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Hi All, I want to generate pdf with css. I am using princely plugin. This is code which I written def pdf prince = Prince.new() html_string = render_to_string(:template => ''/users/paid_invoice.pdf.erb'') send_data( prince.pdf_from_string(html_string), :filename => ''some_document.pdf'', :type =>

hai im ruby on rails developer, im integrating princely plugin and prince software to my rails application i have generated pdf file successfully using the following code princely = Princely.new() html_string = render_to_string(:template => ''test_methods/ visual_test/generate_report.rhtml'', :layout=> false) send_data(

Le''s say that I have a table called people and the column middle_name is nullable. If the user enters say blank or empty space then in the database it is recorded as empty space. I would like in all my models all empty spaces to be recorded as null. I guess I can write a plugin which will do so for all the models but I''m sure something like that should already be existing.I

What have I missed I have a .rhtml with the sandard form parameters <%= image_submit_tag("excel.gif", :alt => "Download List to Excel", :border => 0, :name => ''render_action'', :value => ''excel'' ) %> Which genenerates I believe a valid html fragment for a submit button. <input alt="Download List to Excel"

validates_presence_of :fname results in the error message "Fname can''t be blank". What I want is "First Name can''t be blank". I could do this def validate errors.add_to_base("First Name can''t be blank") if fname.blank? end I find this clunky and I have to put everyrhing in the validate method. Is there an easy to get what I want. I

Hi, I installed login generator using gem. It''s installed and it''s working fine. I wanted to browse the source code of login generator installed by gem. I couldn''t find the source code anywhere. Thanks. -=- Neeraj _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org

In the ''basecamp'' product from 37signals if I search for ''ruby'' the I get a bunch of results. In the search result page the search term (ruby in this case) is highlighted. I was wondering how to accomplish the same. How to highlight the ''search term'' in the search result? Is there any already existing utility that I could use? Thanks.

I intend to override pagination_links method. I added following lines of code in application_helper.rb module ActionView module Helpers def pagination_links(paginator, options={}, html_options={}) raise("boom!!") end end end But my code is not executing my code. The view is still using the method pagination_links from rails. What''s the correct way to override

class Event < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :venue belongs_to :category end class Venue < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :city end class City < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :state end I want to retrieve all event records belonging to a state. Coming from hibernate background I tried something like this: def self.list_for_a_state(state_id) find_by_sql(["select e.*

I have following line in route.rb #event info for an event name map.connect ''event/:name_url'',:controller => ''home'',:action => ''event_info'' It causes a URL like http://localhost:3000/event/_jewels_exhibition_ to be sent to the home controller with action as ''event_info''. I am trying to test this action. My first

Yehuda has a nice article on implementing a custom renderer for PDF at http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2010/render-options-in-rails-3/ I''ve tried to follow the example and I''m not sure I see how to get it to work. If I understand things correctly, the format(s) usable in this render call respond_with(@resource) do |format| format.xyz { render :xyz => ... } end

My code is something like this. class FirstController < ApplicationController def foo #some processing render (:controller => ''second'', :action => ''index'') end end I tried using both render and redirect but it seems it''s not possible to send the control from within a controller to some other controller. Am I missing something

I don''t know why this isn''t working. If I download a word doc that I uploaded, all I get is the S3 file path in the document. If I access the s3 file path directly in my browser, it downloads the file correctly. Here is my controller method: def download @curriculum = @school.curriculums.find(params[:id]) send_data @curriculum.attachment.public_filename, :filename

I''m going though the paper back edition of agile development with Rails. On page #128 I encountered following lines of code: attr_accessor :password attr_accessible :name,:password What''s the difference between attr_accessor and attr_accessible? -=- Neeraj _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list

Dears, Got a controller witch do a send_data for displaying a chart. like : send_data(g.to_blob, :filename => "any.png", :type => ''image/png'', :disposition=> ''inline'') I actually do a <img src="http://myhost:3000/stats/make_graph" /> Is there any way more clean to do that ? At minima don''t hardcode the beginning

Hi all, I know that in general, view and controller tests should be isolated, such that controller specs don''t test views etc. However, I think I''ve run into a situation that might be an exception. My controller uses render_to_string to produce a chunk of HTML that it passes to a model to be processed. The controller then redirects the user to a different page. The

I have a batch job that will call script/runner, I would like in this call to create html formated email and save it to the database. This is easy enough in a controller with yournewhost.email = render_to_string :action => "email_newhost_ready", :layout => false But render_to_string is only available in controller action pack, is there a easy way to render_to_string in a Model? Or

I''m using render_to_string in an after_filter, which renders a partial that is sent to a web service. Here''s the code: class MyController < ApplicationController after_filter :post_to_webservice def show # show logic end def post_to_webservice stuff = render_to_string :partial => ''stuff'' webservice_post(stuff) end I get a DoubleRenderError in the

How can I call render_to_string outside of a controller. I''m stuck on this. I''ve nearly got my plugin finished but I can''t seem to get this to work. The method is in ActionController::Base but it is protected. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, I am trying to generate a PDF from within a worker using PDF::Writer. In my controller I use render_to_string to create the pdf file however from what I understand render_to_string can only be used from a controller. Does anybody have any suggestions how I might be able to replicate this functionality in a worker? -- thanks, Felix -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment