Does adding to response.files within a component controller work at all?
With ajax=False, it looks like LOAD creates a new environment (and response)
to run the component controller, so I'm not sure appending to response.files
within a component controller will affect the response.files of the parent
controller.
response.files is only used by web2py_ajax.html, which is typically included
in layout.html. Your index view probably extends layout.html, so
response.files added within the index controller will get included by
web2py_ajax.html. However, your component .load views probably do not extend
layout.html, so I would guess response.files added within component
controllers would be ignored.
Haven't tried it, though, so I may be missing something.
Anthony
On Saturday, May 7, 2011 9:52:27 AM UTC-4, Iceberg wrote:
> Hi Massimo,
>
> Can web2py support chaining response.files inside a component?
>
> Scenario.
>
> def component():
> response.files.extend([
> URL(..., 'fancy_helper1.js'),
> URL(..., 'fancy_helper2.js'),
> ......,
> URL(..., 'fancy_helper10.js'),
> ])
> return {'': 'Some fancy stuff'}
>
> def skeleton():
> response.files.extend([
> URL(..., 'fancy_helper1.js'),
> URL(..., 'fancy_helper2.js'),
> ......,
> URL(..., 'fancy_helper10.js'),
> ]) # SAME AS THOSE IN component(). Can I omit this?
> return {'': LOAD('default', 'component.load', ajax=False)}
>
> def index():
> response.files.extend([
> URL(..., 'fancy_helper1.js'),
> URL(..., 'fancy_helper2.js'),
> ......,
> URL(..., 'fancy_helper10.js'),
> ]) # SAME AS THOSE IN component(). Can I omit this?
> return {'': LOAD('default', 'skeleton.load', ajax=False)}
>
>
> Currently, if I add one more helper_extra.js into my fancy
> component(), I needed to duplicate them into skeleton() and index().
> It is not DRY. Can it be improved?
>
> Regards,
> Ray Luo (Iceberg)
