<extend tag="form" for="Sale">
  <old-form merge>
   <contact-tag:><name-one /></contact-tag:>
  </old-form>
</extend>

oldlibmike wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. I still don't quite understand it though.
> I have a sales table that :belongs_to contact.
> In the fields list for sales, there is "contact" which currently
> brings up a picklist of contacts - which doesn't work because there
> are over 10,000 of them.
> 
> I tried overriding the contact field in application.dryml as:
> 
> <extend tag="form" for="Sale">
>   <contact:><name-one /></contact:
> </extend>
> 
> For some reason, this causes my index page for sales to throw errors
> that method "contact" does not exist. I don't know why the form would
> impact the index page at all.
> 
> I'm sure I'm missing some basic hobo concepts here. I'm rereading
> Kerouac for additional inspiration!
> 
> Best Regards,
>  Mike
> 
> On Jun 23, 2:11 pm, kevinpfromnm <[email protected]> wrote:
>> From the cookbook taglib docs (http://cookbook.hobocentral.net/
>> api_tag_defs/field-list) the param name for each input tag is #
>> {this_field.to_s.sub('?', '')}-tag, so you'd use something like <owner-
>> tag:><name-one />... in your override.  I think you also need to setup
>> the controller ajax response as well.
>>
>> On Jun 23, 11:53 am, oldlibmike <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I am getting further into my application and now find that I need to
>>> change some of my "pick lists" for owners to "name-one" due to the
>>> many possible entries.
>>> I cannot find any clear examples in the tutorials or documentation on
>>> exactly where and how I do form overrides.
>>> Do I create a "<extend tag="form" for "MyTable"> in application.dryml?
>>> How do I just change the input type for a "belongs-to" owner? The form
>>> defaults just use a field-list. Where and how do I control the type of
>>> input used for each field?
>>> Do I need to create an entire form from scratch if I don't want the
>>> default?
>>> I'd appreciate any guidance or examples!
>>> Thanks,
>>>  Mike
> > 
> 


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