.load is just a convention to help distinguish from a full HTML page, but you can use any extension you want. In some cases, the same controller might be used as both a component and a full web page, so you could have separate .load and .html views for that controller.
Anthony On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 7:38:43 PM UTC-5, Ariya Owam-aram wrote: > > Hi Anthony, > > Thank you for your clear and helpful explanation. I still have a question, > what is .load is for? Why do I need to specific view extension to .load? > Sometime I use .html for LOAD() or web2py_component() but did't see the > difference. > > Thank you again > Ariya > > เมื่อ วันศุกร์ที่ 8 มกราคม ค.ศ. 2016 0 นาฬิกา 23 นาที 47 วินาที UTC+7, > Anthony เขียนว่า: >> >> You would generally use the LOAD helper -- see >> http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/12/components-and-plugins#Components--LOAD-and-Ajax >> . >> >> From Javascript, you can also do: >> >> $.web2py.component("{{=URL('mycontroller', 'mycomponent.load')}}", >> "target_div"); >> >> Which will load the component in an existing div whose id is "target_div". >> >> Anthony >> >> On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 11:57:33 AM UTC-5, Fabiano Almeida wrote: >>> >>> Great! >>> >>> Can you show me examples of using web2py_component? >>> >>> thanks! >>> >>> Fabiano. >>> >>> 2016-01-07 13:57 GMT-02:00 Anthony: >>> >>>> The ajax() function provides basic functionality for making an Ajax >>>> request, with some additional features, such as automatically sending >>>> values from named input fields and inserting the returned data into a >>>> particular target within the DOM (or optionally executing some returned >>>> Javascript code). >>>> >>>> web2py_component (which is a backward compatible alias for >>>> $.web2py.component) is a more sophisticated facility for embedding the >>>> output of controller actions within web pages. It is much like a page >>>> within a page, with the ability to load new content into the component. In >>>> particular, it is possible to trap both links and forms, so when you click >>>> a link or submit a form contained within a component, the new content will >>>> be loaded within the component (without reloading the rest of the page). >>>> Components also include functionality to automatically refresh themselves >>>> at a fixed interval. >>>> >>>> Anthony >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 8:43:40 AM UTC-5, Ariya Owam-aram wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> I often use ajax and web2py_component for onclick action (for example) >>>>> but I never know what is difference between them and how to use them the >>>>> right way. Can anyone guide me a good example, please? >>>>> >>>>> Thank your >>>>> Ariya >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> Resources: >>>> - http://web2py.com >>>> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >>>> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >>>> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "web2py-users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to web2py+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
