May 2000 - Zope-Dev - Zope lists

I am lost. Please help.
by Bob Erb 01 May '00

01 May '00

I'm pulling my hair out. Have my questions been asked and answered 500 times on this list? I don't care, put me on the dink list, I'm desperate. It's not like I haven't been pounding my head against the docs for too long. Here's what I want: - classes defined in Python modules - object persistence via ZODB - manipulation of objects via XML-RPC - Zope security features I _don't_ need: - manipulation of my objects via Zope Management Interface I have tried: - Old Product API; couldn't get it to work, following How-To's - ZClasses; couldn't get it to work, using Zope Guides Am I an idiot? If I follow the directions in the How-To's and Guides, will I end up with what I want? Have I screwed up? Can I no longer follow instructions? This used to seem much clearer. Maybe something heavy fell on my head. Where do I start over? My god, I'm frustrated. Thanks for any help. __________________________________________________________________________ Visit http://www.visto.com/info, your free web-based communications center. Visto.com. Life on the Dot.

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Re: [Zope] CatalogAware and multiple meta_types
by ed colmar 01 May '00

01 May '00

I have started down the path of trying to convert my squishdot based product to use the Catalog instead of the "old" Squishdot indexing system. I have set up the _searchable_result_columns, and _searchable_arguments methods for 4 of the variables I am interested in. I have placed the self.reindex_object() call in the manage_edit method. I commented out the old search interface. Now, all seememd good until I tried to add variables that belonged to a different meta_type. Which results in an AttributeError value: 0 Within my base class I have four different meta_types that can be added. People Promoters Events Hosts Each of these objects contain different variables. People objects contain "name", and promoter objects contain "promotername". How do I set it up so that all of these values can be cataloged and searched? Do I have to standardize naming conventions so that all objects share common variable names? Or, can I define searchable paramaters within these objects? Thanks for any ideas or suggestions! -ed-

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ANN: JPicture 0.0.2 released
by Jens Vagelpohl 01 May '00

01 May '00

Hi everybody, Having read a lot of peoples' questions about how to create types of objects that act as a container and into which you can upload stuff like pictures, and because I had a personal need for this type of object, I sat down and created "JPicture". I know, very imaginative name... JPicture is an "old-style" Zope product (meaning it is not ZClass-based and all components are on the file system) that is based on Zope's own Image class with the following additions: * a field of type "text" called "description" that allows you to store more than just a title with the picture * a second image can be uploaded into a JPicture as a "thumbnail" attribute. This can be done either when a JPicture is first created or at any point afterwards. Otherwise JPicture quacks and waddles just like a normal Image in Zope. Apart from my own need I hope it can serve as a model for those who have had problems in the past tackling the "uploading a file into an object"-problem. And if you're a big ZClass fan it is very easy to make JPicture into a Base class that can be inherited by a new ZClass by either replacing the code in __init__.py that starts with "context.registerClass..." with a line that reads "context.registerBaseClass(JPicture.JPicture, 'JPicture') or simply adding this after the "context.registerClass..." bit. Find the whole shebang including legalese and other documentation at: http://www.zope.org/Members/jens/JPicture ! jens ---- Jens Vagelpohl jens(a)digicool.com Software Engineer www.digicool.com Digital Creations (888) 344-4332 Got Zope? ----

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Adding Pike ability to Zope
by David Brown 01 May '00

01 May '00

I have just submitted a product to be reviewed on the main Zope site. It's called ZFDocument, and it subclasses DTML Document to allow it to be editted by Pike (as well as in a browser -- this was always possible, but I made it easier to expose). Now all I really had to do was add four methods to my subclass, as well as one instance var. That, and the PikeCompatibility framework I built for ZopeFish are all we need to be able to talk to Pike. I propose that I modify (or submit patches for) DTML Method. By adding Pike compatibility there, we get it for almost everything. XML Document will take a patch, but that's easy enough to do, if I make the additions a mixin. Who do I talk to/What do I have to do to make this a reality? dave

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