whats the best way to access the object data when doing custom rendering..?
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whats the best way to access the object data when doing custom rendering..?
 
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I'm trying to follow "Possibility 3" from the Magritte tutorial (page
54) where I subclass MAContainerComponent and create my own #renderContentOn: and override #descriptionContainer to point to my new subclass.. The tutorial didn't really indicate how to get the component data or other general usage -- so I figured I'd ask.. Also -- for future reference.. Is there an example or two that might be good to use as references for this sort of questioning that doesn't require pier since I'm on the VW platform? I'm a Magritte newbie and examples are very helpful.. Thx! -- Rick _______________________________________________ SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki |
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I should have mentioned that I'm asking about accessing the memento
(proxied) data specifically.. Thx! -- Rick On Jul 27, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Richard E. Flower wrote: > I'm trying to follow "Possibility 3" from the Magritte tutorial (page > 54) where I subclass MAContainerComponent and create my own > #renderContentOn: and override #descriptionContainer to point to my > new subclass.. The tutorial didn't really indicate how to get the > component data or other general usage -- so I figured I'd ask.. > > Also -- for future reference.. Is there an example or two that might > be good to use as references for this sort of questioning that doesn't > require pier since I'm on the VW platform? I'm a Magritte newbie and > examples are very helpful.. Thx! > > -- Rick > > > _______________________________________________ > SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... > https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki > _______________________________________________ SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki |
Re: whats the best way to access the object data when doing custom rendering..?
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Ok.. In thinking about it further, I believe I may not need direct
access to all elements of a description but I would like to be able to wrap divs around certain object descriptions for formatting purposes.. Is this the best way to achieve that goal? TIA! -- Rick On Jul 27, 2008, at 9:13 AM, Richard E. Flower wrote: > I should have mentioned that I'm asking about accessing the memento > (proxied) data specifically.. Thx! > > -- Rick > > On Jul 27, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Richard E. Flower wrote: > >> I'm trying to follow "Possibility 3" from the Magritte tutorial (page >> 54) where I subclass MAContainerComponent and create my own >> #renderContentOn: and override #descriptionContainer to point to my >> new subclass.. The tutorial didn't really indicate how to get the >> component data or other general usage -- so I figured I'd ask.. >> >> Also -- for future reference.. Is there an example or two that might >> be good to use as references for this sort of questioning that >> doesn't >> require pier since I'm on the VW platform? I'm a Magritte newbie and >> examples are very helpful.. Thx! >> >> -- Rick >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... >> https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki >> > > > _______________________________________________ > SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... > https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki > _______________________________________________ SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki |
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On Jul 27, 2008, at 17:31 , Richard E. Flower wrote: > I'm trying to follow "Possibility 3" from the Magritte tutorial (page > 54) where I subclass MAContainerComponent and create my own > #renderContentOn: and override #descriptionContainer to point to my > new subclass.. The tutorial didn't really indicate how to get the > component data or other general usage -- so I figured I'd ask.. Have a look at the implementation of MAContainerComponent, it already does what you want. anObject readUsing: aDescription "reading" anObject write: aValue using: aDescription "writing" Essentially you always use the above two constructs, no matter if anObject is a memento or a real object. You just need to know the description. > Also -- for future reference.. Is there an example or two that might > be good to use as references for this sort of questioning that doesn't > require pier since I'm on the VW platform? I'm a Magritte newbie and > examples are very helpful.. Thx! There are several open-source examples on squeaksource.com (Conrad, ical, ...) and source.lukas-rengli.ch (Pier, Audioscrobbler, MSE File Format, Magritte Add-Ons, Magritte Tutorial, More Magritte Add Ons, ...) that use Magritte, but I guess that doesn't help you much if you are on VW. You might still want to have a look at the code though (through the web interface). Cheers, Lukas -- Lukas Renggli http://www.lukas-renggli.ch _______________________________________________ SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki |
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> Ok.. In thinking about it further, I believe I may not need direct
