You didn't want to use paperclip and paperclip_for_hobo?

On Friday, January 6, 2017 at 9:01:40 AM UTC-7, donz wrote:
>
> Hi All!
>
> It has been a while since I did this (and hobo has changed significantly 
> in the interim), so my memory is fading (happens when you reach 74 ;-) ).
>
> I have a model *Attachments* that belongs to model *Email* such that:
>
> model *Attachments*:
>
>   fields do
>
>     filename : string;
>     contents : binary;
>     datatype : string;
>
>   end
>
>   belongs_to :email
>
> controller *Attachment*:
>
>   auto_actions_for :email, [ :index, :new, :create ] 
>
>   def index_for_email
>     * * *
>     hobo_index_for_email *#????????? Is this right?*
>   end
>
> # etc. for new, create
>
> model *Email*:
>
>   has_many :attachments, :accessible=>true, :dependent => :destroy
>
>   children :attachments *# <<< D**oesn't seem to **change anything 
> whether present or not*
>
> The new and edit actions for *Email* show a list of *Attachments* as 
> expected (a series of text and textarea fields), but I really want to 
> change the underlying dryml so that it uses
>
>   <input ... type="file">
>
> (the results of which will populate the fields of the attachment record) 
> instead of the series of input fields for filename, content and datatype.
>
> Here is where my memory fails me.  What dryml tags (auto generated?) apply 
> to the index_for_email, new_for_email, create_for_email methods?  When are 
> these methods called (so far my log code doesn't show any sign of 
> invocation)?  I have looked through all of the hobo documentation without 
> finding the answers.
>
> I can do the upload using my own file input tags from the *Attachment* 
> pages themselves, but I don't want those exposed to the users (for test 
> purposes I must manually enter the index of the associated email).  All of 
> the rest of the app works fine using the data from the *Attachment* 
> pages.  i.e., emails are sent with the specified attachments and received 
> by the recipients with valid files.  All I need is the appropriate user 
> interface to finish this part of the project.
>
> I would really like the list shown by index to be series of attachment 
> file names with the ability to edit and a "+" button to add or a "-" button 
> to delete.   The file name field would use html <input  ... type="file"...>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don Ziesig
>

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