If you use an action as the welcome file you normally would also have to create a file named welcome.action. I usually just create an empty file with the appropriate name if I want to use an action as the welcome page.
Regards, Randy Burgess Sr. Software Architect D5 Systems, LLC > From: Ramez Hassan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Struts Users Mailing List <user@struts.apache.org> > Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:43:10 +0200 > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' <user@struts.apache.org> > Subject: RE: Action as Welcome File > > Hi, > I guess you can do that by specifying the following in web.xml: > <welcome-file-list> > <welcome-file>/actionnamespace/welcome.action</welcome-file> > </welcome-file-list> > > > And also by adding the following filter mapping attributes in struts filter > dispatcher in order to be loaded which ever the type of dispatch by the web > container > > <filter-mapping> > <filter-name>struts2</filter-name> > <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> > <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher> > <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher> > <dispatcher>INCLUDE</dispatcher> > <dispatcher>ERROR</dispatcher> > </filter-mapping> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Neff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:42 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Action as Welcome File > > Felipe Lorenz wrote: >> Hi.. >> >> Did you try change in web.xml file? Change from index.jsp to >> your_action.action!! i dont know if it work... >> >> Felipe. >> >> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >>> Sorry, I know that I've read about this here before, but I can't find the >>> thread. Can someone point me to how to configure an action as the > "welcome" >>> file? >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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] >> >> >> > I would like to know if there is a better way to do this. > > In my web.xml I have: > > <welcome-file-list> > <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file> > </welcome-file-list> > > and in index.jsp I have: > > <% > String redirectURL = > "http://localhost:8080/myproject/MyAction.action";; > response.sendRedirect(redirectURL); > %> > > Seems like a hack to me, but gets the job done. Is there a more elegant > way? > > --James > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
