<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 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" 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/hobousers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
