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

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Brendan,

That's what I thought too, but the command.step property ends up being
null when accessed from the validation code.

Thomas

> 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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