invoke a controller def from view without clicking any link

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Hi    I have a controller def like

def graph_render     get_flash_chat_objects       respond_to do |format|         format.js do           render :update do |page|             page[:graph_div].replace_html :partial => "summary_graph"           end       end     end end

    So clearly this just accept an ajax request and do the above action This is working But what I would like to know how can I invoke it from view without clicking a link or like that

Thanks in advance Sijo

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So clearly this just accept an ajax request and do the above action

This is working But what I would like to know how can I invoke it from view without clicking a link or like that

Well unless you have a javascript timer on the page that fires off your ajax request, it's going to have to happen in response to some event (not necessarily a mouse click, could be page load, mouseover, keydown etc...)

Fred

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Use prototype functions to handle the onload events. It is better than plugging in onload code into your HTML tags. Look at the online documentation for examples. You can use either the dom:loaded event or the window:onload event.