Rails - Jan 2006 - Dynamic form tags

Hi all,

I''m happily using "HowToReuseEditViewsForNewViews" found at:

http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowToReuseEditViewsForNewViews

There''s this comment there saying you only need the tag "<%=
auto_form %>"
when using the code below. Can somebody tell me if that will work when 
extending it with model_name (some how)?

I have several new_* methods (e.g. new_contact, new_company, new_project, 
etc), and I''m not going to bother with this challenge when you big guys
out
there tell me it''s a no go to develop this.

def auto_form
  action = case controller.action_name
    when "new" then "create" 
    when "edit" then "update" 
    else controller.action_name
  end
  start_form_tag :controller => controller.controller_name, :action =>
action
end

Regards,

Gerard -wanna be guru- P.


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The default scaffold generator uses a partial template called _form that 
holds all the form definition stuff that you see in the edit/create 
actions.  It then generates a ''new'' and
''create'' template that wraps a
form around that and links the correct actions to the submit.

It''s simple, it''s easy, and it''s pretty DRY.

If necessary you can modify the _form partial to change the layout 
depending on the calling action (use controller.action_name).

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Kevin,

I''m under the impression that you misunderstood the point somewhat. I
am aware
of the scaffold function, thanx for that. What I''m looking for is, as
the
article link shows you can have one template for multiple actions. This works 
for new/create and edit/update. The only difference is that a records exists 
in the latter case. So only one form is needed, used by 4 methods.
Because I''m having multiple new methods. I''m trying to figure
out if it is
possible to have one form for the following methods.

new_company
new_contact
new_project

edit_company
edit_ ... etc

update_ ...

and

create_ ....

Because the comment in the article shows that in the template you then only 
need "<%= auto_form %>" as a form start tag.


Regards,

Gerard.


On Monday 02 January 2006 17:26, Kevin Olbrich tried to type something
like:
> The default scaffold generator uses a partial template called _form that
> holds all the form definition stuff that you see in the edit/create
> actions.  It then generates a ''new'' and
''create'' template that wraps a
> form around that and links the correct actions to the submit.
>
> It''s simple, it''s easy, and it''s pretty DRY.
>
> If necessary you can modify the _form partial to change the layout
> depending on the calling action (use controller.action_name).
-- 
"Who cares if it doesn''t do anything?  It was made with our new
Triple-Iso-Bifurcated-Krypton-Gate-MOS process ..."

My $Grtz =~ Gerard;
~
:wq!