the example i'm making uses state_machine because it's part of my current setup but this isnt a state_machine specific problem.
i have a model called Station. it's an abstract concept for "an area in which work is performed"... when i'm using the app the Stations could be anything from "simulation terminal A" to "the lathe in building C"... each station has various properties (one of which is conveniently "state") and i would like to use buttons on my form (or links if it can be done in an xss safe way) to immediately change one of those properties... one button for example may be "release to floor" which when clicked would - in a non restful app - call the "release" action on the station controller. the release action would then take the station and call "release!" on it... however i want to accomplish this using standard actions. just using a text box and "saving" the record doesn't automatically fire the state-changing events (which i think is a good thing) AND that type of structure does not relate to my problem in a convenient way... there's a handful of cases where i just want to have a few buttons peppered in my form that when clicked, perform a direct action on my object without having to "invent" a bunch of non-standard actions.. any tips? thank you much, - FJM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
