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QUESTIONS: Ed Hill's "Display" Custom Tag Library
I know a lot developers are using Ed Hill's "Display" custom tag library.
About a week ago I sent Ed an e-mail asking him about the status of this
"very useful" library. Unfortunately, I haven't received any type of
response. I was wondering if anyone else might know the answers to my
questions. Below is the e-mail I sent Ed.
Thanks in advance,
JOHN
------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Ed,
I was wondering what the latest status was of your
"Display" custom tag library was. I noticed there
hasn't been any updates since version 0.8 in May 2002.
More specifically:
1) Are you or anyone else working on any new features
for a next release?
2) Do you think your library will get added to Struts?
3) Are you considering the support of the "Expression
Language" found in JSTL?
I've heard lots of good things about your tags. I'm
just trying to get a status update as my team explores
the possibility of using your library along side
Struts & JSTL custom tags.
Thanks,
JOHN HOHLEN
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Re: QUESTIONS: Ed Hill's "Display" Custom Tag Library
Posted by Rick Reumann <ma...@reumann.net>.
You can check out Tim's latest updates to the display tag and get the
latest jar and source code here:
http://timgolden.com/taglib/
Both of us have tried also to get a hold of Ed for a long time now and
I think he's disappeared:) Anyway he started some great work which is
easy to build upon. Tim added some very useful changes that you can
find on the site above.
I believe he also added the minor change I made that lets you add an
array of columns to display. This comes in handy since, no the logic
tag does not work within the display tag. For an example of adding
custom columns: <display:table name="foo"
columnNames="arrayOfColumnNamesInScope" > The columNames array needs
to match the names of the actually column Name headers NOT the field
names. (That should probably be changed or allowed as a different
option to use either the column name headers or the actual bean field
names). Easy to just set this "columnsName" array in request scope in
your action.
On Thursday, January 9, 2003, 2:08:28 PM, John wrote:
HJ> I know a lot developers are using Ed Hill's "Display" custom tag
HJ> library. About a week ago I sent Ed an e-mail asking him about the
HJ> status of this "very useful" library. Unfortunately, I haven't
HJ> received any type of response. I was wondering if anyone else
HJ> might know the answers to my questions. Below is the e-mail I
HJ> sent Ed.
HJ> Thanks in advance,
HJ> JOHN
HJ> ------------------------------------------------------------
HJ> Hi Ed,
HJ> I was wondering what the latest status was of your
HJ> "Display" custom tag library was. I noticed there
HJ> hasn't been any updates since version 0.8 in May 2002.
HJ> More specifically:
HJ> 1) Are you or anyone else working on any new features
HJ> for a next release?
HJ> 2) Do you think your library will get added to Struts?
HJ> 3) Are you considering the support of the "Expression
HJ> Language" found in JSTL?
HJ> I've heard lots of good things about your tags. I'm
HJ> just trying to get a status update as my team explores
HJ> the possibility of using your library along side
HJ> Struts & JSTL custom tags.
HJ> Thanks,
HJ> JOHN HOHLEN
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Re: QUESTIONS: Ed Hill's "Display" Custom Tag Library
Posted by Rick Reumann <ma...@reumann.net>.
Actually a lot has been done on this tag lately by Tim Golden (and I
added a little bit to allow you to add an array of columns to
display). Tim could post the link to where the latest jar he worked on
is. I don't have the link here but have it at home if he doesn't reply
to the list before tomorrow. Here is a list of some of the
functionality he has added:
>From a previous post to the list by Tim:
I have included a way to define:
1. paging.banner.prev_marker_left
instead of the default [
you can now use any string including html
2. paging.banner.prev_marker_right
instead of the default ]
you can now use any string including html
3. paging.banner.table.width
In case you want to have the generated html table tag set to something other
than 100% you can now specify the width as any string (ie 100 or 50%)
4. also I noticed that when you want to use the
"requestURI=somepage.jsp?XYZ=bob&123=sally"attribute
and include additional parameters (ie XYZ=bob&123=sally)
the taglib would append the ?page=2 to the end of your URI
like this:
somepage.jsp?XYZ=bob&123=sally?page=2
I have put a test in to check if the URI contains a ? and change the ? to a &
(ie
from:
somepage.jsp?XYZ=bob&123=sally?page=2
to
somepage.jsp?XYZ=bob&123=sally&page=2 )
5. I have also removed the <th> and replaced them with <td> tags.
Netscape 4.7 has a hard time using style sheets to override the alignment of the
content.
On Thursday, January 9, 2003, 2:08:28 PM, John wrote:
HJ> I know a lot developers are using Ed Hill's "Display" custom tag
HJ> library. About a week ago I sent Ed an e-mail asking him about the
HJ> status of this "very useful" library. Unfortunately, I haven't
HJ> received any type of response. I was wondering if anyone else
HJ> might know the answers to my questions. Below is the e-mail I
HJ> sent Ed.
HJ> Thanks in advance,
HJ> JOHN
HJ> ------------------------------------------------------------
HJ> Hi Ed,
HJ> I was wondering what the latest status was of your
HJ> "Display" custom tag library was. I noticed there
HJ> hasn't been any updates since version 0.8 in May 2002.
HJ> More specifically:
HJ> 1) Are you or anyone else working on any new features
HJ> for a next release?
HJ> 2) Do you think your library will get added to Struts?
HJ> 3) Are you considering the support of the "Expression
HJ> Language" found in JSTL?
HJ> I've heard lots of good things about your tags. I'm
HJ> just trying to get a status update as my team explores
HJ> the possibility of using your library along side
HJ> Struts & JSTL custom tags.
HJ> Thanks,
HJ> JOHN HOHLEN
HJ> --
HJ> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
HJ> For additional commands, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>
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RE: QUESTIONS: Ed Hill's "Display" Custom Tag Library
Posted by Jerome Jacobsen <je...@gentootech.com>.
I sent Ed an email yesterday asking him the status too. No reply yet.
Instead of adding it to Struts I was hoping he'd add it to Jakarta Taglibs.
He used the packaging names of Jakarta Taglibs for his classes so I am
hopeful. I would like to see the JSTL-EL ability added to it as well. It
is a fantastic taglib. It would be a pity if its support/maintenance
fizzled out.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hohlen, John [mailto:JHohlen@erac.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 2:08 PM
> To: Struts-User (E-mail)
> Subject: QUESTIONS: Ed Hill's "Display" Custom Tag Library
>
>
> I know a lot developers are using Ed Hill's "Display" custom tag library.
> About a week ago I sent Ed an e-mail asking him about the status of this
> "very useful" library. Unfortunately, I haven't received any type of
> response. I was wondering if anyone else might know the answers to my
> questions. Below is the e-mail I sent Ed.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> JOHN
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Hi Ed,
>
> I was wondering what the latest status was of your
> "Display" custom tag library was. I noticed there
> hasn't been any updates since version 0.8 in May 2002.
> More specifically:
> 1) Are you or anyone else working on any new features
> for a next release?
> 2) Do you think your library will get added to Struts?
> 3) Are you considering the support of the "Expression
> Language" found in JSTL?
>
> I've heard lots of good things about your tags. I'm
> just trying to get a status update as my team explores
> the possibility of using your library along side
> Struts & JSTL custom tags.
>
> Thanks,
>
> JOHN HOHLEN
>
>
>
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