Try this:

fields do
   license_type enum_string(:personal_license, :group_license)
   ...
end

Search for enum_string in the Agility tutorial for more info 
http://cookbook.hobocentral.net/tutorials/agility

On 16 Dec 2008, at 01:05, Hobo_Fan wrote:

>
> Hi James,
>
> Sorry to bother you again. I wonder how do I display a drop down list
> for a data field. For example, I want to display different types of
> license_types (Group License and Single License) on the generate new
> license form.
>
> I added below codes in my license.rb controller, but it does not take.
> I do not how to have the hobo to pass the value and display it on the
> form.
>
> license_type = [
> ["Personal License"],
> ["Group Licesne"]
> ]
>
> validates_inclusion_of :license_type, :in => license_type.map {|disp,
> value| value}
>
> ******** license.rb*
> class License < ActiveRecord::Base
>
>  hobo_model # Don't put anything above this
>
>  fields do
>    license_type :string
>    quanty :integer
>    key :string
>    expiration_date :date
>    timestamps
>  end
>
> On Dec 15, 2:09 pm, James Garlick <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I don't think that's documented anywhere so the only place you could
>> learn it is by reading the code. Hobo has the concept that every  
>> model
>> object has a name. It is used all over the place, for example in the
>> header on a show page, in cards which are listed on the index pages,
>> and as you've seen indropdownmenus. If you have a field called
>> "name" or "title" Hobo will automatically use that as the object  
>> name,
>> but if you don't you can tell it which field is the name using :name
>> => true.
>>
>> On 15 Dec 2008, at 21:58, Hobo_Fan wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> James,
>>
>>> This is so great!!!! I do really appreciate your help. Where can I
>>> learn all of these tricks?
>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Sean
>>
>>> On Dec 15, 1:06 pm, James Garlick <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Try
>>
>>>> fields do
>>>>     product_name :string, :name => true
>>>>     ...
>>>> end
>>
>>>> On 15 Dec 2008, at 19:50, Hobo_Fan wrote:
>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>
>>>>> Can someone point me to a right direction on how to customize the
>>>>> default belongs_todropdownlist? One of my edit form, license
>>>>> belongs to both product and client models. I have a name field in
>>>>> product model; however, thedropdownin the license assignment page
>>>>> only display the product table id and client table id. Is there a
>>>>> way
>>>>> to have thedropdownto display product_name and client_name
>>>>> instead
>>>>> of id?
>>
>>>>> I have three models: client, license, and product
>>
>>>>> class Client < ActiveRecord::Base
>>
>>>>>  hobo_model # Don't put anything above this
>>
>>>>>  fields do
>>>>>    first_name :string
>>>>>    last_name :string
>>>>>    department :string
>>>>>    timestamps
>>>>>  end
>>
>>>>>  has_many :licenses
>>>>>  has_many :products, :through => :licenses
>>
>>>>> *****
>>>>> class License < ActiveRecord::Base
>>
>>>>>  hobo_model # Don't put anything above this
>>
>>>>>  fields do
>>>>>    license_type :string
>>>>>    quanty :integer
>>>>>    key :string
>>>>>    expiration_date :date
>>>>>    timestamps
>>>>>  end
>>
>>>>>  belongs_to :product
>>>>>  belongs_to :client
>>
>>>>> ****
>>>>> class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
>>
>>>>>  hobo_model # Don't put anything above this
>>
>>>>>  fields do
>>>>>    product_name :string
>>>>>    engine_version :string
>>>>>    platform :string
>>>>>    feature :text
>>>>>    timestamps
>>>>>  end
>>
>>>>>  has_many :licenses
>>>>>  has_many :clients, :through => :licenses
>>
>>>>> Below is what is currently displayed on browser, where is only  
>>>>> shows
>>>>> product_id. Is possible to display product_name instead?
>>
>>>>> <tr>
>>>>> <th>
>>>>> Product
>>>>> </th>
>>>>> <td>
>>>>> <select class="product license-product input belongs-to"
>>>>> name="license
>>>>> [product_id]">
>>>>> <option value="1" selected="selected">Product 1</option>
>>>>> <option value="2">Product 2</option>
>>>>> </select>
>>>>> </td>
>>>>> </tr>
> >


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