July 2000 - Zope - Zope lists

Updating product property sheet values
by Paul Smith 26 Jul '00

26 Jul '00

Hi I have just been asked to stop banging my head against the wall, as it is annoying other people in the office, so I turn to you all in the hope you can help! I am trying to create a moderated news bulletin board, and have based the back-end loosely on the Job Board engine, as "Created by mukhsein" and available as a How to on Zope.org. So far, I have successfully implemented the posting of news items, and have assigned them a property sheet value which means that I can display items which I have manually created with a 'live' value. The property sheet has 3 properties, news_title, news_content and live - live being a flag indicating whether the news item has been moderated. Default is '1' for unmoderated. I have also created an 'update form' which displays all the news items which are ready to be moderated ('live' value of 1). What I am failing miserably to do, is update the property sheet value, so that the news items are displayed in the 'live' list, rather than the to-be-moderated list. I want to be able to do this by submitting the moderated news item, and changing the value "live" from a '1' to a '0'. I am attempting to do this by sending a value as a hidden value within a form when the news item is submitted. I know that I am being pretty vague in this summation, but am interested to know if anyone can point me in the right direction - if you require code samples, I can provide, but really the base code is pretty similar to that of the Job Board (http://www.zope.org/Members/mukhsein/job_board_howto) without the search element. Any guidance will be greatly appreciated. Paul ------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Smith : paul.smith(a)bristol.ac.uk http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Institute for Learning and Research Technology University of Bristol, BS8 1HH, UK Tel: 0117 928 7192 Fax: 0117 928 7112

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Re: Problem
by Chris McDonough 26 Jul '00

26 Jul '00

Anvita, JavaScript is inlined in a DTML method just like it would be inside a file on a filesystem. Because JavaScript runs on the client, you just need to make sure that you return it somehow in the response to the client. There is no "magic" to doing this... as a simple example: - create a DTML method with the following body: <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Test</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <script> alert('hi') </script> </HTML> - view it You should see a JavaScript alert box in your browser. ----- Dear Sir, Thanx for promt reply. I could get some help but still unable to find some material abt "how to call JavaScript while creating our site using Zope". I tried but couldn't succeed. I would be thankful if you'll tell me something about it too. Thanking you, Yours truly, Anvita Bajpai Research Engineer IIT Kanpur - India.

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mod_pcgi2 version 1.1.2 announced stable
by Oleg Broytmann 26 Jul '00

26 Jul '00

Hello! http://www.zope.org/Members/phd/mod_pcgi2/mod_pcgi2_v1.1.2_stable/ mod_pcgi2 version version 1.1.2 announced stable! The module works perfectly whether installed on root location, on non-root location or on longer location. Editors successfully manage the site, visitors happily view it, no problem with Apache/Zope have been reported for a long while. The site started on Zope 2.1.4, later upgarded to Zope 2.2.0b2, b3, b4; now it runs on Zope 2.2.0. Both ZServer and PCGI-only modes work fine with mod_pcgi2. Oleg. ---- Oleg Broytmann http://www.zope.org/Members/phd/ phd2(a)mail.com Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.

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Re: display of SQL request answer
by Chris McDonough 26 Jul '00

26 Jul '00

Vincent, This may be helpful: http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Guides/ZSQL-HTML/ZSQL.1.1.4.html Also, this question is more suited for the main Zope mail list (zope(a)zope.org) I've moved it there as a result. Vincent DELHOMMOIS wrote: > > Hi, > > I am using the Z ODBC DA connexion to access an "Access" database via ODBC. > > I created a connexion -> No problem > An SQL method -> No problem > > How can I customise the display of the answer of the SQL request ? > > Thanks a lot. > > Vincent > > _______________________________________________ > Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev(a)zope.org > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )

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Problem with ZCatalog output and SiteAccess (with workaround)
by Marcin Kasperski 26 Jul '00

