[Helma-user] Deep Macro Invocation

[Michael Platzer]

Hi Anton,

Try setting
  allowDeepMacros = true
in your app.properties, and things should work as expected.

greets,
  michi


Anton Pirker schrieb:
> hello all!
>
> i just tried to use deep macros the first time, and i must admit: i am 
> too dump.
>
> i have a prototype Venue which has a object-relation to a object of the 
> prototype City:
>
>
> ----
> Venue/type.properties:
>
> city              = Object(City)
> city.local        = city_id
> city.foreign      = city_id
> ----
>
>
> Now i am in a skin of the Venue and want to call: <% this.city.name %>
> where "name" is a property of the City.
>
> ----
> City/type.properties:
>
> _db         = shnitzl
> _table      = cities
> _id         = city_id
>
> _parent     = venue.city, root.cities
>
> name        = city_name
> zipcode     = city_zipcode
> ----
>
>
>
> The result:
> 	[Unhandled Macro: this.city.name]
>
> So i wrote a field_macro(param, fieldName) in HopObject with the 
> positional parameter "fieldName" if i try to call it with <% 
> this.city.field "name" %> i get:
>
> 	[Unhandled Macro: this.city.field]
>
>
> hm. so i tried just to call <% this.city %> to see if this exists.
> I get:
> 	[object City]
>
> But why is there [object City] and not [HopObject City]? I did the 
> object relational mapping as always. i am quite confused...
>
> when i write an macro in the Venue like this:
> ----
> Venue/macros.js:
>
> function cityName_macro(param) {
> 	return this.city.name;
> }
> ----
>
> and i call it with <% this.cityName %> everything works fine...
>
> so, how do i use deep macros? can i only call macros or also properties 
> of objects? do i have to enable deep macros somewhere?
>
>
> questions over questions, but i think someone can answer them!
>
> thanks in advance,
> Anton
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