Thanks a lot, I'll give it a try in few hours. But the main concern remains, I mean the memory (or it is me still not getting the AJAX mechanisms).
I see that the huge list is being loaded in the called view, but when the memory is freed? Also, I wrote that I need a possibility to alter values of the existing inputs of the form, based on the value of the item selected using AJAX field. For example, the main form contains such inputs: - cutter_number - cutter_height - cutter_width - cutter_cuts_per_height - cutter_cuts_per_width AJAX form works on the model 'Cutters' which contains fields like - number (this is selected using the AJAX input field) - height - width - cuts_per_height - cuts_per_width (I hope this is understandable :) ) How can I pass the other values to the original form? I suppose it involves passing the result of $this->Cutter->find(...) to JS array and then updating the respective ID's, but I don't have a clue how/where to add it... I've read description of $AJAX->form(), it says that it submits to action. Does it mean that it is able to pass JS values to a form, instead of posting them directly to controller? I'm unable to test it atm.. Thanks in advance for any input Jacek > > Well, why not start with the AJAX helper and the already built-in > feature: > > http://book.cakephp.org/view/632/autoComplete > > I believe that will be much faster to develop than your proposed > solution with the modal form. And since you're in a hurry... > > On Apr 7, 9:32 pm, Faza <f...@ansi.pl> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> this is the scenario: >> >> - I have a rather large form with some production details, blahblah. One >> of the inputs can contain value from over 1300 available (more to be >> exact, because it's ID, dimensions and layout - 5 to 7 fields each) >> - as it would be silly and resource-hungry to parse all this data into >> javascript arrays within the view, I've decided that I want to have a >> popup window with a small form, which will close after choice made and >> free the resources >> - this form won't POST the data into controller, because it's only a >> part of the whole form; the only thing it's gotta do is change value of >> few inputs. >> >> I've been googling and read some examples using fancy modal forms using >> jQuery, MooTools etcetc, but what I really need is just a simple popup >> window with some AJAX calls. (later, when the project will be ready, I >> will play around with more complex things for this, but atm i'm rather >> in a hurry). >> >> The problem is, this is my first encounter with AJAX (not to mention I'm >> a cake noob) and frankly, I don't even know where to start. >> >> I'll be really grateful for any tips/pointers/tuts/anything. >> >> Regards, >> Jacek > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
