ActionForm variable value null in Action Class

[Priya Jotwani]

Hi,

I have a dropdown in my JSP page along with a hidden variable . I select something from the dropdown and Submit the form. In my Action Class, when I try to access the hidden variable value as below :

ClientReportingForm myForm = (ClientReportingForm) form;
strSubAction = myForm.getSubAction();

But this strSubAction is always null. Why is my ActioForm not getting populated when I submit the page.
Please HELP !!

TIA,
Priya

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Priya,
Check that you have a form bean set in your struts config and a name set in your html:form.

[Priya Jotwani]

Jeanee, I have checked and its the same.

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Priya,
I'm sorry; I read the question wrong. (I mistakenly thought the form was null.)

Can you post the code where you are setting the hidden variable?

[Priya Jotwani]

Hi Jeanne,

I am getting the hidden variable value now beacuse I set that in a Javascript Submit of my page. But now in my Action Class, if I access a ActionForm property(which I had selected in JSP page) , it doesn't gives me anything(not even null).

ClientReportingForm myForm = (ClientReportingForm ) form
String strProductLine = myForm.getProductLine();

WHY

Thanks,
Priya

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Priya,
When you say you are getting nothing, I assume you are getting an empty string? This often happens if javascript is settting the field to an undefined value.

Try putting an alert() after you set the field in javascript to make sure it is what you are expecting. Also, check that the field name in javascript/html matches the form field name exactly - even in case sensitivity.