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RE: [Zope-dev] Introspection, managing External Methods?
by Paul Everitt 19 Jul '99

19 Jul '99

Robin wrote: > Martijn wrote: > >There has been some talk about creating a scripting object that could > >contain Python code instead. This Python would then have to > use the Zope > >built-in > >security mechanisms to ensure it can't do anything evil. > This would be a > >rather > >marvellous thing to have, in my opinion. > > this would be like java's sandbox approach or safe-tcl Just so everybody knows, it would have some obnoxious constraints, just like these two examples. Think of it as midway between an expr and an External Method, erring on the side of the expr, as far as what was available. Gee, security, power, and simplicity go so well together. :^) --Paul

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Introspection, managing External Methods?
by Robin Becker 19 Jul '99

19 Jul '99

Are there any plans to upgrade the External Methods product to allow remote management ie creation/deletion/modification of the file texts? I ask because a major advantage of Zope is the ability to manage at a distance and this is not possible for External Methods. I can see easy fudges using a hack of fsimport, but something based on the existing external methods would be better. More generally how can one upgrade a Zope product remotely; assuming this were possible it would be nice to be able to remotely shut down Zope and get it to restart. -- Robin Becker

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Zclass bugs + Q's
by Anthony Pfrunder 18 Jul '99

18 Jul '99

[I'm posting this here b4 the Collector in case these have been solved in CVS versions. NB I'm using Zope A4 on IE 4 for Windows] Hi, I've found a bug(s) in ZClasses. Try the following: Create a new product Create a Zclass in the Product Delete the Zclass you just made Create a new Zclass in the same place. You will get a traceback error complaining about missing method manage_addzclass. Press the reload button and try again and it works Also, If you make anything items in a Zclass methods folder apart from a DTML Method Zope will throw up random errors. Sometimes it will put it into the root of the zclass (along with the factory DTML docs), sometimes it will insert it and then throw up intermittant tracebacks relating to missing zclass methods. To fix it, delete the zclass and add it again. Finally, If I make a zclass based on DTML Document and then create an instance of it and then VIEW the instance then IE downloads the document instead of displaying it. NB I was using a metatype of "Visual DTML". I haven't have a chance to try it with netscape yet. A few Q's about ZClasses (things I am going to try but want to ask while I'm posting;): If I make some methods in a Zclass can then call them via: Instance_html/mymethod? (where Instance_html is the url of a DTML Document based zclass) Which way does the acquision ('cuse the spelling) work? Through the Instance or through the zclass or both? If I make a zclass in the methods part of a zclass can I inherit the methods of the parent? Can I pinch the tar.py for my Zope for Windows distrib? ;) Cheers, Anthony Pfrunder

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Re: [Zope-dev] Zope for NetWare, or NDS Authentication - anyone i nterested?
by michel＠digicool.com 18 Jul '99

18 Jul '99

Rob Page <rob.page(a)digicool.com> writes: > > It might mean we've had to invent something for the, dare I say it, last > time? :^) > Yeah RIGHT. -Michel > --Rob

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Folders without Properties?
by Bill Anderson 18 Jul '99

18 Jul '99

Updated my cvs dump last night, and while playing around with it, I noticed that folders don't seem to have a properties page anymore. Does anyone else have this problem, or did I miss out on them going away? Bill

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RE: [Zope-dev] Zope for NetWare, or NDS Authentication - anyone i nterested?
by Rob Page 17 Jul '99

17 Jul '99

> On the other hand, an etcUserLDAP could authenticate to NDS (via > NetWare 5 server) or to Active Directory, so maybe that's an easier > route.. We are working on a consulting engagement developing a suite of Zope applications centered around authentication/access control info from an LDAP server. We are very hopeful that LDAP will continue to congeal as the lingua franca for directory services. It might mean we've had to invent something for the, dare I say it, last time? :^) --Rob

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Re: [Zope-dev] Re: BTW: CalendarTag
by michel＠digicool.com 17 Jul '99

17 Jul '99

Jason Spisak <webmaster(a)mtear.com> writes: > Kent, > > > Plese report back with how you use things like this. It's only neat > > to see one's ideas be used, but what's really cool is when someone > > comes up with something I can learn from. :^) > > Well I don't know if you can learn from me, but here's how I've used it. > > Each user can create objects that have a calendar_date property, which > means that they have some scheduling significance. I use the ZCatalog > to show me the things that occur on the day that the Calendar is set to. > In month mode I munged a way to make the date red if they have things > occuring on that day. Also, the owner is just a property where I store > the user name when the ZClass instance get created. I index them by > owner, and calendar_date. This way all users log on to the same page, > and all of them see "thier" calendar. > > Not pretty, but it works--> > I notice you do:  ...  several times in your calendar/catalog example. You can optimize this using the with or let tags to run this query just once and stuff it into a name you can reuse. This will make the page render much faster.   ...   ...   -Michel

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Calling SQL methods in external methods with passed parameters?
by Michael Collins 16 Jul '99

16 Jul '99

HI, I want to call a Z SQL method in an external method and pass to it the relevant parameters. Any clever hints on how to do so? I was under the impression that something akin to rendering DTML pages might work. So I tried: REQUEST.form['level_id']=10 sqlvals = sqlcall(sqlcall,REQUEST) And I'm getting empty data back. Am I missing a field in the request?

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Re: ZClass Meta Types
by Kevin Dangoor 16 Jul '99

16 Jul '99

Jason, I discovered that my CVS was actually, in fact, not updating anything :( I just installed 2.0a4 from the tarball and everything looks good now. Kevin Jason Spisak wrote: Kevin, As of 10:00 AM PST the CVS update seems to still hold the original meta_type name in the add menu and all other mate_type menus. If you changes it in the ZClass Basic tab, it changes on the Basic tab page, but not anywhere else. Is this still a problem for you? Jason Spisak webmaste-(a)mtear.com

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Re: BTW: CalendarTag
by Jason Spisak 16 Jul '99

16 Jul '99

Kent, > Plese report back with how you use things like this. It's only neat > to see one's ideas be used, but what's really cool is when someone > comes up with something I can learn from. :^) Well I don't know if you can learn from me, but here's how I've used it. Each user can create objects that have a calendar_date property, which means that they have some scheduling significance. I use the ZCatalog to show me the things that occur on the day that the Calendar is set to. In month mode I munged a way to make the date red if they have things occuring on that day. Also, the owner is just a property where I store the user name when the ZClass instance get created. I index them by owner, and calendar_date. This way all users log on to the same page, and all of them see "thier" calendar. Not pretty, but it works-->  <center>   <a href="">   <font color="FF0000">   </a> </font>  <font size="+3"><b>  </b></font>   <p><a href=""><font color="FF0000">: </font></a>   <form> <center> <table> <tr> <td> <i>An Appointment is something other than an Interview or Offer, <br>or anything else in the system related to recruiting. <br>To create the appointment click "New Appoinment" <br></i> <input value="New Appointment" type="submit"> </td> </tr> </table> <center> </form>  <a href="">   <font color="FF0000">   </a> </font>   <p><a href=""></a>     </center>  Of course in Zope 2 it's giving me the error about the tuple, but it worked like a charm with the early version of the Catalog and Zope 1.10. All my best, Jason Spisak webmaster(a)mtear.com

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