Can you send me (PM mail) a "short" version of your files ? I can try
to find out. Just try to make it as simple as possible, isolating as
much as you can..
Thanks
On Jun 14, 8:25 pm, Dustin Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, here's the outcome.
>
> Using the escapeString produced undesirable effects. I ended up with
> \n's everywhere and still no style or anything (which I can rightly
> understand). I did figure out something interesting though:
>
> If I remark out the JS write code, the forms looks perfect:
>
> /** example ajax_add_test.thtml view **/
> <?php
> $ajax->div('dataControl');
> $data = $this->renderElement('elem_add_test', array('form' =>
> $form));
> echo $data;
> //$js = "new Insertion.Bottom('data', $data)";
> //echo $javascript->codeBlock($js, false);
> $ajax->divEnd('dataControl');
> ?>
> /** END ajax_add_test.thtml view**/
>
> This renders the element properly to the main view properly... styles
> and formatting are all there. However, this obviously breaks the
> bottom insertion aspect, so it's kind of useless. However, it does
> tell us that the problem isn't related the rendering of the element,
> but instead of the javascript insertion.
>
> Isn't there another way to do this or any more suggestions? This is a
> very important problem that I must solve fairly quickly.
>
> Dustin Weber
>
> On Jun 14, 11:02 am, francky06l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Sorry, I forget this :
>
> > $val = Javascript->escapeString($this->renderElement(..));
> > $js = "new Insertion.Bottom('data', $val')";
>
> > That should be better
>
> > On Jun 14, 5:50 pm, francky06l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > The problem concerning the renderElement, might be due to the content
> > > of your rendered element (the style as well).
> > > try to tace the value rendered by "renderElement" maybe you will find
> > > the solution.
>
> > > PS : your thread is still there
>
> > > For the style, be sure you apply it to the div you update
>
> > > On Jun 14, 5:31 pm, Dustin Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Somehow, this question never made it to my previous post [http://
> > > > groups.google.com/group/cake-php/browse_thread/thread/45442ab30ec579b/
> > > > 6378626e3a27701e#6378626e3a27701e]. It's like the Google Group lost
> > > > my post, so I apologize if this shows up twice.
>
> > > > After a little bit of work and help from francky06l here in the Google
> > > > Group, I am now appending data to a div that has data in it already.
> > > > Let me show the basic code so everyone knows what's going on:
>
> > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > /** main template code **/
>
> > > > <?php foreach ($tests as $test): ?>
> > > > <?php echo $ajax->link("Add More Tests", "/tests/ajaxAddTest/
> > > > {$id]}",
> > > > array('update'=>'newData')); ?>
> > > > <?php endforeach; ?>
>
> > > > <div id="originalData">existing data here</div>
> > > > <div id="newData"></div
>
> > > > /** END main template code **/
> > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > /** example ajax_add_test.thtml view **/
> > > > <?php
> > > > $ajax->div('dataControl');
> > > > $data = $this->renderElement('elem_add_test', array('form' =>
> > > > $form));
> > > > $js = "new Insertion.Bottom('data', $data)";
> > > > echo $javascript->codeBlock($js, false);
> > > > $ajax->divEnd('dataControl');
> > > > ?>
> > > > /** END ajax_add_test.thtml view**/
> > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > /** example elem_add_test.thtml **/
> > > > <?php if (!empty($form)) { ?>
> > > > <?php foreach ($form['Field'] as $field): ?>
> > > > <?php echo $html->input('Form/field'. $field['id']); ?>
> > > > <?php endforeach; ?>
> > > > <?php } ?>
> > > > /** END elem_add_test.thtml**/
> > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > > > Ok, so what I'm doing is this: When the user clicks on the ajax link
> > > > in the main template, the controller action (ajaxAddTest) does some
> > > > work, sets the $form array, and renders ajax_add_test.thtml. As you
> > > > can see in ajax_add_test, I'm don't want to overwrite the data in the
> > > > newData div, I simply want to append new data into it, keeping the old
> > > > data.
>
> > > > So, I go and render an element (elem_add_test.thtml) passing in the
> > > > $form. I then take the result of that element render and pass it into
> > > > the javascript code block to append.
>
> > > > There are two problems I'm having.
>
> > > > #1) The data overwrites the newData div each time instead of appending
> > > > to it. If I change the ajax_add_test view to the following code
> > > > snippet (not using an element), the text NEW TEST DATA appends
> > > > properly, never overwriting what was in the newData div.
>
> > > > /** example ajax_add_test.thtml view **/
> > > > <?php
> > > > $ajax->div('dataControl');
> > > > $js = "new Insertion.Bottom('data', 'NEW TEST DATA <br>')";
> > > > echo $javascript->codeBlock($js, false);
> > > > $ajax->divEnd('dataControl');
> > > > ?>
> > > > /** END ajax_add_test.thtml view**/
>
> > > > Any suggestions or alternate ways to achieve this update process to a
> > > > div?
>
> > > > #2) The rendered elements populated into the newData div never seem to
> > > > have any style. They lose all the styling applied elsewhere on the
> > > > site. This a large stumbling block that I need to solve somehow.
>
> > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> > > > Dustin WeberThe
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