June 2003 - Zope - Zope lists

Bug in ExternalFile v1.2.0? (strange behaviour with Batch Settings)
by Elena Schulz 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

Hi, I am getting a strange behaviour of ExternalFile v.1.2.0 (Zope2.6.2b1 on winxp): Inside a zpt I insert a html-snippet and a zpt-snippet via <div tal:replace="structure python:here.getContentFiles(here.REQUEST, **args)"> The script getContentFiles contains: -- snip-- print myLokalFS[myDTMLMethod](context,REQUEST) # html-snippet from LocalFS print myExternalFileFolder[myZPT](context,REQUEST) # zpt-snippet from ExternalFile (as LocalFS doesn't handle zpts) return printed -- snip-- If I create the ExternalFileObjects in myExternalFileFolder via Batch Settings the rendered result is just the zpt-snippet without any of the html-snippet or the surrounded Page Template. If I create the same via upload of a single ExternalFile or clicking on the ExternalFile in the ZMI and changing the upload from the uploader underneath the source-textarea the result will be the expected Template with first the html-snippet from LocalFS and second the zpt-snippet from the ExternalFile. Somewhat strange isn't it? Is it a bug or am I missing something? --Elena

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Bug
by Pedro Beck Gomes da Costa 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

Zope 2.6.2b2 reports has being 2.6.1 on the control panel

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failure notice
by MAILER-DAEMON＠acct2.voicenet.com 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

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Multiple admins
by Alvaro Hernandez 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

I have a server (Red Hat) with zope and plone, I need to create admin users that can administer independently each plone site. None of the administrators should intervene in the work of another Thank in advance -- Alvaro J. Hernandez A. alhernan(a)uc.edu.ve Linux User: 122569

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Re: [Zope] How to get a catalogware object's ZCatalog
by Nico Grubert 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

> Such an object should have an attribute named default_catalog. > > So, getattr(myobj,myobj.default_catalog) should give you the catalog > object via acquisition. > > HTH, > oliver hi oliver, I already tried that method "default_catalog" (defined in the 'CatalogAware' class) but it returns "Catalog" which can't be right, because 'myobj' is cataloged in a ZCatalog called "MyCatalog". -nico ____________________________________________________________________________ Jetzt bei WEB.DE FreeMail anmelden = 1qm Regenwald schuetzen! Helfen Sie mit! Nutzen Sie den Serien-Testsieger. http://user.web.de/Regenwald

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Newbie Question: dir(...)
by Tiller, Michael (M.M.) 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

In using Zope (and Plone), I'm always amazed at how extensible the system is. I've managed to create several special macros in Plone for creating some nice helper "boxes" for my slots. BUT, the problem I always have is that while the system has lots of functionality, I never know what it is. Lots of Zope sites have comments about "see the Zope Book", but I find "the Zope Book" rather frustrating because it seems to cover things only at a conceptual level and doesn't really provide a good reference book. For example, I was working (by example) on developing a nice little box for one of my slots that would list the "Files" in the current folder (and only in the current folder). Since I was converting this from the "newsBox" macro, I saw roughly what needed to be done. I managed to find some document somewhere that covered the details of searchResults, but what I was struggling with mostly was something very simple: At the point where the macro is run, there is a variable called "here" available. Ignoring the background questions for the moment (who sets this?, is it set for all documents?, what is the "type" of this variable?), I had a very simple question. I know I have this variable, what can I do with it? I just wanted to find out the parent object and then, ultimately, the path of the parent object so that I could use that as an argument to searchResults. It took me forever to finally come up with: path='/'.join(here.aq_parent.getPhysicalPath()) because I didn't know about aq_parent, I didn't know about getPhysicalPath(), etc. It would really have helped me to know what the attributes and methods are for each of these objects. I tried using "dir", e.g.: <div tal:replace="python:dir(here)"></div> But this generated an error because it said "dir" was undefined. Is there a simple way, when working within the Zope framework, to quickly determine what methods are available on an object? Looking at the wealth of Zope code out there, I feel I must be missing something that other people are using in developing the code. Either there are some development tools are some great sources of documentation that I'm unaware of?!? -- Mike

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How to get a catalogware object's ZCatalog
by Nico Grubert 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

