I am getting a little further if I use
respond_to do |format|
format.ext_json { render(:update) {|page|
page.replace_html "home", :partial => "loggedIn"} }
end
The partial loads, however the waiting message from the forum never
goes away.
It just hangs..
On Sep 2, 1:30 pm, Vince <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok so I have been playing with extjs and rails for about a week and I
> feel I have made good progress. But I have gotten stuck. I have an
> extjs form that has a button that submits data to my login method. I
> want to have the controller update just a div in my page without
> reloading or redirecting the page. This works great if I use just an
> normal ruby on rails link_to. However, when I use a extjs button and
> set the handler to call the controller the controller cannot render a
> partial. It just hangs.
>
> So here is my exmple. I have a very simple forum:
>
> [CODE] var simple = new Ext.FormPanel({
> labelWidth: 75, // label settings here cascade unless
> overridden
> url:'save-form.php',
> frame:true,
> title: 'Sign In',
> bodyStyle:'padding:5px 5px 0',
> width: 350,
> defaults: {width: 230},
> defaultType: 'textfield',
>
> items: [{
> fieldLabel: 'Screen Name',
> name: 'screen_name',
> allowBlank:false
> },{
> fieldLabel: 'Password',
> name: 'password'
> }
> ],
>
> buttons: [{
> text: 'Login',
> type: 'submit',
> handler: function(){
> simple.form.submit({url: '/users/login?format_ext_json',
> waitMsg: 'Authenticating..'});}
> },{
> text: 'Cancel'
>
> }]
> });[/CODE]
>
> Then I have a users controller and inside that controller I have a
> method:
>
> [CODE]
> def login
> logger.info("test")
> @title = "Log in to pinktomato"
> if request.get?
> @user = User.new(:remember_me => remember_me_string)
> elsif param_posted?(:screen_name)
> @user = User.new()
> @user.screen_name = params[:screen_name]
> @user.password = params[:password]
> user = User.find_by_screen_name_and_password
> (@user.screen_name,@user.password)
> if user
> logger.info("found user")
> user.login!(session)
> @user.remember_me? ? user.remember!(cookies) : user.forget!
> (cookies)
> flash[:notice] = "User #{user.screen_name} logged in!"
> render :text => "I HOPE THIS SHOWS"
>
> else
> # Don't show the password in the view
> @user.clear_password!
> flash[:notice] = "Invalid screen name/password combination"
> end
> end
> end[/CODE]The "render :text" never renders.. It actually just hangs
> on the authenticating when u click the login button. What I am
> assuming is that possibly the controller has lost reference to the div
> it should update. Is this possile. Since when I use a regular link_to
> command in rails the login method works fine. Only when called from
> the extjs form.
>
> I have tried lost of stuff so far even
>
> [CODE] respond_to do |format|
> format.ext_json { render(:update) {|page| page.replace_html
> "home" ,:partial=>"loggedIn") } }
>
> end[/CODE]
>
> I hope my problem makes sense. I cannot find reference to this
> anywhere. I downloaded the extjs scaffold and I took at look at the
> generated code because it does create a create method for the
> scaffold. However this pre generated scaffold just redirects the user.
> I don't want the page to referesh. Is this my only choice?
>
> [CODE] def create
> @site = Site.new(params[:site])
>
> respond_to do |format|
> if @site.save
> flash[:notice] = 'Site was successfully created.'
> format.ext_json { render(:update) {|page| page.redirect_to
> sites_path } }
> else
> format.ext_json { render :json => @site.to_ext_json(:success
> => false) }
> end
> end
> end[/CODE]Please any help would be appreciated..
>
> Vince
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