mixing javascript with JSF EL to call SFSB method

[asookazian]

I need to called a SFSB method from a modalPanel dataTable value attribute as below. The employeedId and columnName variables are available via DOM/javascript at the time this dataTable is rendered (or reRendered when a button is clicked). How can I pass these values in the JSF EL expression? Or must you use Seam remoting to achieve this? The method returns a List which is based on a JPA query that needs these params...

<rich:dataTable value="#{securityAuditAction.getNoteLogList(employeeId, columnName)}" var="myRow">
 <rich:column width="400">
 <f:facet name="header">NoteText</f:facet>
 <h:outputText value="#{myRow.noteText}"/>
 </rich:column>

 <rich:column>
 <f:facet name="header">TimeStamp</f:facet>
 <h:outputText value="#{myRow.timeStamp}">
 <s:convertDateTime dateStyle="short" timeStyle="medium" type="both"/>
 </h:outputText>
 </rich:column>
 </rich:dataTable>

[asookazian]

I've also noticed that you can't access values in the main form/dataTable in the facelet from a modalPanel. For example, the following returns -1 (b/c the processor doesn't have a currently selected row in the main form's dataTable):

myAuditList.getRowIndex()

So I can't get the values from the main form either...

[pmuir]

Hmm, I guess you can use a4j:actionParams for this.

Post the modalPanel layout.