Rails - Sep 2005 - How to add an instance method from Actionview::Helpers to another module?

I''m using the CalendarHelper module, which generates a nice HTML
calendar. I would like to be able to access the "link_to_remote"
method in the ActionView::Helper module. Unfortunately, the
CalendarHelper module is included in my controller, not in any of my
views, so I do not have direct access to it. I have been trying to
include the instance method direclty into the CalendarHelper module
but without much luck.

For example, doing it this way:

  module CalendarHelper
	  require
''/vendor/rails/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/javascript_helper''
	  include ActionView::Helpers
	  module_function ("ActionView::Helpers::link_to_remote".intern)
  ...
  end

Produces the error:

  uninitialized constant CalendarHelper

which occurs in the controller including the CalendarHelper module. If
I remove the ''require'' line I get this kind of error:

  undefined method `ActionView::Helpers::link_to_remote'' for module
`CalendarHelper''

which in this case occurs directly in the CalendarHelper module.

Any suggestions on how to do this, or a better way to do it? Thanks
for any help.

Justin

Justin Bailey <jgbailey@...> writes:
> 
> I''m using the CalendarHelper module, which generates a nice HTML
> calendar. I would like to be able to access the "link_to_remote"
> method in the ActionView::Helper module. Unfortunately, the
> CalendarHelper module is included in my controller, not in any of my
> views, so I do not have direct access to it. I have been trying to
> include the instance method direclty into the CalendarHelper module
> but without much luck.
> 

I found this suggestion at
http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoWorkWithHelpers:

Note Remember that helpers can?t be used in the controller! If you need a method
both in a view and a controller, define them in the controller and export them
via helper_method() .