January 2001 - Zope - Zope lists

Zope gets stuck
by Shai Berger 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

Hi guys, We've repeatedly encountered a weird situation where Zope gets stuck. Then, when we kill one of the Zope processes, it is released and answers requests. Has anybody encountered anything like this? I know this is a little short on information, but we are still trying to figure more ourselves. The stats: Zope version: Zope 2.2.5 (binary release, python 1.5.2, linux2-x86) Python version: 1.5.2 (#10, Dec 6 1999, 12:16:27) [GCC 2.7.2.3] System Platform: linux2 We're using Oracle and ZOracleDA too, but this time they seem not to be the culprits... Thanks, Shai.

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DCOracle with Python 2.0?
by Michelle Walden 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

I'm having zero success getting DCOracle to build with any version of Python using the included Makefile.pre.in files. Anyone with a working DCOracle install on RedHat 6.1 who might be willing to offer suggestions or donate binaries will receive many thanks from my programmer. Thanks in advance! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Michelle Walden UNIX Systems Administrator Informations Systems Laboratory Applied Research Labs University of Texas 10000 Burnet Road F0253 Austin, TX 78758 512.835.3158 mwalden(a)arlut.utexas.edu

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z2.py
by Wolfgang Strobl 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

While analyzing a problem, I had a quick look into z2.py, and frankly, I don't understand the logic behind the so called "required path hackery for the win32 binary distribution". This hack unnecessarily makes the z2.py location dependant. The installer rewrites the z2.py source, inserting the absolute path of the zope home into a variable, from where it is used in getting some python folders in front of the python path. IMHO, this is nonsense. A few lines down in z2.py, the absolute path to the zope home is constructed from sys.arg and os.cwd anyway. Why not use that? I removed the superflous stuff from the hack and moved the remaining lines down a few lines, now it comes right after the definition of 'here' and reads: import sys sys.path.insert(0, '%s/bin/lib' % here) sys.path.insert(1, '%s/bin/lib/plat-win' % here) sys.path.insert(2, '%s/bin/lib/win32' % here) sys.path.insert(3, '%s/bin/lib/win32/lib' % here) Works like a charm, both from a service (on win2000) and standalone. ws

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RE: [Zope] Editors [OT]
by Max Møller Rasmussen 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

From: Chris Withers [mailto:chrisw@nipltd.com] >Hmmm... interesting, maybe it's time to find a new editor... Try www.ultraedit.com . It's not free, but it ain't expensive, and I use it 12 hours/day with joy. Has only crashed on me twice in 4 years. regards Max M

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RE: [Zope] Re: Some help required but no sarcastic comments this time pleas ee
by Capesius, Alan 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

Supposed to be in NT7 (after whistler) It will be a headless version. >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Gerald Gutierrez [mailto:gutz@kalador.com] >>>Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 3:16 PM >>>To: Capesius, Alan; zope(a)zope.org >>>Subject: RE: [Zope] Re: Some help required but no sarcastic comments >>>this time pleas ee >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>>It will be interesting to see the Unix command-line loving >>>community's >>>>reaction when MS releases their text mode server product. This will >>>>certainly interest the mouse-phobic. >>> >>>What product is this? >>>

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Q's about Zope security model tweaking
by J B Bell 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

I'd like to make a 'fallback' authorization scheme for Zope. That is: If user does not exist in usual UserFolder, then authenticate against custom module (NIS, in this case) and give them Anonymous privileges. I want to do authentication for a whole subset of the site (indeed, its entire public face really), but don't want a huge userfolder build from NIS. nisUserFolder doesn't seem like the right solution since I only want to use nis if they don't auth in the customary fashion. Can anyone give me some general pointers on this admittedly broad topic? --JB

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Re: Some help required but no sarcastic comments this time pleas e e
by Capesius, Alan 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

I understand people do use Win9x, but I would always recommend NT 4 workstation over 9x unless there is an overpowering need for USB. I don't use USB myself and have been using NT exclusively on the desktop since 94. When properly configured it is much more stable. Nowadays, NT5 (oops 2000) is a better choice for USB support and about as stable as 9x. But, that aside, I'm interested in your desktop uses for Zope. What sort of apps? >> From: Toby Dickenson <mbel44(a)dial.pipex.net> >> There are those of us who use Zope in desktop applications too (yes >> really), where Win9x is not an unreasonable choice. >> Toby Dickenson

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Zope PTK Wizard
by Priya Ramkumar 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

Hi I am trying to create a wizard in my portal to enable users to store information. In addition to the features of the already existing Document Wizard, I would like my Wizard to have more features like information about the category of the document, etc. I created a file called "Userdocument.py" with a method "addUserdocument" which will be called to add a new document. I have also added the new entry to the PTKBases & PTKDemos __init__.py. But as soon as Zope starts, it gives this error 2001-01-25T06:07:07 ERROR(200) Zope Couldn't import Products.PTKDemo Traceback (innermost last): File /export/usr/local/Zope-2.2.4-src/lib/python/OFS/Application.py, line 397, in import_products (Object: string) File "/export/usr/local/Zope-2.2.4-src/lib/python/Products/PTKDemo/__init__.py ", line 159 PTKBase.Userdocument = Userdocument ^ SyntaxError: invalid token Could anyone please tell me how to create custom wizards and to register them? Thanks. Priya

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Add this to Wish list
by Jerome Alet 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

Hi, Maybe I've not seen the easy way to do it, if so tell me I'm stupid, but one thing would be very nice in the future version of Zope: A way to download Python Script's sources Now I cut and paste but it's horrible. Please could you include a button "Download Source" to the Python Script edition form ? Thanks in advance. Jerome Alet - alet(a)unice.fr - http://cortex.unice.fr/~jerome Fac de Medecine de Nice http://wwwmed.unice.fr Tel: (+33) 4 93 37 76 30 Fax: (+33) 4 93 53 15 15 28 Avenue de Valombrose - 06107 NICE Cedex 2 - FRANCE

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zope + <img> tags + javascript
by Lee 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

Hi there, I'm using JavaScript primarily for form evaluation, multiple submit buttons and various other piece of client-sided trickery but I've encountered a problem. I've seen something similar mentioned before but I can't find it in my archive. I *hate* image maps but I'd like to use one so how can I add the details to the <dtml-var imageName>? I'd also like to add various bits 'n bobs of JavaScript to some of the images that I am using. Adding <img src="http://hostname:8080/exactLocation"> is not a possible alternative for me. Can anyone help? The similar previous post that I am referring to concerned the resizing of images in DTML. If someone could tell me how to do this then I expect I could adapt it to reference my image map. I think it would be possible to take in the var and pass it to a python method, which would then alter it and pass it back... but surely there's an easier way? Thanks very much for your time & thanks in advance if you can help. - Best regards, Lee -- Lee Reilly mailto:lee.reilly@ntlworld.com ø¤º°`°º¤ø,,,,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,,,,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,,,,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,,,, HAVE SKILLS; WILL TRAVEL. I'm currently looking for an internship in the USA in the field of web development. Ideally, I'm looking for a placement for 3 to 18 months. Can you help? More details, my resume, etc. @ http://homepages.strath.ac.uk/~aeu97172/ </shameless plug>

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