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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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using ExternalFile and Plone
by Lee J. McAllister 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

Does anyone have any experience using the ExternalFile product in conjunction with Plone? I've successfully made some minor modifications to it (added a few additional properties) and it works fine through the management interface, however I need to allow my users to upload new ExternalFiles without using the ZMI. What appears to be happening is that when attempting to access the manage_addObjectViaGui() function while not in the ZMI zope gives me a 404 error. Since it works fine through the ZMI I'm guessing this is a permissions issue? I'd really appreciate any input or insights on this, it's a big part of a co-op project I'm working on that's coming down to the wire. Lee McAllister ps: thanks to all for the scripting tips the other day _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

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ZopeTime
by garry saddington 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

I have managed to add a NisUserFolder to my Plone site, but whenever i try to test it by logging in with an ordinary user account i get an attribute error saying Error value ZopeTime Will this happen if the server has the wrong time or is there another reason? regards garry

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dtml-tree behaviour
by Lee J. McAllister 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

Hi, I'm using the <dtml-tree> tag and I'm seeing an unexpected behaviour. Whenever you expand or contract a position of the tree (using the plus/minus icon) it throws me to the last page I viewed as if I'd hit the back button. If there is an instance of the <dtml-tree> on that page the tree will show the tree state correctly but it usually leaves me on the wrong page/folder. Can anyone help me out with where it's pulling the refering page from and what I need to do to override that behaviour? Is it a cookie value, something in the request object that I can work around or am I up the creek on this one? Any insights?? Thanks, Lee _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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Virtual Hosting and save forms
by Matt Hapke 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

Well, any help on this one would surely be appreciated. I've gone about as far as I think I can go without asking here... I have a Zope server that is relayed through a portal set up like this: The web server is at www.me.com Anything destined for the zope server will have a address of www.me.com/zope/* OK, I actually have this part working 95% correctly. I've tried doing this with an Apache Front end and virtual Hosting, and I've tried using the ol SiteRoot Folder. I've got both to work except, when I fill in a typical form in manager, or plone, or whatever, it never saves the data. I'm bewildered. Examples: I got into root properties under /manage, and change the title. I hit the Save button, and it comes back to the root zope page. I surf up to the properties page again, and no changes. no error either. I go to plone, which has all the links looking perfect as far as I can tell, open a document, make some changes, hit save, and bingo, it doesn't save, just returns me to the page with no changes. I'm at a loss as to what the problem might be. The action URLs in each of the forms are what I think they should be (mapped through the web relay). I would appreciate any help I can get.

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Continuation of my Trials and Tribulations with creating a ZClass Product
by Bill Hewitt 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

First off, thanks to everyone for answers to problems I had trouble explaining..... This has been extremely painful to understand so far. Anyway, the query code I have below works up to the return.... It returns the correct stylesheet, but I need to know how to insert a standard template in the Style Sheet ZClass (based on DTMLDocument) so I dont have to edit/add the view every time I create an instance. (manage_clone, manage_add, DTMLFile ?????) Looking into DTMLDocument, I see how to do it in python, but I dont understand how to apply that to python script..... Can someone show me an example of how to do this? WPH My code so far is below: --------- --------- Python code used to create the Style Sheet Instance --------- # Add a new instance of the Style Sheet ZClass request = context.REQUEST from DateTime import DateTime ts=DateTime().strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S') id=str(ts) instance = container.StyleSheet.createInObjectManager(id, request) ################################################################## ### I would assume I need to add the Style Sheet document_src here ################################################################## # ***************************************************************** # Perform any initialization of the new instance here. # For example, to update a property sheet named "Basic" from the # form values, uncomment the following line of code: instance.propertysheets.Base.manage_editProperties(request) instance.propertysheets.Custom.manage_editProperties(request) instance.propertysheets.a.manage_editProperties(request) instance.propertysheets.body.manage_editProperties(request) instance.propertysheets.h1.manage_editProperties(request) instance.propertysheets.h2.manage_editProperties(request) instance.propertysheets.h3.manage_editProperties(request) instance.propertysheets.h4.manage_editProperties(request) instance.propertysheets.h5.manage_editProperties(request) instance.propertysheets.p.manage_editProperties(request) # ***************************************************************** if redirect: # redirect to the management view of the instance's container request.RESPONSE.redirect(instance.aq_parent.absolute_url() + '/manage_main') else: # If we aren't supposed to redirect (ie, we are called from a script) # then just return the ZClass instance to the caller return instance --------- --------- Python Code used for the building the public view.... ---------- DATE=DateTime().dd() MONTH=DateTime().Month() DAY=DateTime().Day() YEAR=DateTime().year() ## Build a Date/Time Output to Match variations on "title" String Formats in Style Sheet Properties DAYMONTHDATEYEAR="%s %s %s %s" % (DAY, MONTH, DATE, YEAR) MONTHDATEYEAR=" %s %s %s" % (MONTH, DATE, YEAR) DAYMONTHYEAR="%s %s %s" % (DAY, MONTH, YEAR) DAYMONTHDATE="%s%s%s " % (DAY, MONTH, DATE) DAYDATEYEAR="%s %s %s" % (DAY, DATE, YEAR) MONTHDATE=" %s %s " % (MONTH, DATE) DAYMONTH="%s %s " % (DAY, MONTH) DAYDATE="%s %s " % (DAY, DATE) DATEYEAR=" %s %s" % (DATE, YEAR) DAYYEAR="%s %s" % (DAY, YEAR) MONTHYEAR=" %s %s" % (MONTH, YEAR) MONTHKEY=" %s " % (MONTH) DATEKEY=" %s " % (DATE) DAYKEY="%s " % (DAY) YEARKEY=" %s" % (YEAR) DEFAULT="DEFAULT" ## Look for Day Year (ie - Monday 2003) in Style Sheet (a DTML Document subclass) ## NOTE THAT StyleBook is a container (subclass of Folder) for stylesheet in container.StyleBook.objectValues(['Style Sheet']): if stylesheet.title == DAYYEAR: return stylesheet() #### Here I am returning the proper stylesheet instance - :) #### But how do I template the document_src in the Style Sheet ZClass #### to keep from having to rewrite it for every instance I create? #### (like the default view in DTML Document)

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