> Hi,
>
> is there a way to change only components and not reload the hole page? In
> example i have an activex component on the page (an image viewer). I can
> control the image viewer with java script ( goToNextPosition() and so on).
> For every position the user should be able to make some comments with some
> forms. So if the user press the send button for the forms the activex
> component should not reload (because it takes a while to load it). Is
> there
> a way to do this with tapestry, or with tapestry + ajax?
>
> Best regards,
>
Hi Sabine,
If you are trying to get only some elements of a page through an ajax
request, assuming you are using T4, you could implement a class that
inherits from AbstractComponent and overrides renderComponent() method.
@Override
protected void renderComponent(IMarkupWriter writer, IRequestCycle
cycle) {
StringBuffer s = new StringBuffer();
writer.begin("script");
writer.attribute("type", "text/text");
s.append("the elements for your next forms");
writer.printRaw(new String(s));
writer.end();
}
this component could then be accessed directly if it also implements
IDirect or through a BasePage.
Your javascript should be responsible for calling this component and then
replacing the right elements of the page with the returned elements of this
Tapestry component.
Loïc
