Error while trying NewsLetter Example

I am getting an error on this page when trying to do the example in the newsletter on Struts 1.1

Here is the error

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /LoginView.jsp(0,4) Invalid directive
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:94)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:428)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:126)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:383)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:800)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:122)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:199)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:153)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:223)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:351)
at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:474)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:184)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:432)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:386)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:534)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:530)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)

Anyone know why I am getting this error? Does it really have to do with the LoginView.jsp? Or could the error be the result of another file?

[ May 28, 2003: Message edited by: Thomas Paul ]

Do you have your tld files defined in your web.xml? Are they in the right location?

Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
Do you have your tld files defined in your web.xml? Are they in the right location?

Here is my web.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app
  PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.2//EN"
  "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_2.dtd">
<web-app>
  
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
    <INIT-PARAM>
        <PARAM-NAME>application</PARAM-NAME>
        <PARAM-VALUE>test.struts.MessageResources</PARAM-VALUE>
    </INIT-PARAM>
    <init-param>
      <param-name>mapping</param-name>
      <param-value>org.apache.struts.action.RequestActionMapping</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <INIT-PARAM>
        <PARAM-NAME>config</PARAM-NAME>
        <PARAM-VALUE>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</PARAM-VALUE>
    </INIT-PARAM>
    <init-param>
      <param-name>debug</param-name>
      <param-value>2</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <init-param>
      <param-name>detail</param-name>
      <param-value>2</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

<welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>

<taglib>
    <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-bean</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld</taglib-location>
  </taglib>
  <taglib>
    <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-html</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-location>
  </taglib>
  <taglib>
    <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-logic</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld</taglib-location>
  </taglib>
  <taglib>
    <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-nested</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-nested.tld</taglib-location>
  </taglib>
  <taglib>
    <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-tiles</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld</taglib-location>
  </taglib>
  <TAGLIB>
      <TAGLIB-URI>/WEB-INBF/struts-template</TAGLIB-URI>
      <TAGLIB-LOCATION>/WEB-INBF/struts-template.tld</TAGLIB-LOCATION>
  </TAGLIB>

</web-app>

And my tld files are located under my WEB-INF folder.

Here's your problem:

In your web.xml, you define the URI as:
/WEB-INBF/struts-template
but you coded your JSP to use this URI:
/WEB-INBF/struts-template.tld
Those two have to be identical for it to work.

Ok, fixed that. But still getting the same error. Am I just stupid here?

Here is my LoginView.jsp page with the corrected URI's

And what does your web.xml look like? Did you restart your server?

I completely stopped my server, restarted it, after I made the changes. And here is the web.xml file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app
  PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.2//EN"
  "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/web-app_2_2.dtd">
<web-app>
  
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
    <INIT-PARAM>
        <PARAM-NAME>application</PARAM-NAME>
        <PARAM-VALUE>test.struts.MessageResources</PARAM-VALUE>
    </INIT-PARAM>
    <init-param>
      <param-name>mapping</param-name>
      <param-value>org.apache.struts.action.RequestActionMapping</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <INIT-PARAM>
        <PARAM-NAME>config</PARAM-NAME>
        <PARAM-VALUE>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</PARAM-VALUE>
    </INIT-PARAM>
    <init-param>
      <param-name>debug</param-name>
      <param-value>2</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <init-param>
      <param-name>detail</param-name>
      <param-value>2</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

<welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>

<taglib>
    <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-bean</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld</taglib-location>
  </taglib>
  <taglib>
    <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-html</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld</taglib-location>
  </taglib>
  <taglib>
    <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-logic</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld</taglib-location>
  </taglib>
  <taglib>
    <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-nested</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-nested.tld</taglib-location>
  </taglib>
  <taglib>
    <taglib-uri>/WEB-INF/struts-tiles</taglib-uri>
    <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/struts-tiles.tld</taglib-location>
  </taglib>
  <TAGLIB>
      <TAGLIB-URI>/WEB-INF/struts-template</TAGLIB-URI>
      <TAGLIB-LOCATION>/WEB-INF/struts-template.tld</TAGLIB-LOCATION>
  </TAGLIB>

