Difference from returning in a promise and outside a promise

Question

In the code below. When i put the return true in the .error or in the .success function. Then nothing happends.

But when I put it outside my .error or .success function then it returns nicely and it closes my ngDialog when i return true. However I don't really understand why.

angular.module('App')
.controller('NewUserController',function($scope, User, $http){

    $scope.user = {};

    $scope.save = function()
    {
        User.create($scope.user)
            .success(function(data){
                console.log('success');
                return true;
            })
            .error(function(data){
                console.log('error')
                return false;
            });

        return true;
    }

});

because in that case when you returning in success it not returning because it's in callback function and I think the context is not the same. — Narek Mamikonyan, Feb 05 '15 at 12:55
@NarekMamikonyan how can I make it returning success from the .success function? — sanders, Feb 05 '15 at 12:56
@NarekMamikonyan yes it's the default `closeThisDialog()` function — sanders, Feb 05 '15 at 12:59
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/70304/discussion-between-sanders-and-narek-mamikonyan). — sanders, Feb 05 '15 at 13:01

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 05 '15 at 12:55

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$scope.save = function()
{
    return User.create($scope.user)
        .success(function(data){
            console.log('success');
            return true;
        })
        .error(function(data){
            console.log('error')
            return false;
        });
}

answered Feb 05 '15 at 12:55

freele

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This doesn't work. My dialog stays open even in the .success function. – sanders Feb 05 '15 at 12:56
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Could you show the part where you actually trying to close the dialog? Where do you call closeThisDialog()? – freele Feb 05 '15 at 13:01

Difference from returning in a promise and outside a promise

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