It is not a sin, we are suggesting alternatives, based on the fact that there is not built in way of doing what you are asking.
musahcy On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Chris Pratt <thechrispr...@gmail.com> wrote: > In this case it has to do with the fact that we're using Tiles to ensure > that we get a consistent look for all our emails. Basically I've created a > Tiles Layout that constructs the emails using tiles to include the > text/plain and text/html versions of the content and using action properties > to control to, from, cc, bcc, subject and the attachments. I guess I'm > confused as to why it's a sin to ask the system for information it obviously > has to have? > (*Chris*) > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Musachy Barroso <musa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If the MIME Emails are generated by tags, why don't you build the URL >> in the jsps? >> >> musachy >> >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Chris Pratt <thechrispr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Basically, I have some tried and true tag libraries for generating >> pretty, >> > MIME Emails that work great with Struts. They support all manner of >> > attachments and have worked great for years. Occasionally I need to >> attach >> > something (in this case a PDF) that is generated by another action. So >> the >> > main action needs to have a property that returns a list of things to be >> > attached, which in this case is a URL to the Action that generates the >> > dynamic PDF. >> > >> > I'm sure there's a way to refactor all this into some unrecognizable >> form, >> > but this is tried and true, supports JSP and Tiles including properly >> > formatted, pretty HTML and plain text MIME emails, and really I can't see >> > any reason that this should be precluded from working with any system >> that >> > supports JSP Tag Libraries. >> > >> > Can you see a better way to get the generated attachment into the email? >> > (*Chris*) >> > >> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Dave Newton <newton.d...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Chris Pratt wrote: >> >> >> >>> Strange? I would have thought this was a fairly commonly needed >> feature >> >>> >> >> >> >> I've never needed to generate a URL from an action name within another >> >> action across a half-dozen S2 apps--it can't be *that* common... I think >> the >> >> most hackish thing I've done like that is to use an action name as a >> dynamic >> >> result parameter for a "redirectAction" result type. >> >> >> >> IMO actions should "never" generate a URL since they're supposed to be >> >> decoupled from the underlying action access mechanism. What's your use >> case >> >> that this solves? >> >> >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> "Hey you! Would you help me to carry the stone?" Pink Floyd >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org >> >> > -- "Hey you! Would you help me to carry the stone?" Pink Floyd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org
