On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 4:59:59 PM UTC-7, Dave S wrote: > > > > On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 3:10:46 PM UTC-7, Alex Glaros wrote: >> >> thanks Dave. I want it to be regular function, not helper. Those seem to >> be args, not vars; do functions accept dictionaries inside those parens? >> > > controller functions don't have parameters. You've said that you've done > redirects in your prototype, and the redirect mechanism provides req.var > to the controller function that you pointed to. If you call a controller > function direct, you probably need to copy req.var to session variables, > because there won't be a new request. > > > anyway, if reusable_find_person_and_return_their_value is called from >> within another function, the grid never shows up or doesn't display buttons >> to select person. It just flies through the code and returns to parent. >> If I call reusable_find_person_and_return_their_value explicitly from >> browser or view, then grid shows up and shows me buttons to make selection. >> How do I make it display the grid in the child function? >> > > Outside my limited experience, sorry. >
But if the called controller is returning the usual dictionary, you have to assign that dictionary to a local in the caller, don't you? /dps -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
