On Nov 10, 12:50 pm, Chris Baron <topher.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello web2py users, > > I've been playing around with components recently and they are helping > me modularize my application. I was hoping someone could explain to > me why they do what they do. > > I've noticed that when a controller function that is referenced by a > component returns a dict(), it requires a view, but when the function > returns a string, it doesn't.
Can you provide an example. I never noticed this. > > Also, when I return a very long string, there is an error with the > request, but this does not happen with a dict attribute containing > that same string - why is this ? > > One more thing - is there a way to dynamically create components via > javascript? Is it simply just calling a function in the views/ > web2py_ajax.html view ? > > Thanks in advance, > > Chris
