Problems creating emails using ActionMailer

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi Guys,

I am having some issues with ActionMailer in a new project I am working on. I am getting the following message: "Due to changes in ActionMailer you need to provide the mailer_name as well as the template name" That seemed simple enough, but it doesn't work.

The problem I see is similar to this: http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/517ff90aa97a11a2/b89fef43b89c3e51?lnk=gst&q=render_message#b89fef43b89c3e51

I am also using Acts_As_Authenticated. I have tried commenting out the rails_gem_version as suggested in the above post.

When I create an email using body "some text goes here" I get the email fine.

So I tried to render the email using: render "user_notifier/signup_notification" I get the following error can't convert Symbol into String

*************trace log************* c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.0.2/lib/action_mailer/ base.rb:498:in `delete' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.0.2/lib/action_mailer/ base.rb:498:in `render' app/models/user_notifier.rb:7:in `signup_notification' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.0.2/lib/action_mailer/ base.rb:410:in `__send__' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.0.2/lib/action_mailer/ base.rb:410:in `create!' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.0.2/lib/action_mailer/ base.rb:403:in `initialize' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.0.2/lib/action_mailer/ base.rb:352:in `new' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.0.2/lib/action_mailer/ base.rb:352:in `method_missing' app/models/user_observer.rb:5:in `after_create' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ observer.rb:157:in `send' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ observer.rb:157:in `update' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/observer.rb:185:in `notify_observers' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/observer.rb:184:in `each' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/observer.rb:184:in `notify_observers' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ callbacks.rb:338:in `notify' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ callbacks.rb:302:in `callback' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ callbacks.rb:227:in `create_without_timestamps' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ timestamp.rb:29:in `create' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ base.rb:2238:in `create_or_update_without_callbacks' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ callbacks.rb:213:in `create_or_update' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ base.rb:1972:in `save_without_validation' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ validations.rb:934:in `save_without_transactions' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ transactions.rb:108:in `save' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:66:in `transaction' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ transactions.rb:80:in `transaction' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ transactions.rb:100:in `transaction' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ transactions.rb:108:in `save' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ transactions.rb:120:in `rollback_active_record_state!' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ transactions.rb:108:in `save' app/controllers/user_controller.rb:22:in `create' vendor/plugins/streamlined/lib/streamlined/controller/callbacks.rb: 16:in `execute' vendor/plugins/streamlined/lib/streamlined/controller/callbacks.rb: 20:in `execute_before_create_and_yield' app/controllers/user_controller.rb:22:in `create' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ base.rb:1158:in `send' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ base.rb:1158:in `perform_action_without_filters' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ filters.rb:697:in `call_filters' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ filters.rb:689:in `perform_action_without_benchmark' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ rescue.rb:199:in `perform_action_without_caching' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ caching.rb:678:in `perform_action' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:33:in `cache' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ query_cache.rb:8:in `cache' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ caching.rb:677:in `perform_action' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ base.rb:524:in `send' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ base.rb:524:in `process_without_filters' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ filters.rb:685:in `process_without_session_management_support' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ session_management.rb:123:in `process' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ base.rb:388:in `process' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ dispatcher.rb:171:in `handle_request' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ dispatcher.rb:115:in `dispatch' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ dispatcher.rb:126:in `dispatch_cgi' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ dispatcher.rb:9:in `dispatch' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/webrick_server.rb: 112:in `handle_dispatch' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/webrick_server.rb:78:in `service' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in `service' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in `start_thread' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start_thread' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in `start' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `each' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `start' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in `start' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in `start' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/webrick_server.rb:62:in `dispatch' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/servers/ webrick.rb:66 c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/ dependencies.rb:496:in `require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/ dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/ dependencies.rb:496:in `require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/server.rb:39 c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require' script/server:3

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If I try using render :file=>"user_notifier/signup_notification" I get the following error can't dup NilClass

