JSP Applet communication

Question

Hi all ,
I know this question has been asked so many times and I have read all the posts but still i was unsuccessful.
I am trying to send a string from a jsp to another jsp which is loading the applet to display that string.
In my first jsp:
<form method=post action="hello.jsp">
<input type="text" name="formDesc" value="IBMTR/ABMTR Form" size="20" maxlength="20">
<input type=submit name="Go" class="submituttontext" value="Go">
</form>     
in my seccond jsp:
<APPLET CODE="ParamTest.class" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="50">
<PARAM NAME="font" VALUE="Dialog">
<PARAM NAME="size" VALUE="24">
<PARAM NAME="string" VALUE="Hello, world ... it's me. :)">
<PARAM NAME="formDesc" VALUE="<%=request.getParameter("formDesc");%>">
</APPLET>
in my applet:
String myFont = getParameter("font");
String myString = getParameter("string");
int mySize = Integer.parseInt(getParameter("size"));
String desc =getParameter("formDesc");
Font f = new Font(myFont, Font.BOLD, mySize);
g.setFont(f);
g.setColor(Color.red);
g.drawString(myString, 20, 20);
g.drawString(desc, 40, 40);
but nope i cannot see...formDesc ..I jus see the <%=getParameter%>
Thanx

Answer 1

At first glance the only error I see is:
<PARAM NAME="formDesc" VALUE="<%=request.getParameter("formDesc");%>">
should be changed to:
<PARAM NAME="formDesc" VALUE="<%=request.getParameter("formDesc") %>">
No semicolon in expressions. This should give you JSP compile error, so maybe that was just a typo in your post and not the real problem.
Let me know.