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RE: [Zope] MailForm
by Dunigan, Craig 31 May '01

31 May '01

Jason, The full traceback is in an HTML comment. You need to view the source to see it. Craig Dunigan Web Programmer Esker Software - Extending the Reach of Information mailto:craig.dunigan@esker.com Ph. 608.273.6000 Fax 608.273.8227 http://www.esker.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason C. Leach [mailto:jleach@mail.ocis.net] > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 2:10 AM > To: Steve Spicklemire > Cc: zope(a)zope.org > Subject: Re: [Zope] MailForm > > > hi, > > That's it. After that is a HR and some troubleshooting > suggestions. no > more error output. > > j. > > ...................... > ..... Jason C. Leach > ... University College of the Cariboo. > .. > > On Wed, 30 May 2001, Steve Spicklemire wrote: > > > Hi Jason, > > > > You need to post the whole traceback. It's hard to tell > based on > > just the error type and value. > > > > -steve > > > > On Wednesday, May 30, 2001, at 06:19 PM, Jason C. Leach wrote: > > > > > hi, > > > > > > I'm doing a simple mail form according to a HOWTO on the > zope site. > > > When I > > > submit the mail form I get: > > > > > > Zope Error > > > > > > Zope has encountered an error while publishing > this resource. > > > > > > Error Type: TypeError > > > Error Value: len() of unsized object > > > > > > And am not sure why. It's pretty simple DTML and I > understand it all. > > > I'm > > > using: > > > Zope Version Zope 2.3.2 (source release, python 1.5.2, linux2) > > > Python Version 1.5.2 (#0, Dec 27 2000, 13:59:38) [GCC > 2.95.2 20000220 > > > (Debian GNU/Linux)] > > > System Platform linux2 > > > Process Id 20502 (2051) > > > Running For 19 days 2 hours 28 min 15 sec > > > > > > Thanks, > > > j. > > > > > > ...................... > > > ..... Jason C. Leach > > > ... University College of the Cariboo. > > > .. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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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zope developer
by David Kranowitz 31 May '01

31 May '01

I'm looking for a developer who knows Zope and Gadfly well to help on a web redesign project. Please feel free to call me at work at 303.543.1408, ext 222 to discuss. Thanks, Dave

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Re: Possible: Saving and re-issuing the REQUEST?
by Philipp Robbel 31 May '01

31 May '01

Hi Tino, thanks again - it's great that you are such an active member of the Mailing List. I must admit, I haven't understood your answer completely [newbie]. Would you mind explaining a little more? I have already created a design and I don't want to make input and sql-drop down on the same page.. Is it still possible? I didn't understand if your answer's 2nd part was a solution for the javascript-window design. > If you make the query to the display-page with > GET, you should be able to trigger reload on the window > with JavaScript. At least you would have all parameters > in the URL. > If thats not possible, you could put your values into > hidden form fields and reissue the form via form submit. > The simplest solution would be to make the target of the > input form to the display window and reload your input > window from there (or dont even reload it). This is the part I haven't understood completely. Could you try to "fill" it with DTML so that I get a deeper insight :-)? How would I do it with GET? What's the difference between GET and POST (I have read the docs, I simply don't understand the difference for Zope! And: what if you don't supply any method=GET or =POST statements in your forms as done in the Zope Tutorial?). And more importantly: was your answer above related to javascript-window solution or "all in one page"-solution? I would need a suggestion for the javascript-window one. My original idea was something like: a) on the main site with sql-dropdown the link ("Create new drop-down entry")... [just a mindmap, no working code!!]: there's a link to the popup which passes the current REQUEST: <a href="<dtml-var URL>?<dtml-var REQUEST>"> or whatever... b) when clicking refresh in the javascript window: top.refresh "mainSite(REQUEST)" Again, is such REQUEST passing possible? Or: do you have a better idea? Thanks again, Philipp

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what's up with sendmail tag in standard_error_message?
by marc lindahl 31 May '01

31 May '01

Am I missing something? I'm running 2.3.2, and simplifying standar_error_message down to this doesn't even work. I don't have ZDebug installed (anymore -- same thing with or without ver 0.2.1): <dtml-var standard_html_header> <dtml-sendmail mailhost="ErrorMailHost" mailto="zope(a)bowery.com" mailfrom="Zope System Error Message" subject="Zope Error Report"> There was an error. </dtml-sendmail> <dtml-var standard_html_footer> I have a mailhost in the root dir called ErrorMailHost, and tried setting it's security totally lax (anonymous can do anything), doesn't help... if I don't have a sendmail tag in standard_error_message it works as expected. Can't believe it's not working... I'm sure plenty of people have this setup!

