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

[Brendan G. <bre...@gm...>]

Hi Thomas,

I don't see why:

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

wouldn't work or am I misunderstanding your question?

Brendan

On 7/25/06, tho...@tr... <tho...@tr...> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
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