Thank you, Geoff.

The to_s code work perfectly.



On Mar 25, 12:37 am, geoffd123 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Sean,
>
> Two ways spring to mind, in your writer code can you just add a to_s
> when you access the comment field, or if not add a new read ony
> accessor to the model something like commentAsString:
>
> attr_readonly(:comment_as_string)  <-- Check the format for this, as I
> am not sure this is correct
>
> def commentAsString
>    comment.to_s
> end
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
>
> Hobo_Fan wrote:
> > Hi All,
>
> > Is there a way in Hobo to convert Text to String? I have a field in my
> > model called comments, which is a text field. However, when I try to
> > show this field in my pdf::writer, it complains about the type.
>
> > TypeError (HoboFields::Text can't be referred):
> >     c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/transaction-simple-1.4.0/lib/
> > transaction/simple.rb:129:in `dump'
> >     c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/transaction-simple-1.4.0/lib/
> > transaction/simple.rb:129:in `start_transaction'
> >     c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/transaction-simple-1.4.0/lib/
> > transaction/simple/group.rb:102:in `start_transaction'
> >     c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/transaction-simple-1.4.0/lib/
> > transaction/simple/group.rb:102:in `each'
> >     c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/transaction-simple-1.4.0/lib/
> > transaction/simple/group.rb:102:in `start_transaction'
> >     c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/pdf-writer-1.1.8/lib/pdf/
> > simpletable.rb:396:in `render_on'
> >     /app/controllers/products_controller.rb:73:in `index'
>
> > Any ideas?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Sean
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