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I''m trying to display a generated .png plot via send_data(), but it results in a server error "invalid byte sequence in US-ASCII" error. I''m pretty sure this means that I need to specify the encoding somewhere, but I haven''t been able to figure out where or how to do so. Some particulars: I''m running gnuplot through a pipe to generate a plot in .png

In a new app we are developing, we need to be able to dynamically create a PDF and send it to the browser (inline with send_data). I have been tinkering with PDF::Writer and love the simplicity and native ruby-ness of it all. However, one of the main uses for this functionality is to output a PDF of addresses to be printed on Avery 5161 labels. LaTex seems to be suited well for this, but it

I am trying to set the layout for certain actions within a controller, but not others, but doing class JoinController < ApplicationController layout ''form'' def index end def add end end sets layouts for all actions, and doing class JoinController < ApplicationController def index layout ''form'' end def add end end returns an

Hi, I''ve got a strange problem. I had initially installed Rails using Tony Arnold''s package: <http://www.tonyarnold.com/articles/category/rails> and that worked fine. (on OS X, obviously). I then decided to reinstall using the instructions on the HiveLogic page, to get Ruby 1.8.4: <http://hivelogic.com/articles/2005/12/01/ruby_rails_lighttpd_mysql_tiger> That

I am using date_select and in some instances it only shows about 10 years worth of choices. Same form on other users shows the whole range. date_select looks like this <%= date_select ''user'',''birthdate'' , :start_year => 1940 %> I would expect to always see 1940-2006 or so , but i dont always do. Is there a way to force the range or explain why i

So, the InPlaceEditor with AJAX is all nice and dandy, works great. What about fields that don''t have any content? As far as I can tell, this doesn''t work so well - there''s nothing to click on so no edit form pops up... Am I missing something? HH

hi! how can i put different layouts for the actions in the same controller? i was putting the layout always at the beginning of the controller, and i tought, if i put a layout in an action, it would be work, but nop. i mean: UserAdminController < ApplicationController layout ''admin'' ... def edit layout ''edit_2'' ... end end how can i resolve my

I''m having problems with class variables.. I have a class: class Content::ApplicantsController < ApplicationController layout "mylayout" @@tab = "mystring" [... the rest is standard scaffold-created stuff ...] and a layout (mylayout.rhtml): [...] <title><%= @@tab.capitalize %></title> [...] And I keep getting this error: uninitialized

i am trying to generate a pdf of all of the users in an application that i have built. i am still pretty new to ruby and rails so i don''t know the best way to go about it. here is my controller code: require ''pdf/writer'' require ''pdf/simpletable'' class ReportsController < ApplicationController def test _pdf = PDF::Writer.new table =

I''m trying to test that "static" pages (they''re ERB, but get cached), generated through rails, don''t render any stray flash notices left over by the authentication system (Devise) or wherever else. I''ve tried writing this controller spec, but it appears that response.body only renders the template, not its layouts? describe "so that static

Just wondering if anyone knows of a site where one could review a number of website layouts (which use CSS concepts) where you could then select the one you want and then just download the template HTML and CSS to import directly in your application. i.e. Gives you a decent overall look and feel straight away and then you can concentrate on your actually dynamic application aspects. Cheers

Hi all, Installed the login_engine which is working. But I''m confused as to how I tell Rails to use the "/app/views/layout" rhtml files, when partials from the login_engine are used from "/vendor/plugins/login_engine/app/views/user". Do I copy login.rhtml to /app/view/mgmt? (mgmt is a controller name in my app) Along the same line: I also have a nil error on the

Hi, I''m using TextMate for rails development on OSX, but have reached a point where I need to run in a debugger and be able to step through the code as it executes. I have previously used the Eclipse Ruby plug in and another IDE for ruby development on windows, but never figured out how to run a Rails app in the debugger. How are other textmate users debugging and what else is there on

I have a layout that provides the basic outline of each page in my app. It has a title, footer and a navigation bar. In the title I want to put the name of the current user that is logged in. I could do something like @session[:username] but I would rather encapsulate that into a single variable so that I can change the key in the session map if I want without having to goto each page that

I suspect there''s an easier version of this question that I could ask, but I''m not sure where I''m going wrong. I have LoginEngine and UserEngine setup and seemingly running fine. However, not all of my controllers are being found when I run "rake sync_permissions". Specifically, it''s the controllers that are not in the base controllers folder, but

I want to be able to have different layouts in my rails program for different functions. For example, when a person first comes to the site the layout will have a link that says ''home'', ''login'', or register on the menu bar. Once the user logs in however, the layout will change. I want it to show the links ''account manager'',

Dears, My railsapp run using ''/layout/application.rhtml'' and under some conditions ( Authenticated user, url parameter) I like to switch globally to another layout, let''s say custom.rhtml Like : class AppController < ApplicationController before_filter :context_layout def index end end # application.rb def context_layout if <context_condition>

I tried to upgrade my existing application to RC2 last night. Like many, I use this mostly for running scheduled tasks. For the moment, I''ve abandoned the effort, but am looking forward to being able to use this. Feedback below: First, the reason I was looking forward to this upgrade was to use the threaded scheduler. I have an application with long-running tasks. I found that

Hi, (This is my first post after months of appreciative lurking...) I''m trying to spec the following conditional controller macro: class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base # turn off session management for robots session :off, :if => lambda {|req| req.user_agent =~ /(Google|Slurp)/i } # ... end My current attempt seems to be quite unsuccessful: 1) when I

Hi All! I''m searching a good way to set some options in my Controllers; I tried defining a custom function, ie: class PeopleController < ApplicationController set_my_actions :action1, :action2 end class ApplicationController def self.set_my_actions(*args) @@my_actions = args end end But ''@@my_actions'' sets the class variable to _every_