The syntax for doing this in the 1.0.x distribution is clumsy. You have to define the collection as a bean first, and then refer to it. <bean:define id="imageTexts" name="donorForm" property="imageTexts" type="java.util.Collection"/> <html:options collection="imageTexts" property="value" labelProperty="label"/> There's a new tag for 1.1 that simplifies this so you can skip the bean:define step. -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US -- Developing Java Web Applications with Struts -- Tel: +1 585 737-3463 -- Web: http://husted.com/about/services Michael wrote: > > i started using the <html:select> and <html:options>. > > i'm getting confused with the attributes of the > <html:options> tag. > > can the collection be an object within another bean? IE > "bean1.bean2.collectionName" > and how does the current form object come into play? > > i have my collection sitting in the form object, but the documentation > is confusing me.. how do i reference the collection from the current form? > > so far i can only get the collection to be found by placing it > directly into the request object. > > i want to get the collection from: > > request-->(my ActionForm object)-->getA()-->getB()-->getMyCollection > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>