====== Creating Views ====== There are four ways to send events to an ActionFlow controller. * By a link * By a form * By an AJAX link * By an AJAX form Any ActionFlow controller views can easily use these helper methods to create views that interact with the ActionFlow framework. To have all the details, consult the [[http://actionflow.devdonkey.org/rdoc-head/classes/ActionFlow/BaseHelper.html|BaseHelper API]]. ===== Using links to send events ===== Links sending events can be created as follows.


<%= flow_link_to :caption, :event_name %>

This would produce the following code. caption See the [[API]] for more details and configuration options. ===== Using forms to send events ===== Forms sending events can be created as follows.


<%= flow_form_tag  %>

  

  <%= flow_submit_tag 'caption 1', :first_event %>
  
  <%= flow_submit_tag 'caption 2', :second_event %>
<%= end_flow_form_tag %>

This would produce the following code. See the [[API]] for more details and configuration options. ===== Using AJAX links to send events ===== AJAX links sending events can be created as follows.


<%= flow_link_to_remote 'caption', 'event_name', :update => 'domElementId' %>

This would produce the following code. caption See the [[API]] for more details and configuration options. ==== RJS Integration ==== ActionFlow is fully compliant with Rails RJS functionnality. If you master RJS, you'll understand. ===== Using AJAX forms to send events ===== AJAX forms sending events can be created as follows.


<%= flow_form_remote_tag :update => :form %>

  

  <%= flow_submit_tag 'Update', :update %>

  <%= flow_submit_tag 'Quit', :quit %>
  
<%= end_flow_form_tag %>

This would produce the following code. See the [[API]] for more details and configuration options. ~~DISCUSSION~~