perfect. mission accomplished. re: your comment, formControllerFromComponent is the return function from a non-ajax component form. the main controller function loads the component, the component shows a form, and the form action is formControllerFromComponent.
now i'll just set request.extension inside that function and everything should work as i was hoping. much obliged. On Dec 30, 9:59 am, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 30, 2010, at 9:49 AM, mattynoce wrote: > > > > > > > if i can override request.extension and have it propagate, that's > > totally fine. if, for example, i could do this: > > > def formControllerFromComponent: > > # *** new line *** > > request.extension = 'html' > > > doSomething() > > doSomethingElse() > > redirect(URL(..., extension='')) > > > and have that stick as i bounce from function to function, that's > > absolutely what i need. i don't need it to be handled by a central > > handler so long as i know what the process is. it's simply a matter of > > knowing how to affect the necessary change. > > > i already changed my code to work on a redirect so i'd get around the > > extension piece, but if this will work in concept, i'll go back to > > using it in the future. > > That'll work, and you don't have to set extension= in the redirect. Also, you > can set request.extension = None, which sets things back to their default > state (effectively). > > I'm not sure how formControllerFromComponent figures in your flow. In > general, you can set request.extension = None in any .load controller to > avoid propagation.