********* trace log *********** c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_view/ template_error.rb:11:in `dup' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_view/ template_error.rb:11:in `initialize' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_view/ base.rb:322:in `new' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_view/ base.rb:322:in `render_file' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_view/ base.rb:348:in `render_without_streamlined' vendor/plugins/streamlined/lib/streamlined/view/render_methods.rb: 24:in `render' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.0.2/lib/action_mailer/ base.rb:502:in `render' app/models/user_notifier.rb:7:in `signup_notification' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.0.2/lib/action_mailer/ base.rb:410:in `__send__' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.0.2/lib/action_mailer/ base.rb:410:in `create!' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.0.2/lib/action_mailer/ base.rb:403:in `initialize' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.0.2/lib/action_mailer/ base.rb:352:in `new' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.0.2/lib/action_mailer/ base.rb:352:in `method_missing' app/models/user_observer.rb:5:in `after_create' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ observer.rb:157:in `send' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ observer.rb:157:in `update' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/observer.rb:185:in `notify_observers' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/observer.rb:184:in `each' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/observer.rb:184:in `notify_observers' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ callbacks.rb:338:in `notify' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ callbacks.rb:302:in `callback' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ callbacks.rb:227:in `create_without_timestamps' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ timestamp.rb:29:in `create' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ base.rb:2238:in `create_or_update_without_callbacks' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ callbacks.rb:213:in `create_or_update' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ base.rb:1972:in `save_without_validation' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ validations.rb:934:in `save_without_transactions' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ transactions.rb:108:in `save' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:66:in `transaction' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ transactions.rb:80:in `transaction' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ transactions.rb:100:in `transaction' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ transactions.rb:108:in `save' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ transactions.rb:120:in `rollback_active_record_state!' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ transactions.rb:108:in `save' app/controllers/user_controller.rb:22:in `create' vendor/plugins/streamlined/lib/streamlined/controller/callbacks.rb: 16:in `execute' vendor/plugins/streamlined/lib/streamlined/controller/callbacks.rb: 20:in `execute_before_create_and_yield' app/controllers/user_controller.rb:22:in `create' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ base.rb:1158:in `send' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ base.rb:1158:in `perform_action_without_filters' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ filters.rb:697:in `call_filters' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ filters.rb:689:in `perform_action_without_benchmark' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ rescue.rb:199:in `perform_action_without_caching' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ caching.rb:678:in `perform_action' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:33:in `cache' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/ query_cache.rb:8:in `cache' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ caching.rb:677:in `perform_action' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ base.rb:524:in `send' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ base.rb:524:in `process_without_filters' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ filters.rb:685:in `process_without_session_management_support' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ session_management.rb:123:in `process' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ base.rb:388:in `process' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ dispatcher.rb:171:in `handle_request' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ dispatcher.rb:115:in `dispatch' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ dispatcher.rb:126:in `dispatch_cgi' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/ dispatcher.rb:9:in `dispatch' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/webrick_server.rb: 112:in `handle_dispatch' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/webrick_server.rb:78:in `service' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in `service' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in `start_thread' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start_thread' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in `start' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `each' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `start' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in `start' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in `start' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/webrick_server.rb:62:in `dispatch' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/servers/ webrick.rb:66 c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/ dependencies.rb:496:in `require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/ dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/ dependencies.rb:496:in `require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/server.rb:39 c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require' script/server:3

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I'm not even sure where to look to solve this one. If any further info is needed (code etc) please let me know. I didn't want to make the post too massive.

Your help is much appreciated.

~Ben

2

render in ActionMailer isn't quite like in a controller, you have to pass in a hash of options. It's also private so you shouldn't be calling really. If you want to change the template rendered stick

template 'some_other_template'

in your mailer method. if you need to change the directory in which it looks then I believe you need to use mailer_name ie

class SomeMailer < ActionMailer::Base    mailer_name 'foo_mailer'    def something      template 'bar'    end end will render foo_mailer/bar

Fred

3

Thanks for the feedback Fred,

Just to clarify, I am not trying to render a template in a different folder (everything is in the "as expected" folders). When I don't have a render specified, I get the "need to specify the mailer_name" error. So In Summary: views/user_notifier/signup_notification.erb is the render file models/user_notifier.rb is the ActionMailer class (Class UserNotifier)

In regards to your suggestions the code is now as follows (for the mailer class):

class UserNotifier < ActionMailer::Base   mailer_name "user_notifier"   def signup_notification(user)     setup_email(user)     template "signup_notification"   end   <snip> end

Any Thoughts? Thanks ~Ben

4

Gah! I forgot to paste the error message.

It is: wrong number of arguments (1 for 0)

app/models/user_notifier.rb:5:in `mailer_name' app/models/user_notifier.rb:5 app/models/user_observer.rb:5:in `after_create' app/controllers/user_controller.rb:22:in `create' app/controllers/user_controller.rb:22:in `create'

~Ben

5

Hi All,

I tried setting the mailer_name using: mailer_name="user_notifier"

I now am back to the start - getting the error "Due to changes in ActionMailer, you need to provide the mailer_name along with the template name"

Any Ideas? Thanks ~Ben

6

I am getting the same error. I tried to change the directory to another invalid one.. sure enough it raised an error saying the template could not be found. But I cannot get past the "can't dup NilClass " error

here's my model code

class BalUserNotify < ActionMailer::Base   mailer_name='bal_user_notify'   def change_password(bal_user, password, url=nil)     setup_email(bal_user)

    # Email header info     @subject += "Changed password notification"

    # Email body substitutions

    body[:name] = "#{bal_user.firstname} #{bal_user.lastname}"     body[:login] = bal_user.login     body[:password] = password     body[:url] = url || BalUserSystem::CONFIG[:app_url].to_s     body[:app_name] = BalUserSystem::CONFIG[:app_name].to_s

    render :file => 'bal_user_notify/change_password'   end ....

