On Jan 15, 6:15 am, Michael Linfield <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I've got a basic setup via an apache2 server, virtualhost ect. At the > moment I'm just trying to use the send_file function of rails > (actionpack I believe?) but it continues to error out. Here is the > breakdown: > > #Controller# > > class Misc < ApplicationController > > def stuff > send_file("#{RAILS_ROOT}/downloads/test.txt") > end > > end > > #View# > > <% a = Misc.new %> > <p><%= a.stuff %></p>
This looks a little weird - from inside the view you're trying to create a new instance of a controller ? This is probably failing because you haven't initialized the controller properly. Why not call send_file from the appropriate controller action ? Fred
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