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form_test_helper, select_form update
on April 02, 2008 @ 05:28 PM

Revision 71 of form_test_helper includes a bug fix for the select_form method. Previously calling select_form with a block would submit the form. The fix forces you to call submit on the form. So…

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# THIS which used to submit the form
form = select_form 'trip' do |form|
  form.trip.destination = "bahamas"
end

# WILL NOW LOOK LIKE THIS
form = select_form 'trip' do |form|
  form.trip.destination = "bahamas"
end
form.submit

This doesn’t affect the usage of submit_form which still acts as expected.

This will be included in the next release of form_test_helper. Currently trunk for form_test_helper works with Rails 2.0.0 and higher (including today’s most recent trunk commit).

The form_test_helper edge docs have been updated as well and can be found here

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form_test_helper edge gets support for multiple submit buttons
on November 27, 2007 @ 11:49 AM

form_test_helper edge has been updated to support multiple submit buttons on a form. It also includes a fix to avoid namespace collisions if models are named Select, Option, etc.

If you have a view which looks like:

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<form id="test">
  <input type="submit" value="yes" />
  <input type="submit" value="no" />
</form>

You can have choose which value to submit when the form is submitted:

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# selecting the form and submitting it in separate steps
form = select_form "test", :submit_value => "yes"
form.submit

# submitting a form with a submit value in one step
submit_form "test", :submit_value => "yes"

# submitting a form with a submit value in one step using a block
submit_form "test", :submit_value => "yes" do |form|
   # .. 
end

You don’t have to supply a :submit_value. If you don’t the first submit value found on the form will be used. If you try to supply a non-existent value then an exception will raised.

For example:

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# trying to submit on a non-existent input value
form = select_form "test", :submit_value => "fooey"
form.submit  # => raises a FormTestHelper::Form::MissingSubmitError

Installing

As an external:



  ./script/plugin install -x http://form-test-helper.googlecode.com/svn/form_test_helper

Not as an external:



  ./script/plugin install http://form-test-helper.googlecode.com/svn/form_test_helper

With piston:

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  cd vendor/plugins/
  piston import http://form-test-helper.googlecode.com/svn/form_test_helper

Rdoc

Rdoc pages for form_test_helper edge are hosted on rubyforge. You can find them at http://continuous.rubyforge.org/form_test_helper/rdoc/

If you have any questions feel free to ask. If you find issues, bugs or odd behavior please create an issue over at http://code.google.com/p/form-test-helper/

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form_test_helper 1.0.1 and 1.1.1
on November 27, 2007 @ 11:07 AM

form_test_helper 1.0.1 and 1.1.1 have been released.

  • 1.0.1 is for people who are on 1.2.x (specifically 1.2.5 and 1.2.6)
  • 1.1.1 is for people who are on a Rails Edge revision between 6764 and 7420

If you are on Rails Edge newer then 7420 then you’ll want to use form_test_helper edge. A separate announcement will be made for that release.

The 1.0.1 and 1.1.1 releases fix a namespace collision issue if you happen to have a model named Option or Select. Thanks to Tomasz Wegrzanowski for pointing this out and supplying a patch.

For information on how-to install, or for usage examples please check out the rdoc for these releases:

This will probably be the last release for the 1.1.x branch of development since it targets such as a small set of revisions on Rails Edge and it will be out of date shortly if it isn’t already.

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form_test_helper 1.1.0 released!
on September 20, 2007 @ 12:22 AM

form_test_helper 1.1.0 has been released!

This update is for those who develop on Rails Edge. A recent update to Rails broke break how the tests run with form_test_helper.

So if you are on an Rails Edge revision of 7421 or higher then you should use form_test_helper trunk. The plugin repository URL is:

If you are on Rails Edge, but you’re not up to revision 7421 yet you will want to install and use form_test_helper-1.1.0. The plugin repository URL is:

If you are using Rails 1.2.x or a Rails Edge revision that is less then 6474 then you should use form_test_helper-1.0.0. The plugin repository URL is:

For more information please refer to the form_test_helper project page:

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form_test_helper on edge
on September 01, 2007 @ 11:28 PM

Well I’ve joined the Google Code project for form_test_helper . So form_test_helper will now work with Rails Edge, trunk revisions 6764 all the way up to 7393 (todays latest commit).

If you are using Rails 1.2.x or a Rails Edge revision less then 6764 then please use the 1.0.0 tag for form_test_helper, otherwise use what we consider form_test_helper trunk.

Installing for Rails Edge greater than or equal to 6764

script/plugin install http://form-test-helper.googlecode.com/svn/form_test_helper

Installing for Rails Edge less than 6764

script/plugin install http://form-test-helper.googlecode.com/svn/tags/form_test_helper-1.0.0

I am going to put these notes on the project home page as soon as I get permissions to make that update if Jason doesn’t make the change himself.

Enjoy form_test_helper on Edge!

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