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tag suggestions: format tag
by Jay, Dylan 23 Jul '99

23 Jul '99

Along the same lines as , I propose the ability to do that at definition time instead of when you call the document. Lets say I want a section of Structured text in DTML document I could do the following  *Item 1 *Item 2  or if I want to plain text (and not have DTML processed) I could do the following    Good idea or not? My rationale is as follows. 1. I want to be able to add documents in various formats. The format is fixed at creation time. I don't want to have to tell zope how to render something everytime it is to be rendered. A structured text document is a structured text document. An alternative way of doing this is to have another property of a document specifying how it is to rendered. 2. How do I display DTML syntax in a DTML document?

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Re: [Zope] Re: [Zope-dev] creating one ZClass instance in the constructor of another
by Kevin Dangoor 23 Jul '99

23 Jul '99

Hi, In some recent messages, there were people talking about creating objects from within External Methods. In there, after the createInObjectManager call, they call a _setObject method (or something like that). Unfortunately, we can't do that from DTML because it starts with _. Maybe there is some piece missing that is need to create these objects wherever you wish via DTML? Not to confuse the issue, but I've got a slightly different situation and a slightly different problem (but no luck, either :) I have two ZClasses: KMArticleStore and KMArticle. There is a method within KMArticleStore that I would like to use to create new KMArticles. I've tried a few variations to get this to work. Brian (Lloyd)'s suggestion <dtml-call "Control_Panel.Products.Kendermedia.KMArticle_add(REQUEST)"> Yields a NameError (KMArticle), here: Object: KMArticle.createInObjectManager(REQUEST['id'], REQUEST) I did, at one point, manage to get the article added to the Products part of the control panel :) (I think by calling Control_Panel.Products.Kendermedia.KMArticle.createInObjectManager directly) Kevin --- Brian Hooper <brian(a)garage.co.jp> wrote: > Hi, thanks for the response! > > Brian Lloyd <Brian(a)digicool.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Zopistas - > > > > > > This is probably a really easy one, but I was > wondering if > > > anyone knows > > > how to create an instance of one ZClass inside > the constructor of a > > > different ZClass. To illustrate with an > example: > > > > > > I have defined two ZClasses, a ProjectManager > and a GuestBook (I > > > reimplemented the old Guestbook example product > using ZClasses) as > > > separate Products (since they are not really > intrinsically related). > > > I want to use the GuestBook in the > ProjectManager, but I can't figure > > > out how to create the GuestBook in the > ProjectManager's constructor. > > > > > > I want to do something like > > > > > >  > > > > > > in the ProjectManager_add method; however, since > the other Product's > > > names don't seem to be defined in the namespace > of ProjectManager_add, > > > this doesn't work. > > > > > > Can anyone please tell me the magical solution > to this problem? > > > > > > > > > --Brian Hooper > > > > This is a little ugly, but it should work > (untested). Let me know! > > > >  > > I tried this (or rather, something like it - sharp > observers may have > noticed that I screwed up the question a little; > since GuestBook_add is > a DTML Method, it should probably be called >  after resetting the id > in REQUEST to > whatever I want the new object id to be): > >  >  > > Puzzlingly (at first), there was no error, but also > the 'messages' > GuestBook did not appear in my newly created > ProjectManager instance. > Apparently, the GuestBook instance is being created > but instead of being > contained in the ProjectManager instance, it is > simply returned inside > the ProjectManager_add constructor page. When I > remove the redirect at > the end of the ProjectManager constructor and >  instead of >  the above DTML statements, I get a > > <GuestBook instance at 80f12e0> > > in the ProjectManager_add page. > > I guess this has something to do with how > createInObjectManager works; > however, I'm still not able to get my noodle around > what's going on > there (turns my brain to spaghetti). Is there any > way of skirting around > this problem? (not the brain spaghetti problem, the > instance in an > instance problem) > > --Brian > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [Zope-dev] creating one ZClass instance in the constructor of another
by Brian Hooper 23 Jul '99

