[Seaside] How do I call a method from renderContentOn:

[ld]

Julian Fitzell wrote:

> ld wrote:
>
>> I'm new to Seaside.  It seems very powerful, if I could just understand
>> it better. I have worked through the tutorial, and thought I'd practice
>> by modifying the WACounter example to change the change 'interval' from
>> the browser..  I added a 'interval' variable.  Then added a
>> selectFromList to  'renderContentOn:' to  quickly change the interval
>> that the counter is incremented/decremented by.
>>
>> renderContentOn: html
>>    html heading: count.
>>    html anchorWithAction: [self increment] text: '++'.
>>    html space.
>>    html anchorWithAction: [self decrement] text: '--'.
>>    html break.
>>    html horizontalRule.
>>    html text:  'Change the interval'.
>>    html paragraph.
>>    html form: [
>>            html selectFromList: (1 to: 10) selected: interval callback:
>> [:i | interval _ i].
>>            html submitButton.
>>        ].
>>    html text: 'how do I call the setInterval from here?'.
>> -------
>> Next,  factored the form into a setInterval method:
>>
>> setInterval: html
>>    html text: interval.
>>    html space.
>>    html space.
>>    html form: [
>>            html selectFromList: (1 to: 10) selected: interval callback:
>> [:i | interval _ i].
>>            html submitButton.
>>        ]
>> -------
>> My questions are:
>> 1)  Is my factoring correct?
>
>
> Should be fine though, by convention, I would rename #setInterval: to 
> #renderIntervalOn: or something.
>
>> 2)  How do I call this from  'renderContentOn:'  ?
>
>
> just call "self setInterval: html" - you keep passing the renderer 
> object on down to other rendering methods.
>
>> Thanks for you patience with such simple questions.
>
>
> Not a problem, let us know if you have more.
>
> Julian
>
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Thanks,  that was so simple!  I do believe learning Seaside will be an 
enjoyable experience.  And, yes I'm sure I will have more. :)
-Larry