Problem of <frameset> tag with struts2

[Prajatna Mahunta]

I am migrating my application from struts 1 to staruts 2

We are using struts 2.1.8 jar. We were using <fameset> to have our website layout.

But unfortunately using <fameset> the struts 2 is not able to render the page. In the UI it is only showing "undefined" . Please suggest how to make <frameset > work in struts2

[David Newton]

You've provided almost no information we can use to help you.

Please read ItDoesntWorkIsUseless and TellTheDetails.

[Prajatna Mahunta]

From 1st jsp page I am calling a action "login.action"

The struts.xml mapping is like-

 
<action name="login" class="org.dai.zula.ui.action.WelcomeUser">	
	<result name="error">/login.jsp</result>
	<result>/WEB-INF/jsp/zulaHome.jsp</result>
</action>
   

Inside zulaHome.jsp I am using <frameset> tag to create the Welcome page which is a combination of header, menu & body .
The code I am using for zulaHome.jsp is as follows

   

    <frameset rows="20%,*" frameborder="no" framespacing="0" >
		<frame src="<s:url value="/WEB-INF/jsp/header.jsp" />" name="Header" noresize="noresize" >	
		<!-- <frame src="<s:url action="headerFrame" />" name="Header" noresize="noresize" >-->	
                <!-- <frame src="/WEB-INF/jsp/header.jsp" />" name="Header" noresize="noresize" >-->		
			<frameset cols="20%,80%" frameborder="no" id="fullscreen" >
			
				<frame src="<s:url value="/WEB-INF/jsp/menu.jsp" />" name="Menu" noresize="noresize" style="border-right:0.005cm; border-right-style:inset; ;border-right-color: buttonshadow" scrolling="no">
				<frame src="<s:url value="/WEB-INF/jsp/welcome.jsp" />" name="Body" noresize="noresize" >
			
				<!--  <frame src="<s:url action="menuFrame" />" name="Menu" noresize="noresize" style="border-right:0.005cm; border-right-style:inset; ;border-right-color: buttonshadow" scrolling="no">
				<frame src="<s:url action="bodyFrame" />" name="Body" noresize="noresize" >	-->			
			</frameset> 
	</frameset>
 

I can see in my console that on call of this login.action my zulaHome.jsp page is loading. But in UI i am not able to see any thing . only it is showing a single word "undefined".

As you can see I have tried various option for the <frame src="" > tag as follows.

(1. using jsp location,

 <frame src="/WEB-INF/jsp/header.jsp" />" name="Header" noresize="noresize" >   

2. using s:url tag to load the jsp ,

  
<frame src="<s:url value="/WEB-INF/jsp/header.jsp" />" name="Header" noresize="noresize" >
  

3. using a action to load the corresponding JSP

   <frame src="<s:url action="headerFrame" />" name="Header" noresize="noresize" > 

)
But non of these worked out for me..

Can you please let me know id these is any comparability issue is there with struts2 & <frameset> tag ?
If not why this is happening..and what is the solution for this. ???

can any body please help me.

[Anbarasu Aladiyan]

Hi Prajatna Mahunta,

I have used the same thing in my last project with out any problem.
like below (this code is a part of the page which will be displayed after successful login validation)

   
<frameset rows="10%,*" border="0">
  <frame name="top" scrolling="no" noresize src="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/header">
  <frameset cols="190,*" border="0">
    <frame src="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/menu" name="menu" scrolling="no" noresize>
    <frame src="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/body"   noresize>
  </frameset>
  <noframes>
  </noframes>
</frameset> 

All the src attribute calls a struts2 action. But i have not build the url using strut2 url tag.
It worked well for me...

[Prajatna Mahunta]

anbarasu aladiyan wrote:Hi Prajatna Mahunta,

I have used the same thing in my last project with out any problem.
like below (this code is a part of the page which will be displayed after successful login validation)
zulaHome.jsp

   
<frameset rows="10%,*" border="0">
  <frame name="top" scrolling="no" noresize src="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/header">
  <frameset cols="190,*" border="0">
    <frame src="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/menu" name="menu" scrolling="no" noresize>
    <frame src="<%=request.getContextPath()%>/body"   noresize>
  </frameset>
  <noframes>
  </noframes>
</frameset> 

All the src attribute calls a struts2 action. But i have not build the url using strut2 url tag.
It worked well for me...

Thanks Anbarasu ,
I tried with your solution. But still I am facing the same problem..Is there any problem with Struts version, I am using Struts 2.1.8

I have changed the frameset page like--

   
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
	pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Zula home Page</title>
</head>
<frameset rows="10%,*" border="0">
	<frame src="<%request.getContextPath();%>/headerFrame" name="top" scrolling="no" noresize>
	<frameset cols="190,*" border="0">
		<frame src="<%request.getContextPath();%>/menuFrame" name="menu" scrolling="no" noresize="noresize">		
		<frame src="<%request.getContextPath();%>/bodyFrame" name="body" scrolling="auto" noresize="noresize">
	</frameset>
	<noframes>
	</noframes>
</frameset>
</html>

 

And the corresponding action mapping is--

<action name="*Frame" method="{1}" class="org.dai.zula.ui.action.FrameSetAction">
			<result name="header" >/WEB-INF/jsp/header.jsp</result>
			<result name="menu" >/WEB-INF/jsp/menu.jsp</result>
			<result name="body" >/WEB-INF/jsp/welcome.jsp</result>
		</action>
    

And the action class is --

  
public class FrameSetAction {

	public String header()
	{
		return "header";		
	}
	
	public String menu()
	{
		return "menu";		
	}
	
	public String body()
	{
		return "body";		
	}
}
  

I am still wondering ...why i am not able to get my page , because i can see in the logs that my frameset page() is getting called

  

[3/1/10 10:43:07:343 IST] 0000002c ServletWrappe I   SRVE0242I: [TestEAR] [/ZulaCommons] [/WEB-INF/jsp/zulaHome.jsp]: Initialization successful.  

But in UI still it is coming "undefined" .

Can anybody please help me out..

[David Newton]

I'm not sure what you mean by " In the UI it is only showing "undefined"". You don't show the JSP, so we can't help diagnose a JSP problem.

Struts 2 has absolutely nothing to do with framesets. Do your actions work on their own, i.e. if you just call them manually? Are you using JavaScript in the pages?