Javascript Onload

[dlisa]

i am using struts

in my Action class i set a String in request (its a date as String)
and in the jsp page i need to get the String

and pass it to a javascript


so can i while loading a jsp page
take the object from request

i mean how can i pass the date to this


this is my jsp

<script language="JavaScript">

show_calendar("April 30, 2004");
</script>

so instead on "April 30, 2004" i want to pass a variable
which is taken from the request object

[David Harrison]

Well I read through your post a couple of times and I still don't understand you.

Can you explain it a little clearer?

If this is more of a JSP quesion than a JavaScript question then can't help you, but if not then I'm your guy.

[dlisa]

hey

thanks for replying

this is a javascript question

in my jsp page

in the first part i have these calendar functions


and below

i have

<script language="JavaScript">
show_calendar("April 30, 2004");
</script>

so when this jsp page loads
this method show_calendar is invoked
which is written above
and it paints a calendar for me allright

but the thing is i am getting a calendar for the month
of Arpril 2004
but as u see i am hard coding this value

so when this jsp page is loaded i
in my previous Aciton class thru which i am coming i will have set the Date as a srring in request

so instead of the hardcoded value
when the jsp page is loaded i want to pass this Sting (which is in the request) to the method show_calendar

i hope i made myself clear

thanks

[David Harrison]

So you want to find the date in JavaScript?



<script type="text/javascript"><!--

var d=new Date();
var date=d.getDate();
var month=d.getMonth();
var year=d.getYear();

var montharray=new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");

var datestring=monthArray[month]+" "+date+", "+year;

show_calendar(datestring);

//--></script>

[dlisa]

hi

i think i confused you

no what i want to do is

<%

String date = (String) request.getAttribute("date");
%>


<script language="JavaScript">
show_calendar(date);
</script>

but i cannot do this

can u help

[neil9999]

If you posted a link to/the code for your page, this would probably make your query more understandable.

Neil

[David Harrison]

So it's a JSP question after all. Well I'll have a go:



<%
String date = (String) request.getAttribute("date");
%>

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
<%
response.write "show_calendar("&date&");"
%>
//--></script>

That's how it would look in ASP, (except that I would use <%= rather than response.write).

[dlisa]

thanks very much

i would like this to work tho' i can try this out only on saturday

ill write back if it does

thanks for the prompt replies to both you and Neil

[dlisa]

thanks a lot everyone esp lavalamp

the following worked

<%
String date = (String) request.getAttribute("date");
}
%>

<script language="JavaScript">
show_calendar("<%=date%>");
</script>


thanks

[David Harrison]

Happy to help. :)