</web-app>

Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:

<%@ TAGLIB URI="/WEB-INF/struts-html" PREFIX="html" %>
<%@ TAGLIB URI="/WEB-INF/struts-bean" PREFIX="bean" %>
[/CODE]

<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld" prefix="logic" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %>
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %>

This is from my file.
JSP is case sensitive

here is error I got when I changed to UPPER CASE
HTTP Status 500 -
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: /WEB-INF/jsp/discover/contract/reviewerDecisionPanel.jsp(3,4) Invalid directive
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:94)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:428)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:126)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:383)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:795)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:122)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:199)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:153)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:227)
at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:369)
at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:473)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:190)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:684)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:432)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:356)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.processActionForward(ActionServlet.java:1759)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1596)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:492)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:256)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:594)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:392)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:565)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:619)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Apache Tomcat/4.1.24
make all char small letter .

BTW which editor you are using ??
I am using TextPad for jsp and Eclipse for Java.
TextPad shows different color[blue] for
<%@ taglib uri
and normal color[black] for
<%@ TAGLIB URI
you have to download plugin for jsp syntax coloring available at textpad.com

Good catch, Ravish! Now I can stop pulling my hair out!

Well, good news. Thanks to Ravish and Thomas, I am not getting any errors.
BUT....
Now I am just getting a blank page.

I am starting to go bald because of this simple example.
I really don't know why it would be a blank page. I basically copy and pasted the code from the newsletter for the jsp page. Any ideas?

If you do "view source" what do you see?

Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
If you do "view source" what do you see?

There is a whole lot of Javascript but no actual FORM tags or plain html tags anywhere. And the <HTML> is never closed.

write one SOP just before forwarding string.
and make sure you have entry of that forward in your action.

Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:

There is a whole lot of Javascript but no actual FORM tags or plain html tags anywhere. And the <HTML> is never closed.

Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
I am getting an error on this page when trying to do the example in the newsletter on Struts 1.1
<%@ TAGLIB URI="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" PREFIX="html" %> <%@ TAGLIB URI="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" PREFIX="bean" %> <HTML> <HEAD><TITLE><bean:message key="title.login" /></TITLE> <html:javascript formName="login" /> </HEAD> <BODY> <bean:message key="heading.login" /> <html:errors /> <html:form action="/login" onsubmit="return validateLogin(this)" > <p> <bean:message key="label.userId" />: <html:text property="userId" size="10" /> <br> <bean:message key="label.passWord" />: <html :-P assword property="passWord" size="10" /> <br><br> <html:submit> <bean:message key="button.submit" /> </html:submit> </html:form> </BODY>

I cant see closing HTML tag in this html file.
Are you sure you have closing </HTML> tag in your JSP ??

Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:

There is a whole lot of Javascript but no actual FORM tags or plain html tags anywhere. And the <HTML> is never closed.

The HTML is never closed because we forgot to put in a close HTML tag.

But that shouldn't screw anything up.
There should be a lot of JavaScript.
The question is why aren't the tags being turned into html.

Originally posted by Ravish Kumar:
[QB[/qb]<hr></blockquote>
I cant see closing HTML tag in this html file.
Are you sure you have closing </HTML> tag in your JSP ??[/QB]

I had caught that before posting the problem. So yes, I have the closing </html> tag.
Here is my file, again...

Is it supposed to be this hard?

Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
The question is why aren't the tags being turned into html.

yes, that is the question.

Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
Is it supposed to be this hard?

If it was easy then anyone could do it! Minus the JavaScript, what does your source look like?

