Rails - Oct 2008 - application helper methods in mailers not available?

Hi all

I have some methods in application.rb and make them accessible to view
using

helper_method :xxx

Sadly they don''t seem to be available in mailer templates? Is that
normal? Or did I miss something?

Thanks
Josh
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On 22 Oct 2008, at 14:20, Joshua Muheim wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> I have some methods in application.rb and make them accessible to view
> using
>
> helper_method :xxx
>
> Sadly they don''t seem to be available in mailer templates? Is that
> normal? Or did I miss something?
>
That''s normal. ActionMailer classes don''t inherit from  
ApplicationController so it is normal that the methods in there do not  
magically appear in ActionMailer instances/views.

Fred
> Thanks
> Josh
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Frederick Cheung wrote:
> On 22 Oct 2008, at 14:20, Joshua Muheim wrote:
> 
>>
> That''s normal. ActionMailer classes don''t inherit from
> ApplicationController so it is normal that the methods in there do not
> magically appear in ActionMailer instances/views.
> 
> Fred
Thanks for your reply. But this seems a little bit strange to me... All 
in all a view is a view, whether it''s a "normal" or a
mailer''s one,
right?

So what can I do to access my helpers in the mailer''s view?

Thanks
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On Oct 23, 2:58 am, Joshua Muheim
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Frederick Cheung wrote:
> > On 22 Oct 2008, at 14:20, Joshua Muheim wrote:
>
> > That''s normal. ActionMailer classes don''t inherit
from
> > ApplicationController so it is normal that the methods in there do not
> > magically appear in ActionMailer instances/views.
>
> > Fred
>
> Thanks for your reply. But this seems a little bit strange to me... All
> in all a view is a view, whether it''s a "normal" or a
mailer''s one,
> right?
You''re right, it''s mostly an infratructure problem here. You
just
can''t steal methods defined in a completely separate
place.
>
> So what can I do to access my helpers in the mailer''s view?
One way would be to define them in a module which you include in
ApplicationController and in the mailer (Use the helper method in the
latter).

Fred
>
> Thanks
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Frederick Cheung wrote:
> On Oct 23, 2:58�am, Joshua Muheim <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net>
> wrote:
>> in all a view is a view, whether it''s a "normal" or
a mailer''s one,
>> right?
> 
> You''re right, it''s mostly an infratructure problem here.
You just
> can''t steal methods defined in a completely separate place.
>>
>> So what can I do to access my helpers in the mailer''s view?
> 
> One way would be to define them in a module which you include in
> ApplicationController and in the mailer (Use the helper method in the
> latter).
> 
> Fred
Thanks for the idea. Where should I put the module?
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It seems helper :helper_name doesn''t work anymore (2.3.4)

You can use include instead:

class Mailer < AM::Base
  include CoolHelper
  ....
end

Al Iv wrote:
> Just include in your mailer model
> 
> helper :application
> 
> for example:
> class MessageMailer < ActionMailer::Base
> 
>   helper :application
> 
>   def sent(message)
>      ...
>   end
> end
> On Oct 25 2008, 12:35�am, Joshua Muheim <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-
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Actually, I''m mistaken. I didn''t read the post properly.

You use include if you want it available in the class itself, then
helper :helper_name if you want it available in the views.

Ramon Tayag



On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Ramon Tayag
<rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> It seems helper :helper_name doesn''t work anymore (2.3.4)
>
> You can use include instead:
>
> class Mailer < AM::Base
>  include CoolHelper
>  ....
> end