August 2003 - Zope - Zope lists

Zope2.7 and Python 2.3
by Terry Kerr 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Hi, Python 2.3 has some new features which I really need, but zope doesn't support it yet. Just wondering if anybody has tried zope2.7 with python 2.3 and whether there are any obvious problems? terry

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Updating files in the LocalFS?
by Jerry Westrick 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Does anybody know how to update the file contents of a file stored in the LocalFS package? I've tried reading the source, and thought I found a save() method, but I get an Attribute error when I try using it on a file. Jerry

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specializing folders
by Dennis Allison 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

I have a portion of a site which originally consisted of a single folder with content. In the reorganized site, this folder consists of a collection of folders. For specificity, the structure looks like +--A--+--A1 | +--A2 | +--A3 | Depending upon a parameter derivable from the HTTP_HOST name, I want either A1, A2, A3, or ... to behave as if it were A to all the other code in the site. Of course, A1,A2,... should be able to hold code and/or data. I would have though that some sort of local use of a VHM and or SiteAccess would allow this, but I've been unable to make it work. Any suggestions? hints?

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ids NameError
by grissom＠qwickconnect.net 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

All, After looking through the list for the last hour I could not find an answer to the following problem. I have a dtml form that itterates over the content of a folder and displays a checkbox next to each of the files. The form allows a user to select items to be deleted. If a user does not select a check box I get the folloewing error: Error Type: NameError Error Value: global name 'ids' is not defined This only happens when a checkbox has not been selected. here is the form calling a method: <FORM ACTION="delete" method="POST"> <dtml-in "objectValues(['File'])" sort=id> <INPUT TYPE="CHECKBOX" NAME="ids:list" VALUE="<dtml-var id>"> <dtml-var id><p> </dtml-in> <INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT"> </form> Regards, Rob Grissom

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Ref . the container id in a doc
by Hamzat Kamal 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Hi, How do I reference the container id in the doc that it contained. For example if a folde foo contain a dtml doc, how do i refer to the folder name inside the dtml doc. thanks. Hamzat kamaldeen Ishola Dnet Systems Limited. 223 Ikorodu Road, Lagos. Nigeria. 234 1 7749381, 234 08033011305 --- If Mistake is an opportunity to see better,�then do not fear it, but ready to admit it. NOTE: Sentimental decisions are not mistakes but failures !!!� --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software

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'import' directory accesible from scripting.
by Luis Lavena 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Hello list, I'm currently building a webapp to be used on intranets enviroments. We have some folderish objects that contains what we call "Components" of our webapp. Some of our developers export them as zexp to be imported later at our customer running the webapp (adding functionality, like modules or plugins). We will like, instead to let our customer to access the ZMI to make the import, provide a simplified way to do the job (we already have some management screens that let the end-user remove the components or disable them). Inside this interface we will like to offer a "upload component" or something similar, so our customer just have to browse for the .zexp file we have created and include in his running webapp. Only authorized user have power to disable/remove components. The thing is that the "import" directory is not accesible locally, nor by us, nor by our customer (he run the web app form the intranet and not sitting in the zope-box). Q: Is there a way to handle the upload and import process by a product (to be created) to bypass this security? or must relly on a limited FTP server that only allow me upload information to the "import" directory? We cannot do a XML-RPC (as proposed on irc) because the webapp of our customer and our dev-box aren't directly connected (our customer don't have the zope-box connected to internet, only intranet access). Some suggestions will be really apreciated, Please excuse my poor english, is not my mother language... and I'm very tired (4AM here!) Thanks, Luis PS: Please CC your answer because I'm currently not member of this list, thanks.

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Python Syntax within DTML
by Support Faults 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Hello List. I'm having a little trouble correctly referencing python within a DTML method. I'm attempting to set some values using the dateclass class. <input type='hidden' name='start_date' value='<dtml-var expr="date.toordinal()">'></input> I'm just trying to get todays date in ordinal form, so that I can perform some manipulations upon it. Do I need to use request.set or am I on the wrong tangent? Thanks in advance Julian

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confusion in doc/INSTALL.txt
by Jim Roepcke 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

The INSTALL.txt file should either make it clear that 'make install' is unnecessary if 'make instance' was used. The instructions for "Optional: Building and Installing Zope 'In-Place'" didn't spell that out for me, so I did: ./configure make instance make install I think either the 'In-Place' section of INSTALL.txt should say to skip the make install step, or the make install step should say to not do this if make instance was used. Thanks, Jim -- Jim Roepcke Tyrell Software Corp <http://www.tyrell.com/>

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sub:How to use the COMObject Product
by Gnanadurai Moses 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Hi EveryBody, Can any body tell me how to use the COMObject Product. I have successfully installed the Product and solved the problem of multithreading. I'am able to connect to the COM Object. I want to create excel file from the data in zope server and upload it to a folder in zope. I don't know how to call the methods in excel. To be more specific.. how to create a new Workbook.. How to load data to a sheet... I tried xlApp.Workbooks.Add() , It doesn't work. Thanks in Advance... regards, Gnanadurai --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

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zpublisher instance
by Bill Tolbert 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

Just joined the list; be gentle with me! How do I reference a ZPublisher.HTTPRequest.FileUpload instance? I can see the content type and content length with REQUEST, so I know the file is there. I also know that the FileUpload instance is a Python file-like object. That's what I want because I want to read it. But, how do I get to the thing? Is it part of the REQUEST object? I've tried using a script and an external method but no luck. Thanks folks, Bill

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