December 2001 - Zope

RE: [Zope] NameError (global name 'namespace' is not defined) - m ore diagnos tics and code
by Ronald.Chichester＠bakerbotts.com 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

That was it! Problem solved. Incidentally, are you allowed to make classes in python scripts and return those classes from method? For example, in an error condition, I want to create an instance of a class that is defined within the python script. However, I get an error message when the script encounters that error condition. I suspect that this is a security issue (because the "anonymous" user would be creating an object, although one that is not persistent in the ZODB). Is there a way around the problem, or will I just have to return a list on the fly as done in my earlier code? Best wishes, Ron -----Original Message----- From: Chris McDonough [mailto:chrism@zope.com] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 4:01 PM To: Ronald.Chichester(a)bakerbotts.com; zope(a)zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] NameError (global name 'namespace' is not defined) - more diagnos tics and code That's likely the problem. It should be whatever your script thinks it is, which in this case seems to be "namespace". > I looked at bindings on the 2-3-1 site. The namespace binding value was > blank (although '_' was recommended). Could that be the problem? Should it > be '_' under 2-4-x? > > Ron

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Editing dtml content for non-techies
by matt carey 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

i'm wondering if anyone knows of a dtml editing tool (or soemthing) that would allow for the editing of content within a dtml page on zope by a non-techie? we have a zope site for a client who wants to give the editing and content updating tasks to various members of staff. they don't want to use the management interface as they do not understand html/dtml. what we need is a way they can view just the content (so the dtml tags are present but hidden and not re-written) and edit that. we are planning to allow downloading/uploading of files useing webdav. any ideas or suggestions would be fantastic! cheers matt ------------ Matt Carey Text Matters 37 Upper Redlands Road, Information design: Reading RG1 5JE, UK We help explain things using phone +44 (0)118 986 8313 .language fax +44 (0)118 931 3743 .design email matt(a)textmatters.com .systems web http://www.textmatters.com .process

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NameError (global name 'namespace' is not defined)
by complaw＠hal-pc.org 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

This may be a version problem, or it may not. I wrote a fairly straightforward Zope application in Zope 2-3-1 on Linux. (That instance of Zope has been working just fine for months and hey, it wasn't broke so I didn't fix it. The Linux box has been up for 132 days and I like the fact that I only have to fuss with Zope, if anything at all.) I created a simple product and associated folder (with a slew of Folders, DTML Documents, python scripts, and DTML Methods. Then I exported them and shipped both the product and the site off to a client who had downloaded and installed Zope 2-3-4 for Windows. The client got into the Zope management screen (after a little hand-holding, but he didn't read any documentation, so I can't complain). I talked him through the processes of unzip/untar the product, and loading the particular site. Now the client can pull up a browser and accurately read index_html of the main folder. However, when he tries to read any of the DTML Documents, Folders, etc. he gets: Zope Error Error Type: NameError Error Value: global name 'namespace' is not defined Is this problem between different versions of Zope? namespace is pretty fundamental. I don't see how it could have worked fine under 2-3-1 and not under 2-4-3. Thanks in advance for any help. Ron

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add/delete acl_user in dtml
by Steven Turoff 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

Greetings, I want to add and delete users using dtml. I found a how-to which indicates I can add a user using: <dtml-let name="'Your_Name'" password="'Your_Password'" roles="'Owner'" domains="''" > <dtml-var "py_addUser(_.None,acl_users,name,password,roles,domains)"> </dtml-let> However, when I try this, I get: Error Type: NameError Error Value: py_addUser Any help would be much obliged. Steve

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Class definition problem in a Python Script
by complaw＠hal-pc.org 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

I'm using a method to look up an object within a folder and returning that object. In some cases, however, the object isn't found. In all cases, I want to return an object as I do some checking to ensure that the object was indeed found. Unfortunately, my mechanism for doing so is giving me a "SyntaxError, Names starting with "_" are not allowed (__doc__)." Here is the code... def get_object_by_element_number(objList, given_element_number): class MyErrorClass: "Dummy class so something is returned (with an error indicator)" element_number = -1 found = 0 for obj in objList: if given_element_number = obj.element_number: found = 1 return obj if found == 0: error_obj = MyErrorClass return error_obj ------- Does anyone know what the problem is? At first, I thought it was a docstring problem, but I pulled the example out of the Python Tutorial (from python.org) Any hints? Thanks in advance, Ron

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RE: [Zope] NameError (global name 'namespace' is not defined) - m ore diagnos tics and code
by Ronald.Chichester＠bakerbotts.com 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

