That was too simple to have even asked about :-/ Didn't use the request object. What I did was:
<% String l1 = new Locale("lang1").getDisplayLanguage(new Locale("lang1")); String l2 = ... %> And used the identifier when I needed it. Tx again > -----Original Message----- > From: Smith, Thad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 3:19 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: RE: locale attribute in <bean:message> > > You can use the getDisplayLanguage in java.util.Locale to do this: > > <%= request.getLocale().getDisplayLanguage(request.getLocale) %> > > This displays the language of the locale in the locale you specify. If > you don't specify a locale it will use the default locale of the system. > > Regards, > > Thad Smith > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Hertz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 11:57 AM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: locale attribute in <bean:message> > > An utter shot in the dark here.. > > I'm trying to force the printing of language names into their native > languages. That is to say English is "English" and French would be > "francais". > > I realize that if I know what language I want to put display it in, I > don't > _really_ need a bean:message tag, but it's far more readable than > putting > Unicode into the web pages themselves since I do this every where else. > > (No, the locale= attribute doesn't take a language parameter. It wants a > session scoped bean with a Locale object). > > So is there a way to force a specific language to be used in a > <bean:message> tag? > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]