You can't update appData using server side templates. You should do this interaction on the canvas view.One option [which requires upcoming view param support in NavigateToApp] is to set these as parameters to canvas view, and perform the action there.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Christopher (adoring husband) < markite...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ok thanks so much for the help. I'm starting to get it. I know > templates will be super easy once i see how to do what im trying to > do. > > How would I update a person's appdata from the app. For example: a > user clicks a button and a new value is stored for a given key. > > thanks! > > On Apr 5, 9:28 pm, Apurv Gupta <apurv.gu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:35 AM, Markitecht <markite...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > So if i'm reading this right, *no* javascript will be allowed on > > > profile views in the future. > > > > > How can the app make calls to the datastore? > > > > > Where is 'newFetchPersonAppDataRequest' replaced, for example? > > > > <os:PersonAppDataRequest key="keyname" method="appdata.get" > > userId="@owner"/> > > > > > I'm very new to templates and wish to get my (successful and highly > > > popular) app back on track. Losing installs is no fun. > > > > > thanks, > > > Christopher > > > > > ps. from docs: > > > "2.1.1 Limitations > > > An OST implementation can fetch, inject, cache, and store data > > > requests for the application before any client side code executes. OST > > > does not represent a full replacement for JavaScript. OST assumes that > > > applications can fallback to JavaScript whenever a combination of > > > application and container cannot make use of a given OST feature." > > > > > ...seems like a contradiction to be depracating *any* use of > > > javascript immediately before OST can sufficiently replace the > > > necessary functionality. > > > > > pps. does any of this seem super weird to anyone? Goog has such > > > consistent policies about backward-compatibility. OS developers jumped > > > through hoops, contributed to the community for months before being > > > able to publish apps and were super patient as goog wrestled with the > > > launch of OS on Orkut. Now we lose Profile views? and can't use .js or > > > Flash at all when we get them back (provided we can get up to speed on > > > this template thing)? I don't mean to be a bother, but this appears > > > strangely out of step with how Goog usually does business, especially > > > with regard to the developer community. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Orkut Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-orkut@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to opensocial-orkut+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