If you mean my "view source" source. Whew, here goes

<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Login Screen</TITLE>
<script type="text/javascript" language="Javascript1.1"> 
<!-- Begin 
     var bCancel = false; 
    function validateLogin(form) {                                                                   
        if (bCancel) 
      return true; 
        else 
       return validateRequired(form) && validateMinLength(form); 
   } 
    function required () { 
     this.aa = new Array("userId", "User ID is rquired.<br>", new Function ("varName", "this.minlength='5';  return this[varName];"));
     this.ab = new Array("passWord", "Password is rquired.<br>", new Function ("varName", " return this[varName];"));
    } 
    function minlength () { 
     this.aa = new Array("userId", "User ID cannot be less than 5 characters.<br>", new Function ("varName", "this.minlength='5';  return this[varName];"));
    } 
function validateFloatRange(form) {
                var bValid = true;
                var focusField = null;
                var i = 0;
                var fields = new Array();
                oRange = new floatRange();
                for (x in oRange) {
                    if ((form[oRange[x][0]].type == 'text' ||
                         form[oRange[x][0]].type == 'textarea') &&
                        (form[oRange[x][0]].value.length > 0)) {
                        var fMin = parseFloat(oRange[x][2]("min"));
                        var fMax = parseFloat(oRange[x][2]("max"));
                        var fValue = parseFloat(form[oRange[x][0]].value);
                        if (!(fValue >= fMin && fValue <= fMax)) {
                            if (i == 0) {
                                focusField = form[oRange[x][0]];
                            }
                            fields[i++] = oRange[x][1];
                            bValid = false;
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (fields.length > 0) {
                    focusField.focus();
                    alert(fields.join('\n'));
                }
                return bValid;
            }
function validateByte(form) {
                var bValid = true;
                var focusField = null;
                var i = 0;
                var fields = new Array();
                oByte = new ByteValidations();
                for (x in oByte) {
                var field = form[oByte[x][0]];
                
                    if (field.type == 'text' ||
                        field.type == 'textarea' ||
                        field.type == 'select-one' ||
field.type == 'radio') {
var value = '';
// get field's value
if (field.type == "select-one") {
var si = field.selectedIndex;
if (si >= 0) {
value = field.options[si].value;
}
} else {
value = field.value;
}
                        
                        if (value.length > 0) {
                        var iValue = parseInt(value);
                        if (isNaN(iValue) || !(iValue >= -128 && iValue <= 127)) {
                            if (i == 0) {
                                focusField = field;
                            }
                            fields[i++] = oByte[x][1];
                            bValid = false;
                        }
}

}
                }
                if (fields.length > 0) {
                   focusField.focus();
                   alert(fields.join('\n'));
                }
                return bValid;
            }
function validateMaxLength(form) {
                var bValid = true;
                var focusField = null;
                var i = 0;
                var fields = new Array();
                oMaxLength = new maxlength();
                for (x in oMaxLength) {
                    if (form[oMaxLength[x][0]].type == 'text' ||
                        form[oMaxLength[x][0]].type == 'textarea') {
                        var iMax = parseInt(oMaxLength[x][2]("maxlength"));
                        if (form[oMaxLength[x][0]].value.length > iMax) {
                            if (i == 0) {
                                focusField = form[oMaxLength[x][0]];
                            }
                            fields[i++] = oMaxLength[x][1];
                            bValid = false;
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (fields.length > 0) {
                   focusField.focus();
                   alert(fields.join('\n'));
                }
                return bValid;
            }
function validateRequired(form) {
                var bValid = true;
                var focusField = null;
                var i = 0;
                var fields = new Array();
                oRequired = new required();
                for (x in oRequired) {
                var field = form[oRequired[x][0]];
                
                    if (field.type == 'text' ||
                        field.type == 'textarea' ||
                        field.type == 'file' ||
                        field.type == 'select-one' ||
                        field.type == 'radio' ||
                        field.type == 'password') {
                        
                        var value = '';
// get field's value
if (field.type == "select-one") {
var si = field.selectedIndex;
if (si >= 0) {
value = field.options[si].value;
}
} else {
value = field.value;
}
                        
