. Cheers, Grant -----Original Message----- From: Frank W. Zammetti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:31 AM To: Struts Users Mailing List Cc: Struts Users Mailing List Subject: Re: Ajax Call from a html link Just an FYI, that article is a little outdated... APT's feature set is a bit larger than the article talks about now for one thing, although in glancing over it again, I don't see anything that's not applicable now. Also note that the link to Rick Reumann's article is no longer valid, it is now here: http://www.learntechnology.net/content/ajax/ajax_select_alter.jsp ... Rick also updated that article for APT fairly recently, so it's even better than it was. Lastly, I didn't provide a link to my own book in that article! D'oh! Here's one: http://apress.com/book/search?searchterm=zammetti&act=search ... chapters 4 and 6 there are what's of interest, although as the note in the article says, they aren't based on the latest version, so although the underlying concepts are pretty much the same, some of the details are slightly different now. -- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com AIM/Yahoo: fzammetti MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Author of "Practical Ajax Projects With Java Technology" (2006, Apress, ISBN 1-59059-695-1) and "JavaScript, DOM Scripting and Ajax Projects" (2007, Apress, ISBN 1-59059-816-4) Java Web Parts - http://javawebparts.sourceforge.net Supplying the wheel, so you don't have to reinvent it! On Wed, October 10, 2007 12:50 pm, Ted Husted wrote: > I believe this exact example is included with the AjaxParts Taglib, > which works well with Struts (1 or 2). If anyone is going to be using > Ajax and JSP tags together, AjaxParts is a great way to go (and easy > to learn!). > > * http://www.omnytex.com/articles/apt/ > > HTH, Ted. > <http://husted.com/ted/blog> > > > On 10/10/07, aarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I have a jsp page named "tvshow.jsp", wherein I am populating the >> characters dropdown as and when the TV Show dropdown value changes , >> by calling the javascript in the "onchange()" of the select box. >> have added a html link, and I want to call the same function from my >> action class and I need to populate the character dropdown by >> clicking the html link. I am stuck up with this issue.Character >> dropdown is not populated with the data from tha action class. Need >> some help on this please! >> >> <%@ page import="java.util.*"%> >> <%@ taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-html"; prefix="html" %> >> <%@ taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-logic"; prefix="logic" >> %> <script language="javascript"> function retrieveURL(url) { >> if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Non-IE browsers >> req = new XMLHttpRequest(); >> req.onreadystatechange = processStateChange; >> try { >> req.open("GET", url, true); >> >> } catch (e) { >> alert(e); >> } >> req.send(null); >> } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE >> req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); >> if (req) { >> req.onreadystatechange = processStateChange; >> req.open("GET", url, true); >> req.send(); >> >> } >> } >> } >> >> function processStateChange() { >> if (req.readyState == 4) { // Complete >> if (req.status == 200) { // OK response >> document.getElementById("characters").innerHTML = >> req.responseText; >> } else { >> alert("Problem: " + req.statusText); >> } >> } >> } >> >> </script> >> >> >> <form action="ShowCharacters"> >> /jsp/tvshow.jsp Click here >> >> TV Show: >> <select name="TVShowSelect" >> onChange="retrieveURL('ShowCharacters.do?tvShow=' + this.value);"> >> <option value="Lissie Maguire"> Lissie Maguire </option> >> <option value="That's so Raven"> That's so >> Raven </option> >> <option value="Dhoom machale"> Dhoom machale >> </option> >> </select> >> >> <br> >> Characters: >> </form> >> >> ShowCharacters.jsp >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] import="java.util.ArrayList"%> >> >> <%@ taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-bean"; prefix="bean" %> >> <%@ taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-html"; prefix="html" %> >> <%@ taglib uri="http://struts.apache.org/tags-logic"; prefix="logic" >> %> >> >> <select name="TVShowSelect"> >> <% ArrayList ch = >> (ArrayList)request.getSession().getAttribute("characters"); >> String[] s = new String[ch.size()]; >> ch.toArray(s); >> for (int i = 0; i < s.length; i++) { >> String name = s[i]; >> %> >> <option><%=name%></option> >> <% } >> %> >> </select> >> >> Thanks > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] ----Notice Regarding Confidentiality---- This email, including any and all attachments, (this "Email") is intended only for the party to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. 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