# New Struts Action Wizard: ActionForm Bean, Parameter

Use to associate an actionform bean with an action.

An actionform bean represents requests returned from the browser. Actionform beans populate HTML forms to display results to end users and to collect data from HTML forms. Validation is also handled by actionform beans. You can use the New ActionForm Bean wizard to create actionform beans.

When you select Use ActionForm Bean, you can set the following properties:

Element | Description
--- | ---
ActionForm Bean Name | Specifies the actionform bean that you want to associate with the current action.
Input Resource | Specifies the resource associated with the actionform bean.
Input Action | Specifies the action associated with the actionform bean.
Scope | Specifies the scope of the actionform bean.
Attribute | Specifies an optional attribute.
Validate ActionForm Bean | Specifies whether the IDE should validate the actionform bean.
Parameter | Specifies an optional parameter.

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