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I am trying to run some functional (or are they unit?) tests on my application_helper.rb. So far, I''ve not had any success in being able to call the methods defined in application_helper.rb. Here is my app/test/functional/helpers.rb require File.dirname(__FILE__) + ''/../test_helper'' require File.dirname(__FILE__) +

Hi, I''m trying to send some emails with the same formatting as my pages & I can''t seem to access my display routines in application_helper.rb. I''m trying a hack to bypass this. At the top of my ActionMailer notifier script I''ve included application_helper.rb - my understanding is that this should arrive as a module and should be able to be used

I have a simple Yes/No selection list that I am using in a number of places. Thinking that I could DRY things out a bit, I added it to application_helper.rb ... YES_NO = [ [ "Yes", true ], [ "No", false ] ].freeze So I figured I would use it there instead of in each model.rb where needed. anyway, in webrick screen, I am continually seeing this...

I find that I want to put the same methods into both of these files. Whats the best way to get away with a single implemenation? Gareth -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

In a method named logo in my application helper, I reference an application controller method (current_account) that has been marked as a helper method with the following syntax: helper_method :current_account When I test out the setup in the browser (without rspec), rails is happy with this setup. However, when I run the spec, the spec won''t pass and gives me the following error:

I have added roles and roles_users table and updated the model so that my users can have multiple roles. ("Admin" role does always have id = 1). I have added these methods to my application controller. <code> helper_method :is_admin? helper_method :is_user? def is_admin? if @session[''user''] @session[''user''].roles.find(1)

Hi, I''m using the application_helper.rb file to create some useful functions for generating links by name. I understand that functions defined in this file are available to all views, but what about constants defined in that module? Is there a best practice approach for doing this other than accessing each constant via ApplicationHelper::FOO? Stu

I have a function i want to be used in both views and controllers: def year_to_fiscal_year(year) # converts, say, an integer 2003 into ''0304'' year.to_s[2,2] << (year+1).to_s[2,2] end Where should i put it ? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

My "application_helper.rb" become to large. I have basic functions that I use for all projects. Is it possible to define thoses functions inside an external "basic_helper.rb" and include it in "application_helper.rb" ?

Hi all, I am using rails v.2.3.2 and if I put following line to my ApplicationController: include LoginSystem and I moved my login_system.rb to lib folder: module LoginSystem protected def is_logged_in? @logged_in_user = User.find(session[:user]) if session[:user] end def logged_in_user return @logged_in_user if is_logged_in? end def logged_in_user=(user) if

All, I have a left navigation partial that I want to dynamically generate CSS classes for based on the current controller action. In my ERb template, I have <DIV class="<%= get_menu_display_style(''login_form'') %>"> In application.rb, I have the method get_menu_display_style defined as: public def get_menu_display_style(action_requested)

Hello, I upgraded my Rails app from 1.0 to 1.1.2. Basically everything worked on my development box. When I uploaded the changes (including the frozen 1.1.2 gems) to my webhost most things worked. However I had a problem with my application_helper.rb file. It wasn''t able to find the url_for_image_column method from the file_column plugin. Here''s the relevant code in

It seems that helper methods defined in application_helper.rb aren''t available in ActionMailer views. Is that intentional? -- - Adam ** Expert Technical Project and Business Management **** System Performance Analysis and Architecture ****** [ http://www.everylastounce.com ] [ http://www.aquick.org/blog ] ............ Blog [ http://www.adamfields.com/resume.html ].. Experience [

hi, what''s the way to reset the form generated by the form_remote_tag after the successful submission of the form? thanks

Hi, I''ve got this method : def is_admin? @current_user && @current_user.admin == 1 end I want to be able to call this method from all my controllers and all my views. If I put this method in application_controller I can call it from all my controllers but none of my views. If I put this method in application_helper I can call it from all my views but none of my controllers.

I haven''t delved into the wonderful world of PDF::Writer yet, nor have I run across a need.. but I just had an idea I wanted to throw out there how hard would it be to create a .rpdf template plugin for rails? could be neat ;]

I''m not a JavaScript guy, so please help me out. It''s my understanding that Rails 1.0 includes scriptaculous-js-1.5.0 But it seems to contain portions of, but not the complete library. Rails 1.0 includes 4 .js files, scriptaculous-js-1.5.0 includes 8. What am I missing? > tmornini$ rails --version > Rails 1.0.0 > > tmornini$ rails test | grep

HI, i''m trying to write a helper that replaces link_to_remote that accepts a block but it gets a compile error in the template: I don''t know what I''m doing wrong... TIA # application_helper.rb def link_block_to_remote( options = {}, html_options = {}, &block) concat(link_to_remote(capture(&block), options, html_options), block.binding) end # in

The ruby code in this isn''t evaluated... flash[:notice] = "Your last recorded entry was <%= @in_out.time_in %> <br />You are currently marked as ''In'', you probably want to check ''Out''" Is there a way? Craig

I''m new to Rails and am modifying the ToDo tutorial app into something else. I have successfully installed authentication via login_generator and now I working toward restricting access to certain database records based on the login name. I realize that eventually, I''ll want to use the "id" field, but for now, I just want to use the user name itself. I have