Chris,

I'd love to see a recipe.  I'm trying to do the very same thing right
now.

Thanks,
MIke

On May 5, 6:45 pm, Chris Apolzon <[email protected]> wrote:
> I figured I'd update this post with the solution I worked my way to.
>
> In my model, Manuscript.rb the relevant lines:
>   has_one :timeline
>   accepts_nested_attributes_for :timeline
> In the ManuscriptsController, we need to setup a timeline object in the new
> actions.  Would also need to happen in update if there was no timeline on
> load
> def new
>   hobo_new
>   @manuscript.build_timeline
> end
>
> And finally, the piece of glue that makes this all work with Hobo:
>   <field-list fields="title, msid, status, article_type, coauthors,
> primary_author, timeline.duration" param>
>     <timeline_duration-view:><input
> name="manuscript[timeline_attributes][duration]"/></timeline_duration-view:>
>   </field-list>
> (I'm sure this will get abstracted into its own tag as I progress through
> the rest of my project).  The name field must be called timeline_attributes
> so that Rails knows to save it in a dependent model.
>  (accepts_nested_attributes_for creates the timeline_attributes=() method on
> the model to make this all work).
>
> As always, I'd love criticism, but if this actually looks correct and
> proper, I'd be glad to write up a recipe for it.
>
> -Chris
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Chris Apolzon <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Having trouble saving a dependent model on a single form in Hobo.
> > Because this is a has_one relationship, Hobo's out of the box multi-
> > model forms won't handle it.  I'm pretty new at rails so I've been
> > reading and watching RailsCasts, especially episode 73.  In this
> > episode, he makes it seem pretty simple to do what I'm looking for
> > using virtual attributes and fields_for to setup the form.
> > @manuscript.build_timeline works fine, but I'm not sure how I should
> > go about updating the Hobo form.  If I go off and create a vanilla
> > form using form_for and fields_for, I assume I'll be circumventing
> > some of Hobo, but I don't know how much.  From my cursory knowledge of
> > Hobo, I would guess that this will not go through the hobo permission
> > system?  Are there other drawbacks with this approach?
>
> > Thanks.
>
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