                        if (value == '') {
                        
                        if (i == 0) {
                            focusField = field;
                        }
                        fields[i++] = oRequired[x][1];
                        bValid = false;
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (fields.length > 0) {
                   focusField.focus();
                   alert(fields.join('\n'));
                }
                return bValid;
            }
function validateInteger(form) {
                var bValid = true;
                var focusField = null;
                var i = 0;
                var fields = new Array();
                oInteger = new IntegerValidations();
                for (x in oInteger) {
                var field = form[oInteger[x][0]];
                    if (field.type == 'text' ||
                        field.type == 'textarea' ||
                        field.type == 'select-one' ||
                        field.type == 'radio') {
                        
                        var value = '';
// get field's value
if (field.type == "select-one") {
var si = field.selectedIndex;
    if (si >= 0) {
    value = field.options[si].value;
    }
} else {
value = field.value;
}
                        
                        if (value.length > 0) {
                        
                            if (!isAllDigits(value)) {
                                bValid = false;
                            } else {
                            var iValue = parseInt(value);
                            if (isNaN(iValue) || !(iValue >= -2147483648 && iValue <= 2147483647)) {
                                if (i == 0) {
                                    focusField = field;
                                }
                                fields[i++] = oInteger[x][1];
                                bValid = false;
                           }
                           }
                       }
                    }
                }
                if (fields.length > 0) {
                   focusField.focus();
                   alert(fields.join('\n'));
                }
                return bValid;
            }
            function isAllDigits(argvalue) {
                argvalue = argvalue.toString();
                var validChars = "0123456789";
                var startFrom = 0;
                if (argvalue.substring(0, 2) == "0x") {
                   validChars = "0123456789abcdefABCDEF";
                   startFrom = 2;
                } else if (argvalue.charAt(0) == "0") {
                   validChars = "01234567";
                   startFrom = 1;
                }
                for (var n = 0; n < argvalue.length; n++) {
                    if (validChars.indexOf(argvalue.substring(n, n+1)) == -1) return false;
                }
                return true;
            }
function validateRange(form) {
                return validateIntRange(form);
            }
function validateDate(form) {
               var bValid = true;
               var focusField = null;
               var i = 0;
               var fields = new Array();
               oDate = new DateValidations();
               for (x in oDate) {
                   var value = form[oDate[x][0]].value;
                   var datePattern = oDate[x][2]("datePatternStrict");
                   if ((form[oDate[x][0]].type == 'text' ||
                        form[oDate[x][0]].type == 'textarea') &&
                       (value.length > 0) &&
                       (datePattern.length > 0)) {
                     var MONTH = "MM";
                     var DAY = "dd";
                     var YEAR = "yyyy";
                     var orderMonth = datePattern.indexOf(MONTH);
                     var orderDay = datePattern.indexOf(DAY);
                     var orderYear = datePattern.indexOf(YEAR);
                     if ((orderDay < orderYear && orderDay > orderMonth)) {
                         var iDelim1 = orderMonth + MONTH.length;
                         var iDelim2 = orderDay + DAY.length;
                         var delim1 = datePattern.substring(iDelim1, iDelim1 + 1);
                         var delim2 = datePattern.substring(iDelim2, iDelim2 + 1);
                         if (iDelim1 == orderDay && iDelim2 == orderYear) {
                            dateRegexp = new RegExp("^(\\d{2})(\\d{2})(\\d{4})$");
                         } else if (iDelim1 == orderDay) {
                            dateRegexp = new RegExp("^(\\d{2})(\\d{2})[" + delim2 + "](\\d{4})$");
                         } else if (iDelim2 == orderYear) {
                            dateRegexp = new RegExp("^(\\d{2})[" + delim1 + "](\\d{2})(\\d{4})$");
                         } else {
                            dateRegexp = new RegExp("^(\\d{2})[" + delim1 + "](\\d{2})[" + delim2 + "](\\d{4})$");
