I have a custom template file that resides in a non-standard (for RoR) location. I wish to use this template for text format messages generated by a stand-alone script. I also wish to incorporate it into a new RoR app that is related to the existing script. The mailer and templates reside in this directory structure:
lib ├── hll_action_mailer │ ├── hll_action_mailer.rb │ ├── hll_th_forex_mailer │ │ ├── hll_th_forex_cacb_update_notice.rb │ │ ├── hll_th_forex_mailer.rb │ │ └── views │ │ ├── hll_th_forex_cacb_update_notice.text.erb │ │ └── hll_th_forex_commercial_rates_notice.text.erb I have discovered that passing a do block after the call to the mail method discards any template_path and template_name keys passed in the argument list. See: https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/18412. However I cannot seem to discover any way at all to use my custom template path and name with a do block. I have tried this: this_template_name = "hll_th_forex_commercial_rates_notice.text.erb" this_template = File.join( "/", File.dirname( __FILE__ ), "/views", this_template_name ) mail( :to => recipients, :from => fm_address, :subject => subject, ) \ do |format| format.text do render( this_template ) end end But this causes this error: Missing template home/byrnejb/Projects/Software/theHeart/code/hll_th_main/lib/hll_action_mailer/hll_th_forex_mailer/views/hll_th_forex_commercial_rates_notice.text.erb with {:locale=>[:en], :formats=>[:text], :variants=>[], :handlers=>[:erb, :builder, :raw, :ruby, :coffee, :jbuilder]}. Searched in: * "/home/byrnejb/Projects/Software/theHeart/code/hll_th_main/lib/hll_action_mailer/hll_th_forex_mailer" * "/home/byrnejb/Projects/Software/theHeart/code/hll_th_main/app/views" I considered the lack of a leading / on the reported path as the source of the problem but an inspection of the contents of this_template immediately before the call to render shows this: do |format| format.text do puts( this_template.inspect ) render( this_template ) end end which gives: "/home/byrnejb/Projects/Software/theHeart/code/hll_th_main/lib/hll_action_mailer/hll_th_forex_mailer/views/hll_th_forex_commercial_rates_notice.text.erb" So what is happening inside render? How do I specify a mailer template in a non-standard location in render or is that not possible and I must set an explicit default? well that does not work either: class HllThForexMailer < ActionMailer::Base default( :template_path => Pathname.new( File.join( File.dirname( __FILE__ ), "views" ) ).realpath.to_s ) . . . mail( :to => recipients, :from => fm_address, :subject => subject, :template_name => "hll_th_forex_commercial_rates_notice.text.erb" ) gives this: Missing template /home/byrnejb/Projects/Software/theHeart/code/hll_th_main/lib/hll_action_mailer/hll_th_forex_mailer/views/hll_th_forex_commercial_rates_notice.text.erb with "mailer". Searched in: * "/home/byrnejb/Projects/Software/theHeart/code/hll_th_main/lib/hll_action_mailer/hll_th_forex_mailer/views" Which is at least what I expected. However the message says that it cannot find the template file. Yet when I do this using the exact path string copied from the 'Missing template message' I see this: ls -l /home/byrnejb/Projects/Software/theHeart/code/hll_th_main/lib/hll_action_mailer/hll_th_forex_mailer/views/hll_th_forex_commercial_rates_notice.text.erb -rw-rw-r--. 1 byrnejb byrnejb 2010 Oct 20 16:10 /home/byrnejb/Projects/Software/theHeart/code/hll_th_main/lib/hll_action_mailer/hll_th_forex_mailer/views/hll_th_forex_commercial_rates_notice.text.erb So something is seriously screwed up with either what action-mailer is doing or with the error message it is reporting since the template file is exactly where AM says it could not find it. How do I get this to work? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/cfa34488-d485-409d-91c4-24ce76b30b9d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
