Hi all,
I’m happily using “HowToReuseEditViewsForNewViews” found at:
http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowToReuseEditViewsForNewViews
There’s this comment there saying you only need the tag “<%= auto_form
%>”
when using the code below. Can somebody tell me if that will work when
extending it with model_name (some how)?
I have several new_* methods (e.g. new_contact, new_company,
new_project,
etc), and I’m not going to bother with this challenge when you big guys
out
there tell me it’s a no go to develop this.
def auto_form
action = case controller.action_name
when “new” then “create”
when “edit” then “update”
else controller.action_name
end
start_form_tag :controller => controller.controller_name, :action =>
action
end
Regards,
Gerard -wanna be guru- P.
–
“Who cares if it doesn’t do anything? It was made with our new
Triple-Iso-Bifurcated-Krypton-Gate-MOS process …”
My $Grtz =~ Gerard;
~
:wq!
The default scaffold generator uses a partial template called _form that
holds all the form definition stuff that you see in the edit/create
actions. It then generates a ‘new’ and ‘create’ template that wraps a
form around that and links the correct actions to the submit.
It’s simple, it’s easy, and it’s pretty DRY.
If necessary you can modify the _form partial to change the layout
depending on the calling action (use controller.action_name).
Kevin,
I’m under the impression that you misunderstood the point somewhat. I am
aware
of the scaffold function, thanx for that. What I’m looking for is, as
the
article link shows you can have one template for multiple actions. This
works
for new/create and edit/update. The only difference is that a records
exists
in the latter case. So only one form is needed, used by 4 methods.
Because I’m having multiple new methods. I’m trying to figure out if it
is
possible to have one form for the following methods.
new_company
new_contact
new_project
edit_company
edit_ … etc
update_ …
and
create_ …
Because the comment in the article shows that in the template you then
only
need “<%= auto_form %>” as a form start tag.
Regards,
Gerard.
On Monday 02 January 2006 17:26, Kevin O. tried to type something
like:
The default scaffold generator uses a partial template called _form that
holds all the form definition stuff that you see in the edit/create
actions. It then generates a ‘new’ and ‘create’ template that wraps a
form around that and links the correct actions to the submit.
It’s simple, it’s easy, and it’s pretty DRY.
If necessary you can modify the _form partial to change the layout
depending on the calling action (use controller.action_name).
–
“Who cares if it doesn’t do anything? It was made with our new
Triple-Iso-Bifurcated-Krypton-Gate-MOS process …”
My $Grtz =~ Gerard;
~
:wq!