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Use welcome-file-list to run struts action?

 
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Can I the welcome-file-list element in web.xml to run the startup struts action of my application?

Currently to start my app up the url is http://localhost:8080/PRD/PRD.do
but would prefer something like http://localhost:8080/PRD or http://localhost:8080/PRD/main.jsp

If I have to use a jsp file to redirect/forward to it what would this file look like?

many thans
 
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You can define PRD.do as a welcome file and that should allow you to enter

http://localhost:8080/PRD

to bring up your application
 
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Thanks for replying - in my web.xm file I've put -

<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>PRD.do</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>

when i type in this url http://localhost:8080/PRD/ now I get a directory listing for the PRD directory

What am I doing wrong?

thanks
 
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Here is what I would do:

1) Create a 'welcome.jsp' which simply does a redirect to your struts alias. For example:

<html>
<body>
<%response.sendRedirect("home.do");%>
</body>
</html>

2) Add the 'welcome.jsp' to your welcome-list. For example:
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>welcome.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>


This setup works for me!
-Chughead
 
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cheers CH, that's exactly what I wanted it to do!
 
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ah here we go & theres alway a gotcha - works fine on Tomcat 5 but not on Weblogic 8.1

Does anything ever get any easier in this god damm environment? - why does everything have to be such a battle!
 
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funny though putting this line in the welcome.jsp file

<meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=PRD.do">

& it works fine on both servers!

the weblogic error was -

<2004-08-13 14:25:20,640> ERROR - Invalid path /jsp/PRD was requested

Why? who knows, who cares just as long as it works!
 
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