                         }
                         var matched = dateRegexp.exec(value);
                         if(matched != null) {
                            if (!isValidDate(matched[2], matched[1], matched[3])) {
                               if (i == 0) {
                                   focusField = form[oDate[x][0]];
                               }
                               fields[i++] = oDate[x][1];
                               bValid =  false;
                            }
                         } else {
                            if (i == 0) {
                                focusField = form[oDate[x][0]];
                            }
                            fields[i++] = oDate[x][1];
                            bValid =  false;
                         }
                     } else if ((orderMonth < orderYear && orderMonth > orderDay)) {
                         var iDelim1 = orderDay + DAY.length;
                         var iDelim2 = orderMonth + MONTH.length;
                         var delim1 = datePattern.substring(iDelim1, iDelim1 + 1);
                         var delim2 = datePattern.substring(iDelim2, iDelim2 + 1);
                         if (iDelim1 == orderMonth && iDelim2 == orderYear) {
                             dateRegexp = new RegExp("^(\\d{2})(\\d{2})(\\d{4})$");
                         } else if (iDelim1 == orderMonth) {
                             dateRegexp = new RegExp("^(\\d{2})(\\d{2})[" + delim2 + "](\\d{4})$");
                         } else if (iDelim2 == orderYear) {
                             dateRegexp = new RegExp("^(\\d{2})[" + delim1 + "](\\d{2})(\\d{4})$");
                         } else {
                             dateRegexp = new RegExp("^(\\d{2})[" + delim1 + "](\\d{2})[" + delim2 + "](\\d{4})$");
                         }
                         var matched = dateRegexp.exec(value);
                         if(matched != null) {
                             if (!isValidDate(matched[1], matched[2], matched[3])) {
                                 if (i == 0) {
                                     focusField = form[oDate[x][0]];
                                 }
                                 fields[i++] = oDate[x][1];
                                 bValid =  false;
                              }
                         } else {
                             if (i == 0) {
                                 focusField = form[oDate[x][0]];
                             }
                             fields[i++] = oDate[x][1];
                             bValid =  false;
                         }
                     } else if ((orderMonth > orderYear && orderMonth < orderDay)) {
                         var iDelim1 = orderYear + YEAR.length;
                         var iDelim2 = orderMonth + MONTH.length;
                         var delim1 = datePattern.substring(iDelim1, iDelim1 + 1);
                         var delim2 = datePattern.substring(iDelim2, iDelim2 + 1);
                         if (iDelim1 == orderMonth && iDelim2 == orderDay) {
                             dateRegexp = new RegExp("^(\\d{4})(\\d{2})(\\d{2})$");
                         } else if (iDelim1 == orderMonth) {
                             dateRegexp = new RegExp("^(\\d{4})(\\d{2})[" + delim2 + "](\\d{2})$");
                         } else if (iDelim2 == orderDay) {
                             dateRegexp = new RegExp("^(\\d{4})[" + delim1 + "](\\d{2})(\\d{2})$");
                         } else {
                             dateRegexp = new RegExp("^(\\d{4})[" + delim1 + "](\\d{2})[" + delim2 + "](\\d{2})$");
                         }
                         var matched = dateRegexp.exec(value);
                         if(matched != null) {
                             if (!isValidDate(matched[3], matched[2], matched[1])) {
                                 if (i == 0) {
                                     focusField = form[oDate[x][0]];
                                  }
                                  fields[i++] = oDate[x][1];
                                  bValid =  false;
                              }
                          } else {
                              if (i == 0) {
                                  focusField = form[oDate[x][0]];
                              }
                              fields[i++] = oDate[x][1];
                              bValid =  false;
                          }
                     } else {
                         if (i == 0) {
                             focusField = form[oDate[x][0]];
                         }
                         fields[i++] = oDate[x][1];
                         bValid =  false;
                     }
                  }
               }
               if (fields.length > 0) {