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Re: [Zope] Customizing / borrowing code from /manage/ screens
by Tres Seaver 31 May '01

31 May '01

Andres Schneiderman <schneida(a)seiu.org> wrote: > Let me be a bit clearer. I installed CMF w/o any problems and > was able to create an insta-portal. But when I tried to start > customizing the sucker, I got lost. > > For ex, I used the "Folder contents" to add a few folders & > documents. But when I clicked on "view", they didn't show up. > So, > > A) How do I get them to show up? Customize the 'index_html' of your site to show them, using straght-up DTML (or ZPT) coding. > B) If I want to customize the way they're displayed--for > example, allow for a "blurb" that explains what's in the > folder--how do I go about doing that? In the ZMI, go to 'portal_skins/generic/index_html', select the 'custom' folder, and click the "Customize" button; the CMF will make a copy of the filesystem-based 'index_html' as a standard DTMLMethod in the 'custom' folder (under 'portal_skins'); it then redirects you to the 'manage_workspace' of that DTMLMethod, so you can edit it. > Again, if this is written down anywhere, just let me know where > to look. The CMF Dogbowl has a number of documents and how-tos on "skinning" the CMF: http://cmf.zope.org/search?SearchableText=skin Also, the CMF mailing list, zope-cmf(a)zope.org, is a more fruitful place for such questions than the main Zope list. Hope that helps, Tres. -- =============================================================== Tres Seaver tseaver(a)digicool.com Digital Creations "Zope Dealers" http://www.zope.org

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dtml-in batching improved
by Ivo van der Wijk 31 May '01

31 May '01

Hi all, I'm reposting this here as I think this is of interest to non-developers as well, and I don't get much response on zope-dev anyway :) When using batching in dtml-in, why is 'previous-sequence' only defined at the first iteration of the current batch? And why is 'next-sequence' only defined at the last iteration of the current batch? This behaviour makes it difficult to display a batch like this: -- begin sample -- Item N Item N+1 Item N+2 (link to previous items) (link to next items) -- end sample -- Because the code would be something like: -- begin sample -- <dtml-in something start=query_start size=3> [do something with sequence-item] <dtml-if sequence-end>  <dtml-if previous-sequence> (link to previous items) </dtml-if> <dtml-if next-sequence> (link to next items) </dtml-if> </dtml-if> </dtml-in> -- end sample -- However, if your batchsize is larger than 1, 'previous-sequence' will always be untrue at the last item (when sequence-item is true). The only solution would be implement a second dtml-in after the first one purely for displaying the previous link. Also, dtml-in would re-execute your "expr" (which it does not very efficiently), so if you want to avoid doing the "expr" twice, you'd have to store it temporarily using dtml-let (or my dtml-set tag ;). The end result would be: -- start sample -- <dtml-let foo="expr"> <dtml-in foo start=start_query size=3> [do something with sequence-item] </dtml-in> <dtml-in foo start=start_query size=3>  <dtml-if sequence-end> <dtml-if previous-sequence> (link to previous items) </dtml-if> <dtml-if next-sequence> (link to next items) </dtml-if> </dtml-if> </dtml-in> </dtml-let> -- end sample -- And at this point I really would start to implement the batching myself in python :) Of course, basically the same applies if you want both the previous/next link at the top of the batch display. (Imagine you want both! :) Either I'm missing something really obvious here, or the patches below make sense. There are two versions: - patch #1: This version fixes the issue above by enabling the values of previous/next-sequence throughout the entire batch (and other related variables as well: X-sequence, X-sequence-start-index, X-sequence-end-index, X-sequence-size) (which may break existing sites), and - patch #2: This version introduces new variablenames, leaving the behaviour of previous/next-sequence. A third alternative would be to only define the variables at the top and bottom of the batch. Both versions fix (I think) a grammatical error. It's up to the DC guys if they feel like incorporating either of these patches in a next release :) patch #1: define variables everywhere in the batch This patch makes sure that the following variables are available through each iteration of dtml-in, for each item. !!!!! This patch may break alot of dtml code !!!!!! next-sequence next-sequence-start-index next-sequence-end-index next-sequence-size previous-sequence previous-sequence-start-index previous-sequence-end-index previous-sequence-size -- patch begins here -- *** Zope-2.3.2-orig/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_In.py Fri Apr 13 21:30:38 2001 --- Zope-2.3.2-src/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_In.py Tue May 29 19:52:36 2001*************** *** 583,611 **** for index in range(first,end): # preset kw['previous-sequence']= 0 ! kw['next-sequence']= 0 # now more often defined then previously # ! if index==first or index==last: ! # provide batching information ! if first > 0: ! pstart,pend,psize=opt(0,first+overlap, ! sz,orphan,sequence) ! if index==first: kw['previous-sequence']=1 ! kw['previous-sequence-start-index']=pstart-1 ! kw['previous-sequence-end-index']=pend-1 ! kw['previous-sequence-size']=pend+1-pstart ! try: ! # The following line is a sneaky way to ! # test whether there are more items, ! # without actually computing a length: ! sequence[end] ! pstart,pend,psize=opt(end+1-overlap,0, ! sz,orphan,sequence) ! if index==last: kw['next-sequence']=1 ! kw['next-sequence-start-index']=pstart-1 ! kw['next-sequence-end-index']=pend-1 ! kw['next-sequence-size']=pend+1-pstart ! except: pass if index==last: kw['sequence-end']=1 --- 583,610 ---- for index in range(first,end): # preset kw['previous-sequence']= 0 ! kw['next-sequence']= 0 # now more often defined than previously # ! # provide batching information ! if first > 0: ! pstart,pend,psize=opt(0,first+overlap, ! sz,orphan,sequence) ! kw['previous-sequence']=1 ! kw['previous-sequence-start-index']=pstart-1 ! kw['previous-sequence-end-index']=pend-1 ! kw['previous-sequence-size']=pend+1-pstart ! try: ! # The following line is a sneaky way to ! # test whether there are more items, ! # without actually computing a length: ! sequence[end] ! pstart,pend,psize=opt(end+1-overlap,0, ! sz,orphan,sequence) ! kw['next-sequence']=1 ! kw['next-sequence-start-index']=pstart-1 ! kw['next-sequence-end-index']=pend-1 ! kw['next-sequence-size']=pend+1-pstart ! except: pass if index==last: kw['sequence-end']=1 -- end -- patch #2: introduce new variables This patch introduces the variables batch-next-sequence batch-next-sequence-start-index batch-next-sequence-end-index batch-next-sequence-size batch-previous-sequence batch-previous-sequence-start-index batch-previous-sequence-end-index batch-previous-sequence-size Which behave exactly the same as the variables withouth 'batch-' in front, but these are available with each iteration/item of dtml-in, not just the first/last. This patch should not break any existing dtml code. -- patch begins here -- *** Zope-2.3.2-orig/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_In.py Fri Apr 13 21:30:38 2001 --- Zope-2.3.2-src/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_In.py Tue May 29 20:23:24 2001 *************** *** 583,589 **** for index in range(first,end): # preset kw['previous-sequence']= 0 ! kw['next-sequence']= 0 # now more often defined then previously # if index==first or index==last: # provide batching information --- 583,609 ---- for index in range(first,end): # preset kw['previous-sequence']= 0 ! kw['next-sequence']= 0 # now more often defined than previously ! # provide batching information ! if first > 0: ! pstart,pend,psize=opt(0,first+overlap, ! sz,orphan,sequence) ! kw['batch-previous-sequence']=1 ! kw['batch-previous-sequence-start-index']=pstart-1 ! kw['batch-previous-sequence-end-index']=pend-1 ! kw['batch-previous-sequence-size']=pend+1-pstart ! try: ! # The following line is a sneaky way to ! # test whether there are more items, ! # without actually computing a length: ! sequence[end] ! pstart,pend,psize=opt(end+1-overlap,0, ! sz,orphan,sequence) ! kw['batch-next-sequence']=1 ! kw['batch-next-sequence-start-index']=pstart-1 ! kw['batch-next-sequence-end-index']=pend-1 ! kw['batch-next-sequence-size']=pend+1-pstart ! except: pass # if index==first or index==last: # provide batching information -- To apply either of them, cd to your SOFTWARE_HOME (i.e. Zope-2.3.2-src) and patch -p1 < /location/of/patch NOTE! It only makes sense to apply one of these patches, not both! Cheers, Ivo -- Drs. I.R. van der Wijk -=- Brouwersgracht 132 Amaze Internet Services V.O.F. 1013 HA Amsterdam -=- Tel: +31-20-4688336 Linux/Web/Zope/SQL Fax: +31-20-4688337 Network Solutions Web: http://www.amaze.nl/ Consultancy Email: ivo(a)amaze.nl -=-

