Struts Question

[Martin Coetzee]

Hi Guys...I have a question regarding struts. I've got a tabs page with different information on it. At the bottom of each tab, i placed a button that will submit to a certain dispatch action. I need to get the 'key' for the information on the tab to modify in the action. There is a hidden variable declared inside the form. I.E. :

 <layout:submit value="Add Address"  reqCode="addNewAddress" onklick="this.form.partyKey.value='[B]<%=key%>[/B]'" styleClass="BUTTON" />
 

When I extract the 'partyKey' parameter from the request, the value inside it is: "<%=key%>" and not the "person4" value I expected. How can I replace the value in the tag with something that's everchaning on the page?
I appreciate all comments.
Greetings from Pretoria, South Africa
Martin Coetzee
P.S. Sorry for the onklick spelling mistake, but the BB does not except the correct spelling in the message.

[Rick Hightower]

why not just use <html:hidden />