html:form pointing to some outside url ?

[Michael Monroe]

Is it possible to use <html-form -tag to send the form to some outside URL?

For example:

    
<html:form action="http://www.disney.com">
 <html:hidden property="foobar">
</html:form>

At the moment the only workaround I have figured out is to use normal <form>-tags like this:

   
<form action="http://www.hippies.com" method="post">
 <input type="hidden" name="foobar" value="<bean:write name="somebean" property="foobar" />"/>
</form>

Anyway I would prefer to use struts-tags + formbean for this. Any ideas?

Thanks,
- Mike

[Merrill Higginson]

No, there isn't a way to use an <html:form> tag to refer to an outside URI. Think about it: If the action attribute doesn't refer to an action path, how is Struts going to associate a form bean with it? Even if it could, a form bean can't be passed to an outside link anyway.

The only solution I'm aware of is to do what you're already doing: Use the standard HTML tags.