/** * @example Binding a Model to a Form * */ Ext.require('Ext.form.Panel'); Ext.require('Ext.form.field.Date'); Ext.define('User', { extend: 'Ext.data.Model', fields: ['firstName', 'lastName', 'birthDate'], proxy: { type: 'ajax', api: { read: 'data/get_user', update: 'data/update_user' }, reader: { type: 'json', root: 'users' } } }); Ext.onReady(function() { var userForm = Ext.create('Ext.form.Panel', { renderTo: Ext.getBody(), title: 'User Form', height: 150, width: 280, bodyPadding: 10, defaultType: 'textfield', items: [ { fieldLabel: 'First Name', name: 'firstName' }, { fieldLabel: 'Last Name', name: 'lastName' }, { xtype: 'datefield', fieldLabel: 'Date of Birth', name: 'birthDate' } ], buttons: [ { text: 'Submit', handler: function() { var form = this.up('form').getForm(), // get the basic form record = form.getRecord(); // get the underlying model instance if (form.isValid()) { // make sure the form contains valid data before submitting form.updateRecord(record); // update the record with the form data record.save({ // save the record to the server success: function(user) { Ext.Msg.alert('Success', 'User saved successfully.') }, failure: function(user) { Ext.Msg.alert('Failure', 'Failed to save user.') } }); } else { // display error alert if the data is invalid Ext.Msg.alert('Invalid Data', 'Please correct form errors.') } } } ] }); Ext.ModelMgr.getModel('User').load(1, { // load user with ID of "1" success: function(user) { userForm.loadRecord(user); // when user is loaded successfully, load the data into the form } }); });