Hi there, I have a catalog aware object "myobj" in the ZODB which is cataloged in a ZCatalog "MyCatatlog". Is there a way to get the ZCatalog in which myobj is cataloged if I have the myobj object ? Thanks in advance. -nico ____________________________________________________________________________ Jetzt bei WEB.DE FreeMail anmelden = 1qm Regenwald schuetzen! Helfen Sie mit! Nutzen Sie den Serien-Testsieger. http://user.web.de/Regenwald

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Storing Data inside Zope
by Tom P. Allred 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

Just how bad an idea is it to use Zope object Properties to store numeric/text application data? My first Linux (or otherwise) Zope app will be a gratis case tracking system for a friend's small (himself plus 3 staff) law office. Other than setting up new clients and cases (maybe a few a day) the most frequent data changes will be adding new activity detail records which are small. Only a couple of reports are run each day. Overall transactions will be few and small. My initial idea was to use MySQL or PostgreSQL for data storage. While developing the framework of the app I want to be able to store/retrieve a few records for testing. Since every bit of Zope (HTML, DTML, Python, etc.) is new to me, every time I start to do something I have to learn something else first. I'm not complaining - that's how I expected it to be - but if I could sort of skip over learning ZSQL and defining/using MySQL tables right now and stay focused on my input forms and reports, then come back to data storage later, that would really nice. My plan is to use scripts for all I/O which would allow me to change I/O methods later without changing whatever code is calling the scripts. I considered using text files or XML data files within Zope for testing but in each case I'd have to write the parsing and update-data code myself which would take time and be thrown out later by the final ZSQL code. Then I thought about defining some object that takes Properties, adding Property names/types for (example) the client master record and saving that as a data template (not ZPT). Then each time there was a new entry I'd make a copy of the template and update the Properties using Zope's built-in APIs without ever giving the data objects any content. I think I could also use Zope catalog features for data searches. Without knowing more about Zope the only downside I see is the data being encapsulated in the app tree, therefore requiring any data to be purged before copying/exporting the app somewhere. It will also make the Zope object grow but adding data is going to make any database grow no matter which is used. I can also imagine there might be a philosophical point about keeping the data outside the Zope object. But is it a bad idea for some practical reason? That's a question with two branches. The first is, is it completely bad and I shouldn't do it even temporarily for testing? The second is, is it bad for production but okay for development/testing? If there isn't a good reason for not doing it then it would certainly be nice to be able to stay in Zope for everything so that only Zope would have to be installed to move the package to new machines and so I can stay on track without having to branch off into data storage issues. I was thinking about using the File object as my data object since it supports Properties. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Tom P. Allred, MCSE, RHCE, CCNA Allred Data Consulting, Inc. 704-633-0311 x826 www.AllredData.com Tom(a)AllredData.com

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Re: [Zope] [OffTopic]Browser Specific Issue
by Shashank Ashtikar 06 Jun '03

06 Jun '03

Hi, > So in your case, the client and server are the same computer? Or else, the > files in question are NFS mounted on both? The first case true. > Otherwise, there's no way the external method on the *server* could > directly manipulate the file on the *client*! (That really would be a > security violation -- and I can tell you the web doesn't work like > that! :-D). Yeah I found that a out little late. I just wish I could find some time to read Zope Devlopers guide, I ve been dying to do that for some time now. > If that's what it did before, then, yeah, I think you're going to be doing > some rewriting. It shouldn't be hard, though -- you just eliminate the > "f = open(filename, 'r')" with something that directly assigns the file I/O > object. The whole point of file I/O objects (StringIO and presumeably > HTTPFileUpload) is that they act just like files. I was also planning to do something similar. Hope I won't be breaking it again. Thanks Shashank

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FTP access and ssh-Port-Forward
by Andreas Pakulat 05 Jun '03

05 Jun '03

Hi, I've got a problem with zope on Solaris system. I can access the ftp-Port from within the LAN (being either there or using ssh to connect to a server in the LAN) but not using a port forward for it. I can however use http-Portforwarding over ssh, but ftp-Portforwarding only gives me the possibility to login, the ls command "hangs" at entering Passive Mode. If I turn off passive mode I get error 425 Cant build data connection. Has somebody a soluting how to get ssh-forwarded ftp Access to Zope? Andreas -- You look tired.

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