hi, yes it works perfectly :) follow the steps on the turorial here
http://www.hoboes.com/Mimsy/hacks/replicating-djangos-admin/ sometimes its not so clear where to put the code... if you have questions ill try to help you. ill make a "more complete" tutorial on my blog soon. Bhaskar Gara wrote: > Hi Andrew, Do you have any luck on this. I need same functionality. > > On Nov 30 2009, 5:40 am, andreas schmid <a.schmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Emily Rodgers wrote: >> >> >>> On Oct 13, 1:20 pm, andreas schmid <a.schmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> thank you very much for pointing me to the right path!! >>>> ill try to understand the behaviour and report about my progress... >>>> >>>> Andrew Ingram wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm assuming you are doing this somewhere other than the admin, or in >>>>> custom views, so I'll explain how the admin stuff works. >>>>> >>>>> Basically, when you create thepopupwindowyou give it a name which >>>>> can be used the uniquely identify the field that is using thepopup >>>>> (some variant on the field id would be ideal). Your main page (not the >>>>> popup) should also have a javascript function to be called after the >>>>> new author is saved (in the case of django admin, this function is >>>>> called dismissAddAnotherPopup and is in RelatedObjectLookup.js). >>>>> >>>>> Now the clever part (which I had to hunt around for when I needed this >>>>> functionality, you can find it around line 608 in >>>>> django.contrib.admin.options.py), is that when you successfully save >>>>> the new author, you return an HttpResponse that consists of nothing >>>>> but a script tag that executes >>>>> owner.yourFunctionName(window_name,new_object_id (in the case of the >>>>> django admin this would be owner.dismissAddAnotherPopup), window_name >>>>> is the unique identifier you passed in originally. >>>>> >>>>> This causes the browser to execute the function in the ownerwindow >>>>> (the one that created thepopup) with the parameters you specified - >>>>> which includes the ID of the new object. Django's code also provides >>>>> the representation string of the object so it can be added to the >>>>> select box. >>>>> >>>>> Then you just make your JS function close thepopupwith >>>>> window_name.close(). >>>>> >>>>> I may not have explained it that well, but the key parts are in >>>>> RelatedObjectLookup.js and options.py (near line 608). >>>>> >>>>> I hope this helps. >>>>> >>>>> - Andrew Ingram >>>>> >>>>> 2009/10/13 nabucosound <hecto...@gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>>> This is the default behaviour in Django Admin, dude... >>>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 13, 9:43 am, andreas schmid <a.schmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> how can i achieve a behaviour like in the admin backend where i can add >>>>>>> a related object through apopupwindowand have it selectable after i >>>>>>> saved the related form? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> for example: >>>>>>> im copleting the form book and i have to select the author but it doesnt >>>>>>> exist yet... so i click on the + (add) button and apopupwindowappears >>>>>>> where i create the editor object, and i can select it in the book form >>>>>>> right after i saved and closed thispopupwindow. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> can somebody point me to the code? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> thank you in advance... >>>>>>> >>> You might find this >>> helpful:http://www.hoboes.com/Mimsy/hacks/replicating-djangos-admin/ >>> >>> Em >>> >> the tutorial is nice but i cant get it really working. the problem is >> that thepopupopens but i get a: >> >> TypeError at /popadd/topics/ >> >> 'str' object is not callable >> >> Request Method: GET >> Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/de/popadd/topics/?_popup=1 >> Exception Type: TypeError >> Exception Value: >> >> 'str' object is not callable >> >> Exception Location: >> /home/pepe/DEV/FSlabs/parts/django/django/core/handlers/base.py in >> get_response, line 92 >> >> my views.projects ProjectForm: >> >> class ProjectForm(ModelForm): >> topics = ModelMultipleChoiceField(Topic.objects, >> required=False, widget=MultipleSelectWithPop) >> technologies = ModelMultipleChoiceField(Technology.objects, >> required=False, widget=MultipleSelectWithPop) >> class Meta: >> model = Project >> exclude = ['author'] >> >> my views.handlePopAdd.py : >> >> from django.utils.html import escape >> from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required >> >> from myapp.views.technologies import TechnologyForm >> from myapp.views.topics import TopicForm >> >> def handlePopAdd(request, addForm, field): >> if request.method == "POST": >> form = addForm(request.POST) >> if form.is_valid(): >> try: >> newObject = form.save() >> except forms.ValidationError, error: >> newObject = None >> if newObject: >> return HttpResponse('<script >> type="text/javascript">opener.dismissAddAnotherPopup(window, "%s", >> "%s");</script>' % \ >> (escape(newObject._get_pk_val()), >> escape(newObject))) >> >> else: >> form = addForm() >> >> pageContext = {'form': form, 'field': field} >> return render_to_response("add/popadd.html", pageContext) >> >> @login_required >> def newTopic(request): >> return handlePopAdd(request, TopicForm, 'topics') >> >> @login_required >> def newTechnology(request): >> return handlePopAdd(request, TechnologyForm, 'technologies') >> >> any suggestions?- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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