  def setup_email(bal_user)     @recipients = "#{bal_user.email}"     @from = BalUserSystem::CONFIG[:email_from].to_s     @subject = "[#{BalUserSystem::CONFIG[:app_name]}] "     @sent_on = Time.now     @headers['Content-Type'] = "text/plain; charset=#{BalUserSystem::CONFIG[:mail_charset]}; format=flowed"   end end

has anybody successfully upgraded to rails 2.0 and succeeded with converting the mailer models/views?

here's the stack errors too

C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_view/ template_error.rb:11:in `dup' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_view/ template_error.rb:11:in `initialize' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_view/ base.rb:322:in `new' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_view/ base.rb:322:in `render_file' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_view/ base.rb:348:in `render' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.0.2/lib/action_mailer/ base.rb:502:in `render' app/models/bal_user_notify.rb:72:in `change_password'

7

I am getting the same error. I tried to change the directory to another invalid one.. sure enough it raised an error saying the template could not be found. But I cannot get past the "can't dup NilClass " error

In actionmailer render is private. Don't call it (besides, you're
rendering the default so it's completely superfluous)

Fre

8

when i remove that line i am back to this line

Due to changes in ActionMailer, you need to provide the mailer_name along with the template name.

  render "user_mailer/signup"
  render :file => "user_mailer/signup"

If you are rendering a subtemplate, you must now use controller-like partial syntax:

  render :partial => 'signup' # no mailer_name necessary
9

when i remove that line i am back to this line

your mailer_name = should be self.mailer_name = 'foo' or mailer_name
'foo' (mailer_name = 'foo' just creates a local variable)

If you are going to call render yourself, you need to give it a body
option (the set of assigns, eg :body => {:name => 'Bob'}, or in your
case :body => body since you have built that.)

Fred

10

Ok, i have changed the mailer_name = “foo” to self.mailer_name = “bal_user_notify”

and the class/function to class BalUserNotify < ActionMailer::Base self.mailer_name=‘bal_user_notify’

def change_password(bal_user, password, url=nil) setup_email(bal_user)

# Email body substitutions

body[:name] = "#{bal_user.firstname} #{bal_user.lastname}"
body[:login] = bal_user.login
body[:password] = password
body[:url] = url || BalUserSystem::CONFIG[:app_url].to_s
body[:app_name] = BalUserSystem::CONFIG[:app_name].to_s

render :file => 'bal_user_notify/change_password', :body=>body

end end

I am still getting this error.

Due to changes in ActionMailer, you need to provide the mailer_name along with the template name.

  render "user_mailer/signup"
  render :file => "user_mailer/signup"

If you are rendering a subtemplate, you must now use controller-like partial syntax:

  render :partial => 'signup' # no mailer_name necessary
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Ok, i have changed the mailer_name = "foo" to self.mailer_name =
"bal_user_notify"

This isn't making much sense - that error is only raised if there is
no / in the file you are trying to render (which there is). and if
everything is in the default place you shouldn't need to do anything
(i've got several mailers like that - no setting mailer_name, no calls
to render). Might you have a plugin which is messing things up?

Fred

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i found out that it was an issue with some localization functions that were a part of the SaltedLoginGenerator.

I removed the localization files from being included and hard-coded the wording in the forms (since i am a 1-language site for now) and that worked.

self.mailer_name=“foo” and then no render lines in the methods

thanks for your help!

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Hi Ethan,

I am also running the salted login generator. Could you take me through what you did to remove the localization files?

Your help would be much appreciated.

~Ben

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One thing when i had them set up was in my environment.rb file there were 2 lines #require ‘localization’ #Localization::load_localized_strings as you can see i commented them out.

When you do this, your forms and logins will all work still but the issue now will be the localization strings in your forms will now show a variable name instead of the value. What I did was find all of these tags and replace them.

form_helper input_helper message_helper title_helper

basically doing a find of all *_helper in the .rhtml files and replacing with the wording/text I preferred. Since i am an english language only site it wasnt a big deal to me to have them hard coded. Hopefully it wont be too tedious for you.

I hope that works for you. Let me know if you run into problems.

Ethan

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Hi,

I got problem in extracting email header like

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Ethan Otterlei wrote:

One thing when i had them set up was in my environment.rb file there were 2 lines #require 'localization' #Localization::load_localized_strings as you can see i commented them out.

When you do this, your forms and logins will all work still but the issue now will be the localization strings in your forms will now show a variable name instead of the value. What I did was find all of these tags and replace them.

Thanks for pointing me in this direction Ethan!

Changing all my localizations to hard-coded strings would have been a lot of work for me so I edited the lib/localization.rb and commented out these lines:

ActionMailer::Base.module_eval <<-EOL   private   def render_message(method_name, body)     initialize_template_class(body).render_file(method_name + "_#{CONFIG[:default_language]}")   end EOL

and that did the trick for me.

Ryan