On Friday, June 1, 2012 2:03:23 PM UTC-4, angle wrote:
>
> Thanks for your response, I've answered your points below:
>
>>
>>
> #response.ajax = \
>>> 'web2py_component("%s","patient",ajax=True,vars=vars1)' % URL
>>> ('patient')
>>
>> I think this should be response.js rather than response.ajax.
>>
>
> This code is copied from the example 'Designing Modular Applications' on
> page 94 of the web2py book.
>
Unfortunately, I think there are a number of errors in that example, one of
which is that it should be response.js, not response.ajax.
> In that example it is called when a forms 'onaccept' event is triggered.
> In my code it is called in my 'viewPatient' function that is called by
> setting the webGrid's crud_function... (grid.crud_function =
> 'viewPatient'). I thought that these were similar calls, so that
> response.ajax should work in the same way. Are they not the same? ???
>
In the book example, response.ajax (which should be response.js) is set in
the edit_items() function, which is always called as an Ajax component. You
are setting it in your view() function, but I can't see where that function
is actually called, so I don't know if it is being called as an Ajax
component or as a regular web page.
> Also, response.js is only used if the action that sets it is being called
>> as a web2py component -- is that the case here?
>>
>
> I believe so, but I am not 100% sure. It appears that the response.ajax is
> being set via a call to 'web2py_component(...)' . Is that correct?
>
No, you are setting response.ajax to "web2py_component(...)" -- that's not
what I'm talking about. The question is whether the function in which
response.js is being set is itself being accessed by a call to
web2py_component() on the client side. It is being set in your view()
function, so the question is how is the view() function being called?
Finally, web2py_component() does not take an ajax or vars argument. If you
>> want vars included in the URL, then pass it to the URL function.
>>
>
> The URL is pointing to a div element - (as in the example from the book).
>
I think there is an error in the book -- it mistakenly builds a URL that
refers to a div id rather than the name of the controller function. Is that
what you're talking about?
> I've tried 'URL('patient', vars=vars1)' (whilst assigning to response.ajax
> and response.js) and I get a 'not all arguments converted during string
> formatting' error.
>
Show the full code.
Anthony
