Rails - Nov 2005 - extending ApplicationHelper not working with plugins

Hi!

I want a plugin to supply me with additonal helpers like this:

#/vendor/plugins/test_plugin/init.rb
module ApplicationHelper
	def test_helper
		''does this work?''
	end
end


Contrary to my expectation, the method "test_helper" is *not*  
available in my views..


I thought that maybe the module ApplicationHelper is namespaced  
inside some other class, but I can''t find anything about that in the  
source code.
ApplicationHelperI''m running Rails 0.14.3.


Thanks,
Rob

Hello Robert !

2005/11/8, Robert <mannl@gmx.com>:
> I thought that maybe the module ApplicationHelper is namespaced
> inside some other class, but I can't find anything about that in the
> source code.
> ApplicationHelperI'm running Rails 0.14.3.
Take a look at how I do it in the FlashHelperPlugin:
http://rubyurl.com/8LU
http://opensvn.csie.org/traccgi/flash_helper_plugin/trac.cgi/file/trunk/init.rb

The problem is that the ApplicationHelper module does not exist at the
moment the plugins are loaded.  I too thought ApplicationHelper would
simply be reopened, but it doesn't work that way.

As suggested by Trevor Squires in the RFC Flash Standardization thead
[1], I simply sent the include to ActionView::Base instead.

Hope that helps !
--
François
http://blog.teksol.info/


[1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.ruby.rails/28302
[1] http://rubyurl.com/gXj

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Hello Francois!

Thanks for the quick answer. Your solution worked :)

I''m gonna post this in the WIKI now, so that others will be warned



Rob