23 Jul '99

Hi, thanks for the response! Brian Lloyd <Brian(a)digicool.com> wrote: > > Hi Zopistas - > > > > This is probably a really easy one, but I was wondering if > > anyone knows > > how to create an instance of one ZClass inside the constructor of a > > different ZClass. To illustrate with an example: > > > > I have defined two ZClasses, a ProjectManager and a GuestBook (I > > reimplemented the old Guestbook example product using ZClasses) as > > separate Products (since they are not really intrinsically related). > > I want to use the GuestBook in the ProjectManager, but I can't figure > > out how to create the GuestBook in the ProjectManager's constructor. > > > > I want to do something like > > > >  > > > > in the ProjectManager_add method; however, since the other Product's > > names don't seem to be defined in the namespace of ProjectManager_add, > > this doesn't work. > > > > Can anyone please tell me the magical solution to this problem? > > > > > > --Brian Hooper > > This is a little ugly, but it should work (untested). Let me know! > >  I tried this (or rather, something like it - sharp observers may have noticed that I screwed up the question a little; since GuestBook_add is a DTML Method, it should probably be called  after resetting the id in REQUEST to whatever I want the new object id to be):   Puzzlingly (at first), there was no error, but also the 'messages' GuestBook did not appear in my newly created ProjectManager instance. Apparently, the GuestBook instance is being created but instead of being contained in the ProjectManager instance, it is simply returned inside the ProjectManager_add constructor page. When I remove the redirect at the end of the ProjectManager constructor and  instead of  the above DTML statements, I get a <GuestBook instance at 80f12e0> in the ProjectManager_add page. I guess this has something to do with how createInObjectManager works; however, I'm still not able to get my noodle around what's going on there (turns my brain to spaghetti). Is there any way of skirting around this problem? (not the brain spaghetti problem, the instance in an instance problem) --Brian

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Re: [Zope] ZHttpServer and NT service diff pythons
by Jay, Dylan 22 Jul '99

22 Jul '99

> -----Original Message----- > From: Michel Pelletier [mailto:michel@digicool.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 18:06 > To: Jay, Dylan > Cc: 'zope(a)zope.org' > Subject: Re: [Zope] ZHttpServer and NT service using pythons > > > "Jay, Dylan" wrote: > > > > I have an external method that works just fine with > ZHttpServer. When I > > switched to using apache and the Zope.exe cgi I have > problems. os.ListDir is > > not working the same. > > How is it not working the same? I'm using a path such as r"//machinename/sharedrive/dir". With ZHttpServer this works fine. With apache and the cgi exe it throws an exception... along the lines of it being an illegal path. > > I presume that somehow the python path or environment > > is different. Can anyone help me with this problem? > > > > Try creating an external method that returns sys.path, then >  > that with both servers and compare them. >From Apache I get ['D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\lib\\python', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\lib\\python\\python1.5', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\lib\\python1.5\\plat-win', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\bin', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\lib\\python', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\lib\\python1.5', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\lib\\python1.5\\plat-win', '.\\DLLs', '.\\lib', '.\\lib\\plat-win', '.\\lib\\lib-tk', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\bin'] >From ZHttpServer I get ['D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\lib\\python', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\lib\\python\\Components', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\lib\\python\\Components\\win32', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest/lib/python', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest/lib/python1.5', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest/lib/python1.5/plat-win', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\lib\\python', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\lib\\python1.5', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\lib\\python1.5\\plat-win', '.\\DLLs', '.\\lib', '.\\lib\\plat-win', '.\\lib\\lib-tk', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\bin'] The main differences seem to be \\ZopeTest\\lib\\python\\Components', 'D:\\Program Files\\ZopeTest\\lib\\python\\Components\\win32', however no such directories exist. The os.name returned by both servers is "nt". Whats going on here?

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RE: [Zope] Assignment to Properties (not intuitive!)
by Jay, Dylan 22 Jul '99

22 Jul '99

> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Weiner [mailto:weiner@tu-harburg.de] > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 23:33 > To: zope(a)zope.org > Subject: Re: [Zope] Assignment to Properties > > > > > D.Neuber(a)CENIT.DE schrieb: > > > > Hi. > > > > I hope a simple question : > > > > How can I assign a value to a property from a DTML-Method. > > > >  is not the right way. > > > > prop1 is a int property of the folder containing the DTML-Method. > > Try  in the > DTML method. Is there any reason why the syntax can't just be . Manage_changeProperties is not intuitive at all.

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ANNOUNCE: XMLDocument 1.0a1
by Amos Latteier 22 Jul '99

22 Jul '99

I am pleased to announce the first alpha release of XML Document. XML Document allows you to use xml objects in the Zope environment. You can create xml documents in Zope and leverage Zope to format, query, and manipulate xml. http://www.zope.org/Download/XMLDocument This release requires Zope 2.0x and the pyexpat parser which will be distributed with Zope come Zope 2.0b1. Until the Zope beta release you can get pyexpat from the Python xml-sig's xml package. http://www.python.org/sigs/xml-sig I'd love feedback on the functionality and design of this product. I think that it has a lot of potential. Also I encourage contributions on this project since I do not have a lot of time to spend on it myself. Happy xml hacking! -Amos P.S. Install it like a normal Zope product, i.e. ungzip and untar in inside your Zope directory. If you are using the xml-sig pyexpat, Zope will expect to find it in xml.parsers.pyexpat. -- Amos Latteier mailto:amos@digicool.com Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com

