I found out how to solve these problems.
For the first problem, that is because the password field requires one more
attribute to be set in the .page configuration file. The textField needs to the
property of hidden set to be true to enable the start sign on the screen.
I have a project which consists of web and ejb modules. The web module
exploits Tapestry 4.0.2 and ejb is version 3. The EJB runs on Jboss 4.2.2. The
Operating System is Gnu/ Linux with kernel 2.6.16.
My first questions is, according to the document, I am able to disable tapestry
cache in