                  focusField.focus();
                  alert(fields.join('\n'));
               }
               return bValid;
            }
    function isValidDate(day, month, year) {
        if (month < 1 || month > 12) {
                    return false;
                }
                if (day < 1 || day > 31) {
                    return false;
                }
                if ((month == 4 || month == 6 || month == 9 || month == 11) &&
                    (day == 31)) {
                    return false;
                }
                if (month == 2) {
                    var leap = (year % 4 == 0 &&
                               (year % 100 != 0 || year % 400 == 0));
                    if (day>29 || (day == 29 && !leap)) {
                        return false;
                    }
                }
                return true;
            }
function validateCreditCard(form) {
                var bValid = true;
                var focusField = null;
                var i = 0;
                var fields = new Array();
                oCreditCard = new creditCard();
                for (x in oCreditCard) {
                    if ((form[oCreditCard[x][0]].type == 'text' ||
                         form[oCreditCard[x][0]].type == 'textarea') &&
                        (form[oCreditCard[x][0]].value.length > 0)) {
                        if (!luhnCheck(form[oCreditCard[x][0]].value)) {
                            if (i == 0) {
                                focusField = form[oCreditCard[x][0]];
                            }
                            fields[i++] = oCreditCard[x][1];
                            bValid = false;
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (fields.length > 0) {
                    focusField.focus();
                    alert(fields.join('\n'));
                }
                return bValid;
            }
            /**
             * Reference: <a href="http://www.ling.nwu.edu/~sburke/pub/luhn_lib.pl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.ling.nwu.edu/~sburke/pub/luhn_lib.pl</a>
             */
            function luhnCheck(cardNumber) {
                if (isLuhnNum(cardNumber)) {
                    var no_digit = cardNumber.length;
                    var oddoeven = no_digit & 1;
                    var sum = 0;
                    for (var count = 0; count < no_digit; count++) {
                        var digit = parseInt(cardNumber.charAt(count));
                        if (!((count & 1) ^ oddoeven)) {
                            digit *= 2;
                            if (digit > 9) digit -= 9;
                        };
                        sum += digit;
                    };
                    if (sum == 0) return false;
                    if (sum % 10 == 0) return true;
                };
                return false;
            }
            function isLuhnNum(argvalue) {
                argvalue = argvalue.toString();
                if (argvalue.length == 0) {
                    return false;
                }
                for (var n = 0; n < argvalue.length; n++) {
                    if ((argvalue.substring(n, n+1) < "0") ||
                        (argvalue.substring(n,n+1) > "9")) {
                        return false;
                    }
                }
                return true;
            }
function validateIntRange(form) {
                var bValid = true;
                var focusField = null;
                var i = 0;
                var fields = new Array();
                oRange = new intRange();
                for (x in oRange) {
                    if ((form[oRange[x][0]].type == 'text' ||
                         form[oRange[x][0]].type == 'textarea') &&
                        (form[oRange[x][0]].value.length > 0)) {
                        var iMin = parseInt(oRange[x][2]("min"));
                        var iMax = parseInt(oRange[x][2]("max"));
                        var iValue = parseInt(form[oRange[x][0]].value);
                        if (!(iValue >= iMin && iValue <= iMax)) {
                            if (i == 0) {
                                focusField = form[oRange[x][0]];
                            }
                            fields[i++] = oRange[x][1];
                            bValid = false;
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (fields.length > 0) {
                    focusField.focus();
                    alert(fields.join('\n'));
                }
                return bValid;
            }
function validateShort(form) {
                var bValid = true;
                var focusField = null;
                var i = 0;
                var fields = new Array();
                oShort = new ShortValidations();
                for (x in oShort) {
                var field = form[oShort[x][0]];
                
