WebObjects® Developer's Guide

Building Mini-Applications Using Direct Actions

In this next section we're going to build a simple Feedback form as a stateless mini-application. Mostly as an exercise in using direct actions, but we'll also learn about e-mail composition and delivery using WebObjects.

Using E-mail Delivery in WebObjects

Create a new WebObjects Application project Feedback.

Follow the instructions for setting up the basic application:

1.	Make the application handle direct-action requests by default.
2.	On the Main page, add a form and static fields for from, subject, and a WOText element for the contents. You might want to layout the form in a table. See Figure 4.1 Figure 4.1. Laying out the feedback form component. Make sure the form elements are named from ...