Apple WebObjects 3.5 - Manual (Page 30)

Chapter 1 Creating a Simple WebObjects Application
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The Inspector window comes to the front, displaying the bindings for the
text area. The
value attribute is automatically selected (since that is the one
that is most commonly used in bindings). If you wanted to choose a
different attribute to bind (you don’t at this time), you would simply select
the binding of your choice.
2. Click Connect Variable.
comments appears in the Binding column next to the value attribute of the text
area, indicating that the binding has been made. Also, the text comments
appears in the text field to show that it has been bound.
Note: you can also bind a variable by typing its name directly in the Binding
column for the desired attribute.
3. In the same way, bind the guestName and email variables to the two text fields.
4. Save the Main component.
Implementing an Action Method
When the user clicks the Submit button, your application will respond by
redisplaying the page with the submitted information shown at the bottom. To
make this happen, you implement an action method and bind that method to the
action attribute of the WOSubmitButton.
1. From the Edit Main.java menu at the bottom of the object browser, choose
Add Action.
2. Enter submit as the name of your action method.
Enter action name here.
Select response page name from
pop-up menu (use null to return
same page).