[html-formfu] problem with setting options on select element

[Carl Franks]

2009/3/13 mohanprasad <mohan at thebizmo.com>:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to set options for a select element in a form.
> my code is as follows
>
> sub content :Chained('stash_product_name') PathPart('') Args(0)
> FormMethod('load_form') {
>    my ($self, $c) = @_;
>    $c->stash->{'template'} = "restricted/add/sample.tt";
>    my $cc = $c->user->country || 'US';
>    # Get Price rules for the country code
>    my $price_rule =
> $c->model('Database::PriceRule')->search({country_acronym => $cc,
> "LOWER(payment_method)" => "creditcard"});
>    my @price_rules;
>    while(my $row = $price_rule->next) {
>        push(@price_rules, [$row->price_structure_id, $row->value]);
>    }
>    my $form = HTML::FormFu->new;
>    $form = $c->stash->{form};
>    my $price_cat_element = $form->get_element({ type => 'Select', name =>
> 'price_structure_id'});
>    $price_cat_element->options(@price_rules);
> }
>
> sub load_form {
>    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
>    return { 'load_config_file' => "restricted/add/sample.yml" };
> }
>
> I am getting the following error.
> Caught exception in Sample::Controller::Restricted::Add->content "Can't call
> method "options" on an undefined value at
> /home/mohan/search/script/../lib/Sample/Controller/Restricted/Add.pm line
> 184."
>
> I tried to print the values that
> Could you please tell me where i am doing wrong.

Hi,

You should be using get_field() - not get_element()

get_element / get_all_elements are not for common-use.

Cheers,
Carl