On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Michael Pavling <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 29 October 2010 19:03, David Kahn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why is Rails looking for a template while I have told it to render a > > specific file? This worked under Rails 2. I read > > http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2010/render-options-in-rails-3/ which > from I > > gather makes any format.xxx look for a template xxx which is *not* what I > > need to do as the file is created dynamically: > > I think you misunderstand that article. > > Looks to me that instead of passing css filenames into the > "ActionController.add_renderer" block, you could just as easily pass > your actual dynamically generated PDF, and then have the "send_data" > call send your file. > Thanks Michael and Rob - you got me through this. The following works: send_file "#{TEMP_DIRECTORY}/#{comparison.id}_#{params[:view]}.pdf", :stream => false, :type => 'application/pdf', :disposition => 'inline' > But I agree, it's certainly easier the just "render :file => foo_bar" > Right. I know there must be a good reason for a lot of these changes and at some point it will all come together the ponies and rainbows will appear. I am waiting semi-patiently for this moment :) > - which I do in some of my controller actions, and I've not moved to > Rails3 yet, so I'll be interested in your result. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
