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Apple WebObjects 3.5 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Creating a Simple WebObjects Application

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10. Save your component. It should now look like this:

In summary, when the user clicks the Submit button, a new request-response
cycle begins. WebObjects stores the data entered in the dynamic form elements
in the variables they are bound to (

guestName

contains the value in the Name field,

email

contains the value in the E-mail field, and

comments

contains the value in the

Comments field). It then triggers the action method bound to the

action

attribute

of the WOSubmitButton. The action method returns a page (which, in this
example, is the same page). When the page is redrawn, the dynamic strings at
the bottom show the values entered by the user.

Now you are ready to test your application.

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