I looked at bindings on the 2-3-1 site. The namespace binding value was blank (although '_' was recommended). Could that be the problem? Should it be '_' under 2-4-x? Ron -----Original Message----- From: Chris McDonough [mailto:chrism@zope.com] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 3:03 PM To: Ronald.Chichester(a)bakerbotts.com; zope(a)zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope] NameError (global name 'namespace' is not defined) - more diagnos tics and code The PythonScript in question likely does not have its "namespace" helper variable bound to the name "namespace". You can look on the "bindings" tab of the script to see if this is true. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ronald.Chichester(a)bakerbotts.com> To: <zope(a)zope.org> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 3:35 PM Subject: [Zope] NameError (global name 'namespace' is not defined) - more diagnos tics and code > Even more diagnostic information the pecurliar 'namespace' error. > > I loaded Zope 2-4-3 onto my box and loaded in the product and folder (with > info) in their appropriate places. Then I loaded the python scripts into > the editor and pressed the "Save Changes" button do recompile. It didn't > help. Same problem. NameError: global name 'namespace' is not defined. > > I'm wondering if my technique for getting information from an object isn't > frought with peril. Is there a technique where I could return a particular > object from a list of objects? Getting an actual object is easy to do. > However, the problem comes when the search is unsuccessful. What do you > return? The below code is what I developed to remedy that problem. The > problem with the remedy is that it doesn't work in Zope 2-4-3 (although it > did in 2-3-1). Note, the DTML code from which the python script is called > used the contents namespace. Here is the original python script code: > > found = 0 # flag to indicate that the object was/wasn't found... > contents = [] # the return list... > > # Run through the objects in the current (context) folder to see if > there is a match (with given_title)... > for obj in context.objectValues('Image'): > if found == 0: > if given_title == obj.title: > url = obj.absolute_url > title = obj.title > contents.append(namespace(url=url, title=title)[0]) > found = 1 # Set flag on success... > > # If you can't find it in the context, then check the container... > for obj in container.objectValues('Image'): > if found == 0: > if given_title == obj.title: > url = obj.absolute_url > title = obj.title > contents.append(namespace(url=url, title=title)[0]) > found = 1 # Set flag on success... > > # Return indicative values if the desired object was not found... > if found == 0: > contents.append(namespace(url='', title='')[0]) > > vars = namespace(contents=contents) > > return vars > > ----- > > As the namespace issue wss causing the problem, I tried to get around it by > doing the following: > > found = 0 # flag to indicate that the object was/wasn't found... > > # Run through the objects in the current (context) folder to see if > there is a match (with given_title)... > for obj in context.objectValues('Image'): > if found == 0: > if given_title == obj.title: > ret_obj = obj > found = 1 # Set flag on success... > > # If you can't find it in the context, then check the container... > for obj in container.objectValues('Image'): > if found == 0: > if given_title == obj.title: > ret_obj = obj > found = 1 # Set flag on success... > > return ret_obj > > ### > > ... which works just fine _IF_ you find the object. If not, the DTML code > is still going to look for a property and not find one (because nothing is > returned). To fix that, I added a "dummy" object for errors, to wit: > > class myErrorClass: > element_number = -1 > > ... was tacked on at the beginning of the script, and ... > > if found == 0: > an_Error = myErrorClass() > return an_Error > else: > return ret_obj > > ... was tacked on at the end. > > Unfortunately, when you run into a condition where no legitimate object was > found (i.e., found == 0), you get a screwy response from Zope. The > username/password challenge comes up (even if you are in the manage session > as the manager). No username/password combination exists to get through > that. In short, something about instantiating the class screwed up Zope. > > What does one do in such a situation? > > Thank you all in advance. > > Ron > > --- > > complaw(a)hal-pc.org wrote: > >As I said before, the above code works just fine in Zope 2-3-1. > >However, it fails (gets the NameError) in both versions 2-4-2 and > >2-4-3. Is this because Zope went to python 2.x instead of 1.5? > > > >Do I have to rewrite my code? Do I have to tell my client to get 2-3-1? > > > >Any hints would be greatly appreciated. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Ron > > > > > > > > This may be a version problem, or it may not. > > > > I wrote a fairly straightforward Zope application in Zope 2-3-1 on Linux. > (That > > instance of Zope has been working just fine for months and hey, it wasn't > broke > > so I didn't fix it. The Linux box has been up for 132 days and I like the > fact > > that I only have to fuss with Zope, if anything at all.) > > > > I created a simple product and associated folder (with a slew of Folders, > DTML > > Documents, python scripts, and DTML Methods. Then I exported them and > shipped > > both the product and the site off to a client who had downloaded and > installed > > Zope 2-3-4 for Windows. > > > > The client got into the Zope management screen (after a little > hand-holding, but > > he didn't read any documentation, so I can't complain). I talked him > through > > the processes of unzip/untar the product, and loading the particular site. > > > > Now the client can pull up a browser and accurately read index_html of the > main > > folder. However, when he tries to read any of the DTML Documents, > Folders, etc. > > he gets: > > > > Zope Error > > > > Error Type: NameError > > Error Value: global name 'namespace' is not defined > > > > Is this problem between different versions of Zope? namespace is pretty > > fundamental. I don't see how it could have worked fine under 2-3-1 and > not > > under 2-4-3. > > > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > > > Ron > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 ) > > _______________________________________________ > 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 ) > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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[Fwd: Re: Zope Solution]
by Philipp Auersperg 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

