Can't Get Widget To Display When Staff Views Client's Profile

[velaware]

This is part of my database manager plugin.  I'm trying to create a widget that shows on a client's profile when a staff member goes to view it.  Here's the files in question: https://gist.github.com/anzenehansen/eb26e30a8c1f8169bc66

 

The widget code is a simple boiler template that just has

<?php
$this->Widget->clear();
$this->Widget->create("Database Manager");
?>
<div class="inner">Tester</div>
<?php $this->Widget->end(); ?>

Nothing fancy yet so I'm not sure why this isn't displaying.  I've also tried:

$this->Widget->create(null, "Database Manager");

Still nothing is rendered.  The page loads fine otherwise, however.

[Tyson]

Just glanced at it and it looks like your AdminMain controller does not call preAction().

 

i.e.

/**
* Pre action
 */
public function preAction() {
    parent::preAction();
    #
    # TODO: load other stuff, like models, helpers, language, etc.
    #
}

[velaware]

I've tried that and it still doesn't show.  No errors as far as I know just when I go to the client's profile nothing is added besides the default.

[Cody]

You should be using the WidgetClient helpers for the client interface, not the Widget helper. They are very similar though.

[velaware]

Issue is fixed.  I needed to call return $this->renderAjaxWidgetIfAsync(false); in the index function.

 

@Cody: I'll try that and see if it gives me more of a result that I want. Does it work the same as Widget helper, or is there differences?

[Cody]

There are minute differences, mostly internal, the biggest being that the WidgetClient doesn't support tabs. Aside from that they're pretty much identical.

[velaware]

There are minute differences, mostly internal, the biggest being that the WidgetClient doesn't support tabs. Aside from that they're pretty much identical.

That works for me, lol.

 

Wondering, how do I display text on a widget?  I have this codei n my AdminMain controller's index function:

$e = "test";
$d = "bob";

$this->set(compact("e", "d"));

return $this->renderAjaxWidgetIfAsync(false);

In the view file I have this:

<?php echo($e . "=" . $d); ?>

The code in the vie wfile makes the widget not render at all.

[velaware]

Fixed it.  Error on my part