Rails - Jul 2006 - Smart html output for an object?

Hi, I''m trying to make it so that an object can be easily printed into 
the html format I want.  I''ve been focusing on using a case/when
control
structure, so let me start by showing you some code...  I was trying to 
use this following code as a helper method,

def print_question(question)
  @question = question
    case @question.question_type.code
      when ''free_response''
        text_area(@question, :response, :id => "response_" + 
question.id.to_s, :cols => 40, :rows => 10)
      else
        "boo!"
    end
  end

this is just mock up code, I can''t get this to work. Something about 
text_area() needing variables of a certain scope.

I can''t think of a smart way to go about this.  It might be nice to
just
do @question.print() and have it output the html, but at the same time 
I''d like to see if I can''t use the built in form helpers
because those
use the routing system.

Another avenue I''ve been exploring is the use of partials, but I
don''t
know how to put that into an ERB friendly format.

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On 7/4/06, Xavier Lange <xrlange@eiu.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi, I''m trying to make it so that an object can be easily printed
into
> the html format I want.  I''ve been focusing on using a case/when
control
> structure, so let me start by showing you some code...  I was trying to
> use this following code as a helper method,
>
> def print_question(question)
>   @question = question
>     case @question.question_type.code
>       when ''free_response''
>         text_area(@question, :response, :id => "response_" +
> question.id.to_s, :cols => 40, :rows => 10)
>       else
>         "boo!"
>     end
>   end

I think in the text_area method you need to supply a string with the name of
the instance variable

eg

text_area( ''question'' .....

I can''t test it tho...  at work and no ruby :(

this is just mock up code, I can''t get this to work. Something
about
> text_area() needing variables of a certain scope.
>
> I can''t think of a smart way to go about this.  It might be nice
to just
> do @question.print() and have it output the html, but at the same time
> I''d like to see if I can''t use the built in form helpers
because those
> use the routing system.
>
> Another avenue I''ve been exploring is the use of partials, but I
don''t
> know how to put that into an ERB friendly format.
>
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