How to display map for in a block on sidebar?

I haven't displayed a block in a sidebar, but I remember having seen a module "node as block" or something like that, maybe that could help.

That said, you shouldn't call gmap_cck_field_formatter() directly, but rather content_format() instead.
In order to work you can pass the fieldname of the gmap_cck field (i.e. 'field_myfield') as first parameter to content_format().

If you succeed please post here how you did it.

Thank you ray,

I tried that. It seems the function is not able to get widget related info. It just throws text instead of rendering the map.

Seems like content_format does make right call. However gmap_cck_field_formatter
is not doing the job.

Now i find something weird.

when i directly call function gmap_cck_field_formatter passing field name (which is field_my_loc_map) for $field. It displays the map.

But the above call throws two warnings-
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warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in d:\apache group\Apache\~ ~ ~\modules\gmap_addons\gmap_cck.module on line 518.

warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #2 is not an array in d:\apache group\Apache\~ ~ ~\modules\gmap_addons\gmap_cck.module on line 279
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Here is what i find at those 2 lines--
Line #518: foreach ($nrf as $delta => $item) {
Line #279: $map = array_merge(gmap_defaults(), $field, $m);

When i build array for field and call gmap_cck_field_formatter like-

It does not display that warning. But it does not display the map as well.

Calling content_format() does exactly that. It passes an array for $field. Therefore it does not throw any warning but it does not display map as well.

1. don't use gmap_cck_field_formatter() directly, use content_format() instead
2. don't pass an empty string as 3rd parameter (formatter), use 'default' instead

for the warning insert the following code in line 516 (after $fname = ...):

I'll do a new release a bit later.

ray,

thank you for quick help.

When i use content_format(), i don't get any warning with or without that statement to be inserted at #516.
print content_format('field_test_location_map', $node->field_my_loc_map[0], 'default', $node);
However it does not display any map. I can see that field on page source though. So it seems all the formatting are not done properly.

When i use the following call.
print content_format('field_test_location_map', $node->field_my_loc_map[0], 'default', $node);
a) it displays the map
b) with that statement at line#516, one of the warning is gone. However one of them referring to line#279 is still there

If the warning in line 279 is still there, then your first parameter to content_format() seems to be wrong. Looking at your example, I'd expect the line to look like this:

And a small correction of my last statement: the value of the formatter argument (parameter 3) currently doesn't matter. But it's still a good idea to not pass it empty ;-)

>>>then your first parameter to content_format() seems to be wrong

I tried creating a new field to test it. that's why you found different field name in my last message.

I still observe the same behavior-

1) with content_format()
a) no warning
b) map does not show up even though i can see it takes some blank space on screen

2) with gmap_cck_field_formatter()
a) throws warning at line#279
b) map shows up

If you use gmap_cck_field_formatter() directly, you cannot use the fieldname as first paramter.

What's the result of $field = content_fields('field_my_loc_map');?
Because if you don't get a valid field configuration array here, the whole thing cannot work.

That would also explain the call to content_format() not working - the content module cannot find the field definition you're asking it for.

ok. here is what i find in html source. this seems to be related to calls to theming function-

This one has been generated using content_format, that does not display-

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And this one has been generated using gmap_cck_field_formatter() and the map shows up in this case-

This one seem to ignore custom size defined for the field. Instead it takes default size information and probably other properties as well from gmap module.

result of $field = content_fields('field_test_location_map');

ray,

Let me know if you would like me to try out few things.

Try to use http://drupal.org/project/nodeasblock
Can't do debugging custom code here, that does not work.