You need a closure.
onComplete: function (response) { NamedActionResponseHandler(theElement,
response); }
Is that what you mean?
Greg
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> Subject: [Rails-spinoffs] Prototype Ajax - How to pass my own params
> toonComplete ?
>
> Sorry if this has been covered before, i can't imagine it hasn't, but
> i've been unable to find any information on it.
>
> Can i pass my own parameters to the onComplete function specified by
> Ajax.Request ?
>
> My basic setup is i have an html element triggering an event (the ajax
> update).
> I have additional information encoded into the element about how it
> should handle different response codes returned from the ajax event.
> The problem is, i havn't figured out a way to specify the id of my
> element to be passed along to the onComplete function, so right now i
> just stick it in a global js variable before the ajax call and then
look
> it up in my on Complete function, but thats pretty hacky.
>
> I suppose i can pass the elementId as a param to my ajax call, and
have
> the responder return it as part of the response codes, but that seems
> kinda weak as well.
>
> Is there no way to keep my current context when the ajax onComplete
> function is triggered?
>
> Here's my trimmed down code sample:
> -----------------------------------
> //global reference to the element invoking the action
> var NamedActionElement;
>
> function NamedActionHandler(theElement)
> {
> //set our global reference to the element so we can access it in
> later
> functions
> //since ajax calls take us to other functions and we can't seem
to
> pass
> it along
> NamedActionElement = theElement;
>
> //skip setting up my vars for the ajax call
>
> //make the ajax call
> var ajaxCall = new Ajax.Request( urlCall,
> {method: 'post',
> postBody: postFormData,
> onComplete: NamedActionResponseHandler}
> );
> }
>
> function NamedActionResponseHandler(theResponse)
> {
> var elementThatTriggeredEvent = NamedActionElement;
>
> //do stuff based on values i have encoded into the element and
> //the data returned in theResponse
> }
>
> ----------------------
>
> As you can see, i have to have this global variable so my onComplete
> function can know which element triggered the event.
> Is there a way to pass my own argument to the onComplete function?
>
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