Multiple Submit Buttons per Form

[Shehryar Khan <kh...@ubermind.com>]

I'm pretty new to struts so please forgive me if this question been asked
before (I searched the archives and didn't find anything like it).  I have
an OPENSTEP / WebObjects background.

Is it possible to have 2 submit buttons (or image buttons) within the same
form that route to different action classes?

For example if I have a page that has a popup and 2 buttons (maybe a create
button and a modify button).  I'd like the create button to invoke
perform(blah) on a CreateAction class and the modify button to invoke
perform(blah) on a ModifyAction class.

1 way to do it could be to put both buttons in different forms.  However
that won't work because I want to check the selection in the popup in both
my create and modify classes.

Another way to do it could be route both buttons to a single action class,
which would conditionalize based on which button was clicked.  I find this
approach particularly inelegant tho.

Anybody done anything like this?  If so how did u set this up?

thanks.

-shehryar

Re: Multiple Submit Buttons per Form

[Erik Hatcher <ja...@ehatchersolutions.com>]

One alternative is to use the Struts DispatchAction as a base class for a
single action, but you'll be able to implement multiple methods with the
same signature as 'perform' and control which of those methods is invoked by
a single query string parameter or hidden form field.

I also have used WebObjects (although not extensively) and would love to see
Struts evolve more towards it architecturally.

    Erik

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shehryar Khan" <kh...@ubermind.com>
To: <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 8:51 PM
Subject: Multiple Submit Buttons per Form


>
> I'm pretty new to struts so please forgive me if this question been asked
> before (I searched the archives and didn't find anything like it).  I have
> an OPENSTEP / WebObjects background.
>
> Is it possible to have 2 submit buttons (or image buttons) within the same
> form that route to different action classes?
>
> For example if I have a page that has a popup and 2 buttons (maybe a
create
> button and a modify button).  I'd like the create button to invoke
> perform(blah) on a CreateAction class and the modify button to invoke
> perform(blah) on a ModifyAction class.
>
> 1 way to do it could be to put both buttons in different forms.  However
> that won't work because I want to check the selection in the popup in both
> my create and modify classes.
>
> Another way to do it could be route both buttons to a single action class,
> which would conditionalize based on which button was clicked.  I find this
> approach particularly inelegant tho.
>
> Anybody done anything like this?  If so how did u set this up?
>
> thanks.
>
> -shehryar
>
>

Re: Multiple Submit Buttons per Form

[ma...@tumbleweed.com]

Another alternative is to use JavaScript to set the form's action before
submitting it.

--
Martin Cooper


----- Original Message -----
From: "Shehryar Khan" <kh...@ubermind.com>
To: <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 8:51 PM
Subject: Multiple Submit Buttons per Form


>
> I'm pretty new to struts so please forgive me if this question been asked
> before (I searched the archives and didn't find anything like it).  I have
> an OPENSTEP / WebObjects background.
>
> Is it possible to have 2 submit buttons (or image buttons) within the same
> form that route to different action classes?
>
> For example if I have a page that has a popup and 2 buttons (maybe a
create
> button and a modify button).  I'd like the create button to invoke
> perform(blah) on a CreateAction class and the modify button to invoke
> perform(blah) on a ModifyAction class.
>
> 1 way to do it could be to put both buttons in different forms.  However
> that won't work because I want to check the selection in the popup in both
> my create and modify classes.
>
> Another way to do it could be route both buttons to a single action class,
> which would conditionalize based on which button was clicked.  I find this
> approach particularly inelegant tho.
>
> Anybody done anything like this?  If so how did u set this up?
>
> thanks.
>
> -shehryar
>