> access to all elements of a description but > I would like to be able to wrap divs around certain object > descriptions for formatting purposes.. Is this the > best way to achieve that goal? TIA! What goal? If this is just about styling specific descriptions when using the default Seaside renderer you might want to use aDescription cssClass: 'foo' This adds the CSS CLASS .foo to the description aDescription. Cheers, Lukas > > > -- Rick > > On Jul 27, 2008, at 9:13 AM, Richard E. Flower wrote: > >> I should have mentioned that I'm asking about accessing the memento >> (proxied) data specifically.. Thx! >> >> -- Rick >> >> On Jul 27, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Richard E. Flower wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to follow "Possibility 3" from the Magritte tutorial >>> (page >>> 54) where I subclass MAContainerComponent and create my own >>> #renderContentOn: and override #descriptionContainer to point to my >>> new subclass.. The tutorial didn't really indicate how to get the >>> component data or other general usage -- so I figured I'd ask.. >>> >>> Also -- for future reference.. Is there an example or two that might >>> be good to use as references for this sort of questioning that >>> doesn't >>> require pier since I'm on the VW platform? I'm a Magritte newbie >>> and >>> examples are very helpful.. Thx! >>> >>> -- Rick >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... >>> https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... >> https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki >> > > > _______________________________________________ > SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... > https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki -- Lukas Renggli http://www.lukas-renggli.ch _______________________________________________ SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki |
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Thanks Lukas.. I looked in the class you mentioned but didn't see any
of the code you show below.. Perhaps my version is older or whatever.. I did poke around on your site at a handful of projects but didn't see anything doing the same sort of thing I'm trying to do (I was specifically looking for code that subclasses MAContainerComponent and goes from there.. Perhaps I'm going about it wrong.. I've got a glorified user record that has the typical address info but also has other fields such as security questions and other stuff.. What I've got in my old (non-Magritte) code was to wrap divs around certain areas of the layout (address info is wrapped in a div and then other areas are wrapped in another div) to get the formatting I want via css.. Is there some other way? Sorry for being a pain in the rear, but I feel a bit lost on how to proceed.. Thx! On Jul 27, 2008, at 12:45 PM, Lukas Renggli wrote: > > On Jul 27, 2008, at 17:31 , Richard E. Flower wrote: > >> I'm trying to follow "Possibility 3" from the Magritte tutorial (page >> 54) where I subclass MAContainerComponent and create my own >> #renderContentOn: and override #descriptionContainer to point to my >> new subclass.. The tutorial didn't really indicate how to get the >> component data or other general usage -- so I figured I'd ask.. > > Have a look at the implementation of MAContainerComponent, it already > does what you want. > > anObject readUsing: aDescription "reading" > anObject write: aValue using: aDescription "writing" > > Essentially you always use the above two constructs, no matter if > anObject is a memento or a real object. You just need to know the > description. > >> Also -- for future reference.. Is there an example or two that might >> be good to use as references for this sort of questioning that >> doesn't >> require pier since I'm on the VW platform? I'm a Magritte newbie and >> examples are very helpful.. Thx! > > There are several open-source examples on squeaksource.com (Conrad, > ical, ...) and source.lukas-rengli.ch (Pier, Audioscrobbler, MSE File > Format, Magritte Add-Ons, Magritte Tutorial, More Magritte Add > Ons, ...) that use Magritte, but I guess that doesn't help you much if > you are on VW. You might still want to have a look at the code though > (through the web interface). > > Cheers, > Lukas > > -- > Lukas Renggli > http://www.lukas-renggli.ch > > > _______________________________________________ > SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... > https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki > _______________________________________________ SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki |
Re: whats the best way to access the object data when doing custom rendering..?
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> Thanks Lukas.. I looked in the class you mentioned but didn't see any
> of the code you > show below.. Perhaps my version is older or whatever.. I did poke > around on your > site at a handful of projects but didn't see anything doing the same > sort of thing I'm > trying to do (I was specifically looking for code that subclasses > MAContainerComponent > and goes from there.. Perhaps I'm going about it wrong.. MAContainerComponent only triggers (see renderContentOn:) the component renderer (MAComponentRenderer). The component renderer knows how to layout the components of the individual descriptions (subclasses of MAElementComponent). This is the actual place where the data is read and written, according to the displayed editor. > I've got a glorified user record that has the typical address info but > also has other > fields such as security questions and other stuff.. What I've got in > my old (non-Magritte) > code was to wrap divs around certain areas of the layout (address info > is wrapped > in a div and then other areas are wrapped in another div) to get the > formatting I want via > css.. Is there some other way? Sorry for being a pain in the rear, > but I feel a bit lost on > how to proceed.. Thx! Yes, I understand. That's what #cssClass: is used for. It is not an extra DIV that is wrapped around the description, but it is enough to do anything to the layout. Cheers, Lukas -- Lukas Renggli http://www.lukas-renggli.ch _______________________________________________ SmallWiki, Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki |
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