Hi! You're right, as Stephan answered to you we used in this project Zope as a pure 'blind' appserver. the protocol we used there is xmlrpc (www.xmlrpc.com) which has bindings for nearly all languages, among these: python,c++,java on client and serverside. xmlrpclib marshalls function calls and basic types (scalars,dicts,lists,datetimes) as xml statements and uses http as transport. Zope has a built-in xmlrpc server. There are also projects for other protocols (SOAP and CORBA) but I think the latter one is in an experimental state. The point I liked so much about xmlrpc was that is very uncomplicated to implement. As I can read from your explanation it should be well possible to implement that with Zope. Please let me know when you need more information, perhaps you can then provide me more details about your project . regards phil Am Don, 2001-12-06 um 13.59 schrieb Geir Arne Evjen: > I posted this message in Zope's miling list. I got a reply that I should > contact you. > > Did you have a similar problemsituation? > > Greeting from, > Geir Arne Evjen > > > > >I'd heard about this nice product throught a collegue of mine, and I have > >some questions in which I hope someone can answer me :-) > > >Me and someothers are working with thermodynamic modelling and alogorithms. > >One year ago we saw the need of distribution of our code, which means that > >we > >made our thermodynamic calculation engine as a separate module, and other > >modules could use this one (The thermodynamic core could also access other > >modules again). All communication between the modules are in CORBA. When we > >want to send data to the modules, id.e. modellparameters we use XML. Later > >we > >created a dynamic GUI language for manipulation of the parameters and other > >stuff, inserting values into the XML tree and calling the different module > >functions. Its our glue module. (which is more or less does the same as Zope > >(Correct me if I'm wrong.). > > >So to my question: > >This summer we built a GUI client using java which communicated with our > >gluemodule. This is a solution we want to have. Is it possible in Zope to > >accomplish this in some way. (Id.e communication without using a web client) > > >Best regards, > >Geir Arne Evjen >

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NameError (global name 'namespace' is not defined) - more diagnos tics and code
by Ronald.Chichester＠bakerbotts.com 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

