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Posted to user@struts.apache.org by Wolfgang Woger <wo...@syslog.at> on 2004/08/13 09:49:24 UTC

Hi,
I have a form with a Date:

 <html-el:text property="someDate"  disabled="true">
      <fmt:formatDate value="${theBean.someDate}" type="date"/>
 </html-el:text>

The problem: the formated date is not shown at all, it should have
functioned as the value of that input.

what can I do ?


Wolfgang


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Re:

Posted by Erik Weber <er...@mindspring.com>.

I just tried this in one of my forms. Works fine under both add and 
update conditions, with and without validation errors (the only time the 
new string is rendered is for a fresh add page).

Erik


Erik Weber wrote:

> Not positive on this, but I think the place to set this default date 
> string would be in your form bean's reset method. Then your JSP 
> wouldn't need any code, the html:text field would pull the 
> just-initialized value from the form bean, as reset would be invoked 
> by Struts just before the JSP renders.
>
> As far as I know, you should steer clear of using the "value" 
> attribute to any HTML input tags. You won't get proper "memory" of 
> what the user had entered when the page is redisplayed after a form 
> validation error.
>
> Someone correct me if that is not the right approach. It's what I do 
> when I want checkboxes to be checked by default though, for example, 
> so this seems analogous.
>
> Erik
>
>
> Wolfgang Woger wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Erik Weber wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure about the fmt:format tag, but I use the Struts bean:write 
>>> tag to format my dates:
>>>
>>> <bean:write name="event" property="startDate" format="MM/dd/yyyy"/>
>>>
>>> Erik
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you Erik,
>>
>> I will try bean:write.
>> But by now I have an other problem. I want a new Date() as a default
>> value for a html-el:text element. I did:
>> <%
>>        Date curDate = new Date();
>>        String dateString = curDate.toString();
>>     %>
>>      <c:set var="nowDate" value="${dateString}"/>
>>      <tr>
>>      <td><bean:message key="someDate.displayname"/>:</td>         
>> <td><html:text property="someDate" value="${nowDate}"/></td>
>>
>> But nothing can be seen in that field.
>>
>> regards
>> Wolfgang
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wolfgang Woger wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I have a form with a Date:
>>>>
>>>> <html-el:text property="someDate"  disabled="true">
>>>>      <fmt:formatDate value="${theBean.someDate}" type="date"/>
>>>> </html-el:text>
>>>>
>>>> The problem: the formated date is not shown at all, it should have
>>>> functioned as the value of that input.
>>>>
>>>> what can I do ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wolfgang
>>>>
>>>>
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Re:

Posted by Erik Weber <er...@mindspring.com>.

Sorry, that's one I have not encountered.

Erik

Wolfgang Woger wrote:

>
>
> Erik Weber wrote:
>
>> Not positive on this, but I think the place to set this default date 
>> string would be in your form bean's reset method. Then your JSP 
>> wouldn't need any code, the html:text field would pull the 
>> just-initialized value from the form bean, as reset would be invoked 
>> by Struts just before the JSP renders. 
>
>
> I think that will not be that simple, since my form is a 
> DynavalidatorForm and all its properties are Strings. An initial value
> for the questionable property can be given in struts.config.xml, which 
> is not what i wanted
>
> regards
> Wolfgang
>
>>
>>
>> As far as I know, you should steer clear of using the "value" 
>> attribute to any HTML input tags. You won't get proper "memory" of 
>> what the user had entered when the page is redisplayed after a form 
>> validation error.
>>
>> Someone correct me if that is not the right approach. It's what I do 
>> when I want checkboxes to be checked by default though, for example, 
>> so this seems analogous.
>>
>> Erik
>>
>>
>> Wolfgang Woger wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Erik Weber wrote:
>>>
>>>> Not sure about the fmt:format tag, but I use the Struts bean:write 
>>>> tag to format my dates:
>>>>
>>>> <bean:write name="event" property="startDate" format="MM/dd/yyyy"/>
>>>>
>>>> Erik
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you Erik,
>>>
>>> I will try bean:write.
>>> But by now I have an other problem. I want a new Date() as a default
>>> value for a html-el:text element. I did:
>>> <%
>>>        Date curDate = new Date();
>>>        String dateString = curDate.toString();
>>>     %>
>>>      <c:set var="nowDate" value="${dateString}"/>
>>>      <tr>
>>>      <td><bean:message key="someDate.displayname"/>:</td>         
>>> <td><html:text property="someDate" value="${nowDate}"/></td>
>>>
>>> But nothing can be seen in that field.
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Wolfgang
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wolfgang Woger wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I have a form with a Date:
>>>>>
>>>>> <html-el:text property="someDate"  disabled="true">
>>>>>      <fmt:formatDate value="${theBean.someDate}" type="date"/>
>>>>> </html-el:text>
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem: the formated date is not shown at all, it should have
>>>>> functioned as the value of that input.
>>>>>
>>>>> what can I do ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Wolfgang
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
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Re:

Posted by Wolfgang Woger <wo...@syslog.at>.


Erik Weber wrote:

> Not positive on this, but I think the place to set this default date 
> string would be in your form bean's reset method. Then your JSP 
> wouldn't need any code, the html:text field would pull the 
> just-initialized value from the form bean, as reset would be invoked 
> by Struts just before the JSP renders. 