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Re: [Zope] newbie question: nested loops
by David J. C. Beach 22 Jul '99

22 Jul '99

I made a mistake here (although correcting it doesn't fix my original problem). My DTML should have read: ------------------------list_docs------------------------------ <table> <tr> <th>Id</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Author</th> </tr>      <tr> <td></td> <-- show document id --> <td></td> <-- show document title --> <td></td> <-- show user name == author --> </tr>     </table> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sorry for the extra traffic. Dave -- David J. C. Beach <beach(a)verinet.com>

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newbie question: nested loops
by David J. C. Beach 22 Jul '99

22 Jul '99

I just started using Zope this week, so I'm pretty wet behind the ears, so if anyone could answer these questions, I'd appreciate it. I'm trying to write a nested loop in DTML and am running into some difficulties. The goal is to loop over the elements of a "lines" property of a folder and lookup those names (which are the names of subfolders), and then repeat this process in a inner-loop (on the subfolders) to lookup the names of documents in those subfolders. The object structure looks something like this: /home (property users=['user1', 'user2']) | +--/user1 (property publish=['object1', 'object2']) | | | +---object1 (DTML Document) | | | +---object2 (DTML Document) | +--/user2 (property publish=['this', 'that']) | +---this (DTML Document) | +---that (DTML Document) The goal here would be to iterate over the users in the outer loop and then to iterate over their published documents in the inner-loop (thus getting all published documents from all users). I've got a DTML method (sitting in /home) that looks something this: (NOTE: I'm using a version of Zope which doesn't support the new "let" tag -- I'm guessing that the "let" tag is syntactic sugar for a "with _.namespace()" construct.) ------------------------list_docs------------------------------ <table> <tr> <th>Id</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Author</th> </tr>      <tr> <td></td> <-- show document id --> <td></td> <-- show document title -->   <td></td> <-- show user name == author --> </tr>   </table> ------------------------------------------------------------------ What am I doing wrong here? I think I'm having an unnecessairly hard time solving this, so please show me if there's an easier way. Writing all this also leads me to a second question: Why does DTML require that I explicitly look-up names-space elements in the special namespace variable (_)? Couldn't many of these expressions be rewritten with more clarity as something like ()? What does this special _ object buy me? Thanks for your help. Dave -- David J. C. Beach <beach(a)verinet.com>

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Zserver blocks DDE on Win NT?
by Thomas Weiner 22 Jul '99

22 Jul '99

I observed that Zserver obviously inhibits DDE-Connections on Win NT. For Example: If I want to open an Access - Database within MS Word I have to shut down Zserver. Everything works fine with Zhttpserver. Is that already known? Are there any Workarounds. I'm using Zope 10.1.3 (the latest release) and Zserver with the cvs zpublisher. thanks thomas -- fon: ++49 (0)40 42878 3781 fax: ++49 (0)40 42878 2728

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RE: [Zope] Re: RE: [Zope] Grabbing specific indexes from an #in
by Michel Pelletier 22 Jul '99

22 Jul '99

> -----Original Message----- > From: craigv(a)jps.net [mailto:craigv@jps.net] > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 2:32 PM > To: zope(a)zope.org > Subject: [Zope] Re: RE: [Zope] Grabbing specific indexes from an #in > > > Hope I don't seem dense, but could I get a bit more clarification? > > Right now I am iterating through like this: >  > > ... and pulling out certain properties of each folder: >  > > How do I achieve the same goal while picking the folder at a specific > sequence? For example, I want to display some properties of > the folders > at indexes 2, 5, and 7 without iterating through all of the folders. > > Thanks in advance for your help. >      -Michel > --Craig > > > > I am trying to find a way to grab a specific index from an > > > #in. I would > > > like to use this much like an array in which I could ask for > > > the object > > > at index [i]. Is there a way to grab specific indexes from an #in > > > without iterating through the entire list of objects? > > > > > > > No need to use #in if you just want one item: > > > >  > > > > you can slice too: > > > >  > > ... > >  > > > > gives you the fifth to the last element. Note the quotes. > This is an > > evaluation of an expression. > > > > -Michel > > > > -Michel > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > --Craig > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > > > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > > > > > (For developer-specific issues, use the companion list, > > > zope-dev(a)zope.org - http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > > (For developer-specific issues, use the companion list, > zope-dev(a)zope.org - http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope (To receive general Zope announcements, see: http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce For developer-specific issues, zope-dev(a)zope.org - http://www.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )

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