[Springframework-developer] Assigning fixed value from a hidden form element

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Is there a convenient way to assign a fixed value from a hidden form
element and have it bound to the command object?  I'm using the new <form>
tags.

the <form:hidden> tag does not have a value attribute.

Tried to mix in a <spring:bind> tag but this resulted in the preperty
being set to null on the command object even though it originally had a
value pre-assigned when the command object was created.

Can we mix and match <form:> and <spring:bind> tags?

Here is a simplified version of what I'm using:

<h4>New Login Account</h4>

<form:form commandName="command" action="new_user.htm">
<table>
    <tr>
        <td class="prompt">Login ID:</td><td class="value">
            <form:input path="user.userName"/>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="even">
        <td class="prompt">Password:</td><td class="value">
            <form:password path="user.password"/>
        </td>
        <td>Retype Password:</td><td class="value">
            <form:password path="user.retypePassword"/>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

<table>
    <tr>
        <td class="submit"><input name="_eventId_submit" type="submit"
value="NEXT"/></td>
    </tr>
</table>

<spring:bind path="command.step">
    <input type="hidden" name="_step" value="STEP1"/>
</spring:bind>
<input type="hidden" name="_flowExecutionKey" value="${flowExecutionKey}"/>

</form:form>

The "command.step" is the property that I want to be able to set to a
fixed value from the form, like STEP1 in the example.

Thomas