How do I get an instance of my main controller to manipulate from the console?

[subimage]

Assuming I have this code as my app initialize...how do I get the instantiated instance of CbMobile.controller.Main which I can run code against in the console?

Ext.Loader.setConfig({ enabled: true });


Ext.application({
  name: 'CbMobile',
  controllers: [
    // Base classes
    'Base',
    'CrudBase',
    //
    'Contacts',
    'Expenses',
    'Main',
    'Projects',
    'Settings',
    'Timesheet'
  ],
  models: ['Section']
});

[DrunkenBeard]

Declare a global variable in your app.js just before (or after) enabling Ext.Loader :

var consoleCtrl = null;

Instantiate it with your desired controller inside the launch method of your application :

launch: function() {
    consoleCtrl = this.getController('Main');

    // More stuff
}

You can now use consoleCtrl as a reference to your controller from the console.

[subimage]

Aha...OK thanks. I thought there might be a more "sencha" way to do that, or thought perhaps it automatically created some globs when making my apps and controllers.

[jearlu]

The more "sencha" way of doing this (without declaring a global variable) would be:

CbMobile.app.getController('Main');

[fousheezy]

The more "sencha" way of doing this (without declaring a global variable) would be:

CbMobile.app.getController('Main');

Please note that CbMobile is the app's namespace you defined in app.js and should be changed accordingly

You can find your app's namespace in app.js

Ext.application({
    name: ' -- namespace goes here -- ',

[dbabyak]

doesn't work for me.

[frayjusto]

If you're declaring your MVCs in app.js, you'll want to make the getController call with the full namespace; otherwise you'll end up with a new instance of your controller, and not the actual controller that's already working in your app.

Not sure why this is, because in app.js you list controllers without the namespace (controllers: ['Main', 'Etc'])... I guess the devs just want us to type a lot.

eg:

CbMobile.app.getController('CbMobile.controller.Main');

vs.

CbMobile.app.getController('Main');