I think that will not be that simple, since my form is a 
DynavalidatorForm and all its properties are Strings. An initial value
for the questionable property can be given in struts.config.xml, which 
is not what i wanted

regards
Wolfgang

>
>
> As far as I know, you should steer clear of using the "value" 
> attribute to any HTML input tags. You won't get proper "memory" of 
> what the user had entered when the page is redisplayed after a form 
> validation error.
>
> Someone correct me if that is not the right approach. It's what I do 
> when I want checkboxes to be checked by default though, for example, 
> so this seems analogous.
>
> Erik
>
>
> Wolfgang Woger wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Erik Weber wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure about the fmt:format tag, but I use the Struts bean:write 
>>> tag to format my dates:
>>>
>>> <bean:write name="event" property="startDate" format="MM/dd/yyyy"/>
>>>
>>> Erik
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you Erik,
>>
>> I will try bean:write.
>> But by now I have an other problem. I want a new Date() as a default
>> value for a html-el:text element. I did:
>> <%
>>        Date curDate = new Date();
>>        String dateString = curDate.toString();
>>     %>
>>      <c:set var="nowDate" value="${dateString}"/>
>>      <tr>
>>      <td><bean:message key="someDate.displayname"/>:</td>         
>> <td><html:text property="someDate" value="${nowDate}"/></td>
>>
>> But nothing can be seen in that field.
>>
>> regards
>> Wolfgang
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wolfgang Woger wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I have a form with a Date:
>>>>
>>>> <html-el:text property="someDate"  disabled="true">
>>>>      <fmt:formatDate value="${theBean.someDate}" type="date"/>
>>>> </html-el:text>
>>>>
>>>> The problem: the formated date is not shown at all, it should have
>>>> functioned as the value of that input.
>>>>
>>>> what can I do ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wolfgang
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: user-help@struts.apache.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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>>>
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Re:

Posted by Erik Weber <er...@mindspring.com>.

Not positive on this, but I think the place to set this default date 
string would be in your form bean's reset method. Then your JSP wouldn't 
need any code, the html:text field would pull the just-initialized value 
from the form bean, as reset would be invoked by Struts just before the 
JSP renders.

As far as I know, you should steer clear of using the "value" attribute 
to any HTML input tags. You won't get proper "memory" of what the user 
had entered when the page is redisplayed after a form validation error.

Someone correct me if that is not the right approach. It's what I do 
when I want checkboxes to be checked by default though, for example, so 
this seems analogous.

Erik


Wolfgang Woger wrote:

>
>
> Erik Weber wrote:
>
>> Not sure about the fmt:format tag, but I use the Struts bean:write 
>> tag to format my dates:
>>
>> <bean:write name="event" property="startDate" format="MM/dd/yyyy"/>
>>
>> Erik
>
>
> Thank you Erik,
>
> I will try bean:write.
> But by now I have an other problem. I want a new Date() as a default
> value for a html-el:text element. I did:
> <%
>        Date curDate = new Date();
>        String dateString = curDate.toString();
>     %>
>      <c:set var="nowDate" value="${dateString}"/>
>      <tr>
>      <td><bean:message key="someDate.displayname"/>:</td>         
> <td><html:text property="someDate" value="${nowDate}"/></td>
>
> But nothing can be seen in that field.
>
> regards
> Wolfgang
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Wolfgang Woger wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I have a form with a Date:
>>>
>>> <html-el:text property="someDate"  disabled="true">
>>>      <fmt:formatDate value="${theBean.someDate}" type="date"/>
>>> </html-el:text>
>>>
>>> The problem: the formated date is not shown at all, it should have
>>> functioned as the value of that input.
>>>
>>> what can I do ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Wolfgang
>>>
>>>
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Re:

Posted by Wolfgang Woger <wo...@syslog.at>.


Erik Weber wrote:

> Not sure about the fmt:format tag, but I use the Struts bean:write tag 
> to format my dates:
>
> <bean:write name="event" property="startDate" format="MM/dd/yyyy"/>
>
> Erik

Thank you Erik,

I will try bean:write.
But by now I have an other problem. I want a new Date() as a default
value for a html-el:text element. I did:
 <%
        Date curDate = new Date();
        String dateString = curDate.toString();
     %>
      <c:set var="nowDate" value="${dateString}"/>
      <tr>
      <td><bean:message key="someDate.displayname"/>:</td>    
      <td><html:text property="someDate" value="${nowDate}"/></td>

But nothing can be seen in that field.

regards
Wolfgang

>
>
>
> Wolfgang Woger wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I have a form with a Date:
>>
>> <html-el:text property="someDate"  disabled="true">
>>      <fmt:formatDate value="${theBean.someDate}" type="date"/>
>> </html-el:text>
>>
>> The problem: the formated date is not shown at all, it should have
>> functioned as the value of that input.
>>
>> what can I do ?
>>
>>
>> Wolfgang
>>
>>
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Re:

Posted by Erik Weber <er...@mindspring.com>.

Not sure about the fmt:format tag, but I use the Struts bean:write tag 
to format my dates:

<bean:write name="event" property="startDate" format="MM/dd/yyyy"/>

Erik



Wolfgang Woger wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a form with a Date:
>
> <html-el:text property="someDate"  disabled="true">
>      <fmt:formatDate value="${theBean.someDate}" type="date"/>
> </html-el:text>
>
> The problem: the formated date is not shown at all, it should have
> functioned as the value of that input.
>
> what can I do ?
>
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
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