26 Jul '00

In short: ZCatalog getpath method returns sth. like '/public/the/path/to/found/object' It causes the problem when one uses SiteAccess to modify URL paths (let's say I use Apache mod_proxy to redirect http://my.host/zope to http://my.host:8080/public and set SiteAccess in public zope dir to return http://my.host/zope) URL's generated from ZCatalog searches via 'tutorial way': <a href="<dtml-var "catalog.getpath(data_record_id_)">"> does not work. I get sth like http://my.host/public/the/path/to/found/object (and Apache claims no /public directory on server). The problem can be solved via via converting fully specified link returned by getpath to relative link (in most cases it is enough to split this string on slash, remove 2 leading items and join it again) - then I get correct URL without SiteAccess intervention. Code snippet from zcatalog search result form: <dtml-comment> This does not work with SiteAccess/proxying <a href="<dtml-var "catalog.getpath(data_record_id_)">"> </dtml-comment> <dtml-let page_path="catalog.getpath(data_record_id_)" page_split="_.string.split(page_path,'/')" final_path="_.string.join(page_split[2:],'/')" > <a href="<dtml-var "final_path">"> </dtml-let> <dtml-var title></a> This is rather workaround than clean solution. I can imagine two 'true' solutions: - patching ZCatalog to return relative URLs only - patching SiteAccess to do something with '/such/urls' (is it possible?) -- Marcin.Kasperski | You have the right to change your mind, to substitute @softax.com.pl | functionality, and to change priorities. (Ken Beck's Marcin.Kasperski | Third Customer Right) @bigfoot.com |

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RE: [Zope] Python/Tkinter & Zope
by Gijs Reulen 26 Jul '00

26 Jul '00

Would it make any sense ? Such an application could only run on the server. Not exactly the idea of a web-enabled application ?! To use it on a client at least Python and TKinter should be installed on the client. This would only be feasable in a corporate environment, but then, why still use Zope ? I think I do not know what you want with the combination of GUI and Zope. Gijs > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: tim(a)zope.org [mailto:tim@zope.org]Namens Tim Cook > Verzonden: woensdag 26 juli 2000 5:03 > Aan: Zope List > Onderwerp: [Zope] Python/Tkinter & Zope > > > Has anyone used this combination for GUI inside a Zope app? > > -- Tim Cook -- > FreePM Project Coordinator - http://www.freepm.org > OS Healthcare Alliance Supporter - http://www.oshca.org > > _______________________________________________ > Zope maillist - Zope(a)zope.org > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > >

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PCGI still not functional
by Bill Anderson 26 Jul '00

26 Jul '00

OK, it isn't just me, I've gotten email from others having this problem; unfortunately, I have had to tell them I still have it. I have tried using older pcgi code, I have tried the PCGI_FDS_CLOSE=0 variable, and still, nothing seems to work right. The second method worked once, but a reboot stopped that clean in it's tracks, and it doesn't work now. I've even tried combining both of the above; no luck. In the 2.2betas, and in 2.1.6, I could use ZServer and PCGI, but now, I get one or the other. Can someone at DC look into fixing this? We still get unable to connect errors, _even_ if the pcgi.soc file is created. I am getting this on _every_ 2.2.0 final server I have. On Linux and HPUX. Eagerly awaiting resolution ... Bill -- Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are easy to annoy, and have the root password.

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Re: [Zope] timezone change and permission problem
by Bart Holthuijsen 26 Jul '00

26 Jul '00

>From: Dieter Maurer <dieter(a)handshake.de> >Bart Holthuijsen writes: > > When I create / edit a document it says: Content changed, then date / >time > > and GMT+2. >Why are you unhappy with the timezone? Is it not correct? > >Almost surely, Zope will ask the operating system for the >timezone. You may try to set the environment variable TZ >to cheat. > > >Dieter Thank you for your help! Oh, I forgot to mention an important detail. I'm in GMT+1 and that is also what I have set Windows NT to. The previous installation of Zope (2.1.4) showed the right time, after the upgrade it changed to GMT+2. Can anyone help me with changing this back? (if not, then I'll try the environment variable) Kind regards, Bart Holthuijsen ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

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Re: [Zope] all DTML Methods of current folder and subfolder
by Dieter Maurer 26 Jul '00

26 Jul '00

Jerome ALET writes: > Please do you know how to pass a "complex" obj_expr parameter to the > ZopeFind call ? > > I want to do the following loop in Zope 2.1.6: > > <dtml-in "ZopeFind(this(), obj_metatypes=['Folder'], search_sub=1, obj_expr=XXX"> > > where XXX is "not objectValues(['Folder'])" > > this would recursively find all subfolders which hasn't got any > subfolder from the current folder. > > What is the correct syntax (', " and """ nesting) for that ? You cannot use " or """ because this would confuse the dtml-parser. You can use: ... obj_expr='''not objectValues(['Folder'])''' ... or ... obj_epxr='not objectValues[\'Folder\']=' ... Dieter PS: It was a question about escapes in Python.

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Dumb DTML question - existance check of an object
by Satheesh Babu 26 Jul '00

26 Jul '00

Hello, I have a URL, say, /sub1/sub2. How do I check in DTML whether 1. folder sub1 exists or not 2. If not, create it. 3. folder sub2 exists under sub1 4. If not, create it. and so on... Thx http://vsbabu.csoft.net

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