                    if (field.type == 'text' ||
                        field.type == 'textarea' ||
                        field.type == 'select-one' ||
                        field.type == 'radio') {
                        
                        var value = '';
// get field's value
if (field.type == "select-one") {
var si = field.selectedIndex;
if (si >= 0) {
value = field.options[si].value;
}
} else {
value = field.value;
}
                        
                        if (value.length > 0) {
                        
                        var iValue = parseInt(value);
                        if (isNaN(iValue) || !(iValue >= -32768 && iValue <= 32767)) {
                            if (i == 0) {
                                focusField = field;
                            }
                            fields[i++] = oShort[x][1];
                            bValid = false;
                       }
                       }
                    }
                }
                if (fields.length > 0) {
                   focusField.focus();
                   alert(fields.join('\n'));
                }
                return bValid;
            }
function validateFloat(form) {
                var bValid = true;
                var focusField = null;
                var i = 0;
                var fields = new Array();
                oFloat = new FloatValidations();
                for (x in oFloat) {
                var field = form[oFloat[x][0]];
                
                    if (field.type == 'text' ||
                        field.type == 'textarea' ||
                        field.type == 'select-one' ||
                        field.type == 'radio') {
                        
                    var value = '';
// get field's value
if (field.type == "select-one") {
var si = field.selectedIndex;
if (si >= 0) {
    value = field.options[si].value;
}
} else {
value = field.value;
}
                        
                        if (value.length > 0) {
                        
                        var iValue = parseFloat(value);
                        if (isNaN(iValue)) {
                            if (i == 0) {
                                focusField = field;
                            }
                            fields[i++] = oFloat[x][1];
                            bValid = false;
                        }
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (fields.length > 0) {
                   focusField.focus();
                   alert(fields.join('\n'));
                }
                return bValid;
            }
function validateEmail(form) {
                var bValid = true;
                var focusField = null;
                var i = 0;
                var fields = new Array();
                oEmail = new email();
                for (x in oEmail) {
                    if ((form[oEmail[x][0]].type == 'text' ||
                         form[oEmail[x][0]].type == 'textarea') &&
                        (form[oEmail[x][0]].value.length > 0)) {
                        if (!checkEmail(form[oEmail[x][0]].value)) {
                            if (i == 0) {
                                focusField = form[oEmail[x][0]];
                            }
                            fields[i++] = oEmail[x][1];
                            bValid = false;
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (fields.length > 0) {
                    focusField.focus();
                    alert(fields.join('\n'));
                }
                return bValid;
            }
            /**
             * Reference: Sandeep V. Tamhankar (stamhankar@hotmail.com),
             * <a href="http://javascript.internet.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://javascript.internet.com</a>
             */
            function checkEmail(emailStr) {
               if (emailStr.length == 0) {
                   return true;
               }
               var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/;
               var specialChars="\$\$<>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]";
               var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]";
               var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")";
               var ipDomainPat=/^(\d{1,3})[.](\d{1,3})[.](\d{1,3})[.](\d{1,3})$/;

That is just messy looking.

any error in your server console ??
do you have e.printStack(); in catch block ??
is problem solved ??

Thomas,
Do you by any chance have a WAR of this example app? Maybe I could see if that one works on my system and compare?

In my Server Log I am getting this:

2003-05-28 16:17:46 StandardWrapperValve[jsp]: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Cannot retrieve definition for form bean null
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:248)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:432)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:386)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:534)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:530)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)
----- Root Cause -----
javax.servlet.ServletException: Cannot retrieve definition for form bean null
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:530)
at org.apache.jsp.LoginView_jsp._jspService(LoginView_jsp.java:97)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:204)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:432)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:386)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:534)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:530)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)

So something is blowing up. I am going to look at my class files again.

Hi Greg,
If you are getting a 'form bean null' error, the problem is probably with your struts-config.xml file. Make sure that your action definition has a name attribute containing the name of the dynaform you wish to use on the page.
Here is an example of how it should look like:

The 'name' is used to associate a form bean with a Struts action. If you don't define it, you will get 'form bean null' type errors.
Hope this helps.
Darryl

Well, I can't see anything wrong with my struts-config.xml, but here it is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC
          "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.1//EN"
          "http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/dtds/struts-config_1_1.dtd">
 
<struts-config>

    <form-bean name="login"
           type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm" >
      <form-property name="userId" type="java.lang.String" />
      <form-property name="passWord" type="java.lang.String" />
    </form-bean>

<action-mappings>
    <action
    path="/login"
    type="test.struts.LoginAction"
    name="login"
    input="/LoginView.jsp"
    validate="true">
    <forward name="valid" path="/MainMenu.jsp" />
    <forward name="invalid" path="/LoginView.jsp" />
</action>
  </action-mappings>

<plug-in className="org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorPlugIn">
    <set-property
        property="pathnames"
        value="/WEB-INF/validator-rules.xml,/WEB-INF/validation.xml"/>
  </plug-in>
</struts-config>

I am getting a new error now though. Still a blank page, but in the error logs I get...

javax.servlet.ServletException: Cannot retrieve definition for form bean login
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:530)
at org.apache.jsp.LoginView_jsp._jspService(LoginView_jsp.java:97)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:204)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:432)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:386)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:534)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:530)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)

Isn't this fun??

