Thanks Sergio, That helps. Now I can override the entire form when it is called as a subform! I will just use the code for a multi-select list box that I found on the Ruby on Rails website, and substitue that into my subform override.
Thanks for your time and effort! Best Regards, Andrew On Jan 16, 9:19 am, "Sergio Cambra .:: entreCables - Symbol Servicios Informáticos S.L. ::." <[email protected]> wrote: > El Friday 16 January 2009 08:52:05 RogueBusinessServices escribió: > > > Hello Sergio, > > > Thank you very much for your reply. However what I am am looking for > > is a multi-select list box. I have tried the code above, but this > > gives me a bunch of checkboxes. I assume that I will have to override > > thesubform, but I'm not exactly sure how I can replace only the > >subformfor a particular model. I know how to override the > > _form_association.rhtml, but I only want to do it in the particular > > case that this form is called as asubformand for a particular model. > > Look at Form > Overrides:http://wiki.github.com/activescaffold/active_scaffold/form-overrides > > You can use ahelpermethodor partial. > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Andrew > > > On Jan 15, 10:28 am, "Sergio Cambra .:: entreCables - Symbol Servicios > > > Informáticos S.L. ::." <[email protected]> wrote: > > > El Wednesday 14 January 2009 21:34:03 RogueBusinessServices escribió: > > > > Hello, > > > > > I've seen bits of information here and there about how to do this, but > > > > it still isn't clear to me. Perhaps someone could shed some light on > > > > this, or perhaps has some sample code? > > > > > I have a habtm relationship between 2 models, A and B. What I want is > > > > that when I edit a record of type 'A', that I see a form element that > > > > is a list box and it is filled with all of the records of type 'B'. > > > > All of the instances of 'B' that have an association with 'A' would be > > > > selected by default. I would then want to select or de-select items in > > > > that list, and then click on update. When I click on update the habtm > > > > associations would be updated in the database. > > > > > I have found some information on the RoR website about creating my own > > > > partial for something like this. Is this what I would need to do for > > > > ActiveScaffold? Do I need to create my own partial that overrides the > > > > default one for this view? If I do that, where would I need to put > > > > this file and what do I need to name it? > > > > > I also read that when subforms are used that the params[:record] > > > > namespace is different. Are there any 'gotchas' that I need to look > > > > out for when doing this? > > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated!! > > > > class AesController > > > active_scaffold do |config| > > > config.columns[:b].form_ui = :select > > > end > > > end > > > > -- > > > Sergio Cambra .:: entreCables - Symbol Servicios Informáticos S.L. ::. > > > Nicolás Guillén 6, locales 2 y 3. 50.018 Zaragoza > > > T) 902 021 404 F) 976 52 98 07 E) [email protected] > > -- > Sergio Cambra .:: entreCables - Symbol Servicios Informáticos S.L. ::. > Nicolás Guillén 6, locales 2 y 3. 50.018 Zaragoza > T) 902 021 404 F) 976 52 98 07 E) [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ActiveScaffold : Ruby on Rails plugin" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/activescaffold?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
