Sorry, it is automatically formatted; here is it again: <html:form method="POST" action="/someaction.do"> <p> <p> <html:rewrite page= " target="_blank">get PDF doc here </p> <br /> <html:submit property="__action__backButton">lastPage</html:submit> </html:form>
regards, ujulu ujulu wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am new to Struts, and need your help! > > I am experiencing the following problem: > > 1. I have a simple JSP page similar to the following: > <html:form method="POST" action="/someaction.do"> > <p> > <html:rewrite page= " target="_blank">get PDF doc here > </p> > <br /> > <html:submit property="__action__backButton">lastPage</html:submit> > </html:form> > > 2. The corresponding struts-config.xml entry: > <action path="/someaction" > type="test.SomeAction" > name="beanName" > scope="session" > validate="false" > parameter="backButton"> > <forward name="success" path="/backPage.jsp"/> > </action> > 3. Everything works fine until the user is directed to the above JSP page. > When the user is in this page > and clicks on the submit button the user will be taken to the last page > without any problem. But if > the link is clicked first a new popup window will be opened where a PDF > document will be generated and > displayed to the user. Till now everything is OK! Now comes the > problem: > Now I close the popup window and click the submit button that is > pointing to the page in the > <forward> tag, the previously generated PDF document is displayed > without even consulting the > ActionServlet (I set breakpoints on both the doGet() and doPost() > methods, and they are not reached) > > If I click on the submit button, I thought that the form will be submitted > and the action will be intercepted by the ActionServlet and finally by the > corresponding Action object which is supposed to forward the response to > the "/backPage.jsp". This problem happens only if I first click on the > link, and then on the submit button. I have even defined a <forward> in > the <global-forwards> area as well as an <action> for the link and used > the 'action' and 'forward' attributes of the <html:link> tag. The same > effect. > > Any hint will be very appreciated! > > Ujulu > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Struts-1.2.8%3A-Submit-Button-and-HTML-Link-on-the-same-page-problem-tp19812419p19812512.html Sent from the Struts - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]