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In this step, we'll generate a ''skeleton'' or our JSP for displaying information from the PersonForm. I say ''skeleton'' because it'll just be the <form> itself. It will contain table rows and Struts' <html:text> tags for each property in PersonForm.java. The tool that we use to do this was written by [Erik Hatcher|http://www.blogscene.org/erik/]. It's basically just a single class (FormTagsHandler.java) and a couple of XDoclet templates (FormKeys.xdt and StrutsForm_jsp.xdt). All these files are located in extras/viewgen.

In this step, you'll generate a JSP page to display information from the Person object. It will contain Struts' JSP tags that render table rows for each property in Person.java. The [AppGen] tool that's used to do this is based off a StrutsGen tool - which was originally written by [Erik Hatcher|http://www.blogscene.org/erik/]. It's basically just a couple of classes and a bunch of XDoclet templates. All these files are located in extras/appgen.

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<div class="note" style="margin: 5px; background-color: #fcc">__WARNING:__ The "viewgen" tool has been deprecated in 1.6.1 and will be removed in 1.8. The <a href="http://raibledesigns.com/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=CreateDAO#appgen">appgen</a> tool provides the same functionality.</div>

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* Execute __ant compile__ - this generates the PersonForm.java from the Person.java POJO.

* From the command-line, navigate to "extras/viewgen"

* Execute __ant -Dform.name=PersonForm__ to generate three files in extras/viewgen/build:

** PersonForm.properties (labels for your form elements)

** personForm.jsp (skeleton JSP file for viewing a single Person)

** PersonFormList.jsp (skeleton JSP file for viewing a list of People)

* Copy the contents of PersonForm.properties into web/WEB-INF/classes/ApplicationResources_en.properties. Here is an example of what you might add to ApplicationResources_en.properties:

* From the command-line, navigate to "extras/appgen"

* Execute __ant -Dobject.name=Person -Dappgen.type=pojo__ to generate a bunch of files in extras/appgen/build/gen. In fact, it'll generate all the files you need to complete this tutorial. However, let's just grab the ones you need.

** web/WEB-INF/classes/Person.properties (labels for your form elements)

** web/personForm.jsp (JSP file for viewing a single Person)

** web/personList.jsp (JSP file for viewing a list of People)

* Copy the contents of Person.properties into web/WEB-INF/classes/ApplicationResources_en.properties. These are all the keys you will need for titles/headings and form properties. Here is an example of what you should add to ApplicationResources_en.properties:

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personForm.firstName=First Name

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personForm.firstName=First Name

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person.added=Person has been added successfully.

person.updated=Person has been updated successfully.

person.deleted=Person has been deleted successfully.

# -- person list page --

personList.title=Person List

personList.heading=Persons

# -- person detail page --

personDetail.title=Person Detail

personDetail.heading=Person Information

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</div>

* Copy personForm.jsp to web/pages/personForm.jsp. Copy PersonFormList.jsp to web/pages/personList.jsp. ''Notice that each of the new filename's first character is lowercase.''

</div>

* Copy personForm.jsp to web/personForm.jsp. Copy personList.jsp to web/personList.jsp.

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