variable initialisation is not yet available in plain jpdl. you'll have to write your own action handler to do this View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3993027#3993027 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3993027