<f:param and <rich:menuItem

[jamesjmp]

hi,
f:param does not seem to work with rich:menuItem. I am trying with this code:

 <rich:menuItem submitMode="ajax" value="#{messages['ReportSummary']}" action="#{rstReportHome.newReport}">
 <f:param name="tipoSummary" value="ZZZZ"/>
 </rich:menuItem>

This does not add any tipoSummary param in the url.
On the other hand, this code..

<rich:menuItem value="#{messages['ReportSummary']}" action="/RstReportEdit.xhtml?tipoSummary=ZZZZ"/>

generates a url with ?tipoSummary=ZZZZ

but this does not suits my needs because I want to invoke to #{rstReportHome.newReport}

any idea?
thanks in advance!

[jamesjmp]

I forgot to say that I am using Richfaces 3.1.2 release with seam 1.2.1.