Thank you. I am grateful for all your help.
Simon
On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 22:43:32 UTC, Niphlod wrote:
>
> whoops, actually, the book needs a fix on that.
> now it's redirect with client_side=True
>
> On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:40:47 PM UTC+1, Niphlod wrote:
>>
>> sounds like premature optimization / I don't want to use a LOAD :P
>> did you try redirecting after the form with type='auto' ? (I think that
>> that's a feature available in the last few releases...)
>>
>> On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:31:09 PM UTC+1, Simon Carr wrote:
>>>
>>> I want it to be loaded with AJAX and submitted normally. The reason is
>>> two fold.
>>>
>>> 1. The page needs to be refreshed after the form is submitted.
>>> 2. By loading the form by AJAX and Submitting normally I am at least
>>> cutting full page loads down by 50%
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 21:41:23 UTC, Niphlod wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm loosing you (too much asked, too little information).
>>>> - you have a page -->done
>>>> - you want a form loaded into a page --> done
>>>> - you want it to be submitted to the url that is loaded from --> done
>>>> (if it's loaded through ajax, that means that you don't want to reload the
>>>> main page, so it can't be submitted with anything else)
>>>>
>>>> now what ?
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 10:34:48 PM UTC+1, Simon Carr wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Your right. Thanks mate. I was getting confused over cid. But anyway
>>>>> it works great for creating the form.
>>>>>
>>>>> I notice that the form also submits via AJAX. How do I make it submit
>>>>> normally so that I can have the page refreshed? I need the users list of
>>>>> subscribed Charts and some other details to be updated after submitting
>>>>> the
>>>>> form.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Simon
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 21:04:35 UTC, Niphlod wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> doesn't it already (provided that there is a <div
>>>>>> id='whatever'></div> in the page) ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 9:36:27 PM UTC+1, Simon Carr wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you, but how do I implement this in my view so that it loads
>>>>>>> the form into a div when the link is clicked?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 20:00:52 UTC, Niphlod wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Wait a sec. callback and target are meant to load a fragment via
>>>>>>>> ajax, but that doesn't "fire" all the logic needed to intercept FORMs
>>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>>> _callback and _target are meant roughly as an "onclick" under
>>>>>>>> steroids. (under the hood it translates to an onclick="ajax(url,
>>>>>>>> target)")
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What you're trying to achieve is probably offered by the LOAD
>>>>>>>> helper, that can be exploited in an A() using _href and cid
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A('Add to My Charts',_href=URL('subscribe_form',vars={'chartname':
>>>>>>>> 'whatever'}), cid='whatever')
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That will load the component and trap all links and form
>>>>>>>> submissions, because it translates to an
>>>>>>>> onclick="web2py_component(url,
>>>>>>>> target)"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 8:39:50 PM UTC+1, Simon Carr wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The URL with the form in
>>>>>>>>> is web2py_xlchart_dashboard/charts/user_charts so without an action
>>>>>>>>> it will
>>>>>>>>> submit to *user_charts*, but I need it to submit to*subscribe_form
>>>>>>>>> *which is the function that was called by AJAX to generate the
>>>>>>>>> Form.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> or am I not understanding something?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Simon
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 19:26:46 UTC, Derek wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Why would you need to create an action for the form? Are you not
>>>>>>>>>> using self submit?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 12:22:03 PM UTC-7, Simon Carr
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I have this piece of code that calls a function in my controller
>>>>>>>>>>> when clicked.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> {{=A('Add to My Charts',callback=URL('subscribe_form',vars={
>>>>>>>>>>> 'chartname':chart.chartName}),target=str(chart.chartName).
>>>>>>>>>>> replace('.','_'))}}
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The subscribe_form function looks like this
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> def subscribe_form():
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> form =
>>>>>>>>>>> SQLFORM(db.user_chart,fields=['title','description'],hidden=dict(chartname=request.vars['chartname']))
>>>>>>>>>>> if form.process().accepted:
>>>>>>>>>>> response.flash = 'form accepted'
>>>>>>>>>>> elif form.errors:
>>>>>>>>>>> response.flash = 'form has errors'
>>>>>>>>>>> else:
>>>>>>>>>>> response.flash = 'please fill out the form'
>>>>>>>>>>> return form
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The Form is created by AJAX, but it's action is blank.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Do I have to specify the action myself if I am build a Form via
>>>>>>>>>>> AJAX?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Simon
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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