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another STX annoyance
by Chris Ryland 31 May '01

31 May '01

You can end a link with a period (which gets left out of the URL), but not with a comma (for obvious reasons, I guess). This is quite frustrating when you have a series of links "foo":foo, "bar":bar, "bletch":bletch. The first two commas get included as part of the URL. Using a space before the comma works, but then there's an ugly space in the result. Any suggestions? Any chance of not including commas, or of some further quoting such as "foo":"foo", "bar":"bar", etc.? I know I'm tilting at the wind here... -- Cheers! Chris Ryland Em Software, Inc. www.emsoftware.com

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RE: [Zope] MailForm
by Max Møller Rasmussen 31 May '01

31 May '01

> From: Jason C. Leach [mailto:jleach@mail.ocis.net] > That's it. After that is a HR and some troubleshooting > suggestions. no > more error output. You probably have a fault header. Remember that whitespaces DO matter when using a MailHost. So no empty lines where there shouldn't be etc. And remember to use all the nessecary fields. regards Max M

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Looking for a timer
by Robert Rottermann 31 May '01

31 May '01

Hi there, is there a way to poll for a flag and go to hibernation for a given amount of time if it is not set. thanks for your tips. Robert

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Customizing / borrowing code from /manage/ screens
by Anders Schneiderman 31 May '01

31 May '01

I just started playing w/ Zope, and I'm trying to do a simple Intranet site to show my bosses what Zope can do. I like the way Zope handles content management through /manage/. I'd like to use a slightly customized, simpler version for our users. Is there an easy way to do this, either by customizing or borrowing existing code? Thanks, Anders Schneiderman SEIU International P.S. If this question has been answered elsewhere, just let me know where to look; I couldn't find it when I poked around, but I might not have known the right heading to seek.

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