[ May 28, 2003: Message edited by: Gregg Bolinger ]

Hi there,
Sometimes when I get strange errors like this, I validate my web.xml and struts-config.xml files to make sure they are well-formed. It's happened to me on a number of occasions where the application loaded without error but didn't fully parse the configuration file because of errors in form.
Boy do I sound out of ideas, don't I? :-)
Darryl

Originally posted by Darryl A. J. Staflund:
Hi there,
Sometimes when I get strange errors like this, I validate my web.xml and struts-config.xml files to make sure they are well-formed. It's happened to me on a number of occasions where the application loaded without error but didn't fully parse the configuration file because of errors in form.
Boy do I sound out of ideas, don't I? :-)
Darryl

You and me both are out of ideas. So is there an easy way for me to validate my XML files?

Just download a demo of XML Spy from Altova.
Darryl

is this class is in your classpath org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm
I have not used this class but it seems that its not finding the class.
It seems that some class should extend this class. Do you have that class?
can you provide line num 97 of LoginView_jsp.java ?
You can find this file in work folder if you are using Tomcat with default setting.

You don't have a form-beans tag in your struts-config.xml!!!

one more NOTE:
xml files are also case sensitive.
I saw some tags in CAPS in your xml file.
just try making them small letters.

Line 97 reads
if (pageContext != null) pageContext.handlePageException(t);
And org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm is part of struts.jar in v1.1

Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
You don't have a form-beans tag in your struts-config.xml!!!
<struts-config>  <form-beans> <form-bean name="login" type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm" > <form-property name="userId" type="java.lang.String" /> <form-property name="passWord" type="java.lang.String" /> </form-bean> </form-beans>

Yes .. I think this is the problem .. and thats why its not getting Login bean ..

Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
You don't have a form-beans tag in your struts-config.xml!!!
<struts-config>  <form-beans> <form-bean name="login" type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm" > <form-property name="userId" type="java.lang.String" /> <form-property name="passWord" type="java.lang.String" /> </form-bean> </form-beans>

Ahh, then this is a typo on your part. You stated in your 1.1 newsletter article to change the struts-config.xml file to have the following:

I guess you left of the s??

Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
Line 97 reads
if (pageContext != null) pageContext.handlePageException(t);
And org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm is part of struts.jar in v1.1

thats what I was fearing ... this is almost last line of the generated code.
It does not help at all. Error is somewhere else not at line 97.

Ok, fixed the struts-config file to have <form-beans> instead of <form-bean> and still getting a blank page and a "Cannot retrieve definition for form bean login" in the error logs.
I really appreciate everyone that is helping me through this problem.

Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
<struts-config>  <form-beans> <form-bean name="login" type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm" > <form-property name="userId" type="java.lang.String" /> <form-property name="passWord" type="java.lang.String" /> </form-bean> </form-beans> <hr></blockquote>

Ahh, then this is a typo on your part. You stated in your 1.1 newsletter article to change the struts-config.xml file to have the following:
<form-bean name="login" type="org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm" > <form-property name="userId" type="java.lang.String" /> <form-property name="passWord" type="java.lang.String" /> </form-bean>
I guess you left of the s??[/QB]

actually all <form-bean> tag should be inside <form-beans> tag.

this might help you
you need login name to access it

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Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
Ok, fixed the struts-config file to have <form-beans> instead of <form-bean> and still getting a blank page and a "Cannot retrieve definition for form bean login" in the error logs.
I really appreciate everyone that is helping me through this problem.

No your strut-config.xml should be like this