Even more diagnostic information the pecurliar 'namespace' error. I loaded Zope 2-4-3 onto my box and loaded in the product and folder (with info) in their appropriate places. Then I loaded the python scripts into the editor and pressed the "Save Changes" button do recompile. It didn't help. Same problem. NameError: global name 'namespace' is not defined. I'm wondering if my technique for getting information from an object isn't frought with peril. Is there a technique where I could return a particular object from a list of objects? Getting an actual object is easy to do. However, the problem comes when the search is unsuccessful. What do you return? The below code is what I developed to remedy that problem. The problem with the remedy is that it doesn't work in Zope 2-4-3 (although it did in 2-3-1). Note, the DTML code from which the python script is called used the contents namespace. Here is the original python script code: found = 0 # flag to indicate that the object was/wasn't found... contents = [] # the return list... # Run through the objects in the current (context) folder to see if there is a match (with given_title)... for obj in context.objectValues('Image'): if found == 0: if given_title == obj.title: url = obj.absolute_url title = obj.title contents.append(namespace(url=url, title=title)[0]) found = 1 # Set flag on success... # If you can't find it in the context, then check the container... for obj in container.objectValues('Image'): if found == 0: if given_title == obj.title: url = obj.absolute_url title = obj.title contents.append(namespace(url=url, title=title)[0]) found = 1 # Set flag on success... # Return indicative values if the desired object was not found... if found == 0: contents.append(namespace(url='', title='')[0]) vars = namespace(contents=contents) return vars ----- As the namespace issue wss causing the problem, I tried to get around it by doing the following: found = 0 # flag to indicate that the object was/wasn't found... # Run through the objects in the current (context) folder to see if there is a match (with given_title)... for obj in context.objectValues('Image'): if found == 0: if given_title == obj.title: ret_obj = obj found = 1 # Set flag on success... # If you can't find it in the context, then check the container... for obj in container.objectValues('Image'): if found == 0: if given_title == obj.title: ret_obj = obj found = 1 # Set flag on success... return ret_obj ### ... which works just fine _IF_ you find the object. If not, the DTML code is still going to look for a property and not find one (because nothing is returned). To fix that, I added a "dummy" object for errors, to wit: class myErrorClass: element_number = -1 ... was tacked on at the beginning of the script, and ... if found == 0: an_Error = myErrorClass() return an_Error else: return ret_obj ... was tacked on at the end. Unfortunately, when you run into a condition where no legitimate object was found (i.e., found == 0), you get a screwy response from Zope. The username/password challenge comes up (even if you are in the manage session as the manager). No username/password combination exists to get through that. In short, something about instantiating the class screwed up Zope. What does one do in such a situation? Thank you all in advance. Ron --- complaw(a)hal-pc.org wrote: >As I said before, the above code works just fine in Zope 2-3-1. >However, it fails (gets the NameError) in both versions 2-4-2 and >2-4-3. Is this because Zope went to python 2.x instead of 1.5? > >Do I have to rewrite my code? Do I have to tell my client to get 2-3-1? > >Any hints would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks, > >Ron > > > This may be a version problem, or it may not. > > I wrote a fairly straightforward Zope application in Zope 2-3-1 on Linux. (That > instance of Zope has been working just fine for months and hey, it wasn't broke > so I didn't fix it. The Linux box has been up for 132 days and I like the fact > that I only have to fuss with Zope, if anything at all.) > > I created a simple product and associated folder (with a slew of Folders, DTML > Documents, python scripts, and DTML Methods. Then I exported them and shipped > both the product and the site off to a client who had downloaded and installed > Zope 2-3-4 for Windows. > > The client got into the Zope management screen (after a little hand-holding, but > he didn't read any documentation, so I can't complain). I talked him through > the processes of unzip/untar the product, and loading the particular site. > > Now the client can pull up a browser and accurately read index_html of the main > folder. However, when he tries to read any of the DTML Documents, Folders, etc. > he gets: > > Zope Error > > Error Type: NameError > Error Value: global name 'namespace' is not defined > > Is this problem between different versions of Zope? namespace is pretty > fundamental. I don't see how it could have worked fine under 2-3-1 and not > under 2-4-3. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Ron > > _______________________________________________ > 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 ) _______________________________________________ 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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U can call me DUMBO !!
by sanjeev c s 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

I have some dumb questions. I have been reading about wiki and fishbowl. I tried to find out the information on Zope.org but failed. Please tell me What is wiki ??? and is fishbowl=CMF ??? sanju __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com

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RE: TTW Mass Importing was (RE: [Zope] Help on mass import of images)
by Trevor Toenjes 07 Dec '01

07 Dec '01

> I have got the "FTP answer", but what do you mean with Zip? > Uploading a Zip an then extracting it inside of Zope? Yes, several people have done it this way. But this requires users to know how to use Zip and create their own archives to upload as a single file. > > I am still in the search of a better way to allow a user to > select multiple > > images from their local system and upload them all at one time, without > > having to use an ftp-app or zip. > > A TTW (thru the web) method to enable this would be very useful. > > Is anyone interested in helping to build a flexible Zope > product to handle > > this? > I am definitely interested, because this is the problem I am > working on. I thought of a special kind of folderish object, that > allows a mass upload (of course), but more important some kind of > image management (keyword search, automatic thumbnail creation, > etc.). But this would also require a special image class. I found > the "Photo Product" on zope.org, but this was not exactly what I > was looking for. Well, I just want to address the upload issues. What you do with the uploads, inserting into a new 'meta-type', etc, is outside the requirement. I have several scenarios. 1. user has to upload several specific images thru a form and hit upload once. example: image1 [ ] [BROWSE] image2 [ ] [BROWSE] image3 [ ] [BROWSE] image4 [ ] [BROWSE] [UPLOAD ALL] The script can then rename all the images to be used appropriately in Zope. I currently have this in a ZClass, but they have to hit submit for each image. I dont want them to upload any images, unless they upload them all. 2. Upload mass images to folder Allow a user to go to a local directory and multi-select images to upload. Using [CTRL]-select or [SHIFT]-select would be ideal. Drag and Drop TTW would be "Heavenly" Ideal. So some Java may be required. Can your FTP solution do this? Cheers, -Trevor

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