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Dynamic sorting in <dtml-in>
by Joel Burton 07 Mar '01

07 Mar '01

I feel like this should be easy, but I'm scratching my head try to remember if I've seen an easy solution. I'm doing a standard objectValues dtml-in: <dtml-in objectValues> <dtml-var xxxxx> </dtml-in> But I want to sort it by the attribute that is passed in the URL. I looked at the DTML source of the Zope site (where they do this), but didn't see how their sort_on was being used. Of course, I could do this as a python script, etc.--but is there a Q&D DTML way? Thanks! -- Joel Burton <jburton(a)scw.org> Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington

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Strategies for building ZPatterns applications as python Products?
by Itai Tavor 07 Mar '01

07 Mar '01

Hi, I'm thinking about migrating my ZPatterns-based application, which is currently built from standard Zope components, into a python Product. I'm looking for ideas on the best way to organize the application. I'm not trying to build a general-purpose application that can be instantiated easily, but I do need to consider reusing the application in the future, which will require customizing features, UI, etc. My main confusing is whether I should put everything in the python product, or also have methods in the application instance. Putting some methods (especially UI) in the instance will make it easier to customize, but then large pieces of the application are out of the product and I lose the advantages that made me want to use a product in the first place. OTOH, keeping everything in the product requires creating a new, modified product every time I need a new instance with different UI or features (this might not be so bad considering that it does not get instantiated very often, and that a lot of customizing work is expected anyway - but it would make it hard to merge in code updates that are relevant to all instances). Also, when the app is built as a product it will define its own DataSkin classes, so ZClasses will not be used at all - but then there's no place for customizable object methods. Another issue is that for the product to provide all the code I need to create my own Racks - every Rack in the application has to be a separate class which adds methods and SkinScripts specific to that Rack. And every Specialist needs a customized Racks management form that allows for adding the appropriate Racks for that Specialist. This seems like a huge amount of work compared to managing a standard objects and ZClasses application. I'd appreciate any suggestions or description of how people are dealing with these decisions. TIA, Itai P.S This is starting to sound a lot like the problems the PTK^H^H^HCMF is dealing with using skins... but implementing that kind of functionality is waaaay beyond the amount of work I can afford to put in... also, skins would help to customize UI, but not features, so actually copying and modifying the product might be something I just can't avoid. -- Itai Tavor -- "Je sautille, donc je suis." -- itai(a)optusnet.com.au -- - Kermit the Frog -- -- -- -- "Every day, once a day, give yourself a present" - Dale Cooper --

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stupid question
by michael angelo ruberto 06 Mar '01

06 Mar '01

hi, why doesn't this work? <dtml-if sequence-item.objectValues(['File'])> <td bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><dtml-let cType="sequence-item.getContentType()"><dtml-var cType></dtml-let></td> <dtml-else> <td bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><dtml-var meta_type></td> </dtml-if> is there some other way to display the content type of a file? thanks -<mike>-

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PythonScripts bypasses LoginManager validation
by Fred Yankowski 06 Mar '01

06 Mar '01

In Zope 2.3.1b1, it seems that PythonScripts can cause basic HTML validation, even in the context of LoginManager. My test situation is like this, in terms of Zope folders and objects: test_folder/ acl_users (Login Manager)/ script1 (a Python Script) restricted (a DTML Method) 'script1' calls 'restricted'. This works fine as Anonymous if 'restricted' has View permission for Anonymous. But if I disable View permission for Anonymous on 'restricted' and then access 'script1', I get a browser-generated Basic HTML authorization dialog, rather than the LoginManager login window (which works fine in other cases). So, this is a bug in PythonScripts, right? Shouldn't it do authentication and authorization using the controlling acl_users, LoginManager in this case, rather than causing Basic Authorization to occur? It also looks to me like PythonScripts don't get the right authorization when invoked by a Method that has a Proxy role set, but that's an issue for another time... -- Fred Yankowski fred(a)OntoSys.com tel: +1.630.879.1312 Principal Consultant www.OntoSys.com fax: +1.630.879.1370 OntoSys, Inc 38W242 Deerpath Rd, Batavia, IL 60510, USA

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ANNOUNCE: Dtml-Contract 2nd try
by ender 06 Mar '01

06 Mar '01

i was trying to demonstrate dtml-contract today (@ipc9) when i realized my release yesterday was broken because of a last minute change... so here's my second attempt. http://www.zope.org/Members/k_vertigo/ZopeProducts/PageContract and the changelog second public release 3/7/01: - fixed idiotic last minute change to last release, which prevented error handlers from working, doh:( - fixed broken installation because of... of ... a tab error.... - after a brief talk with jim fulton at ipc9 i realized that despite my informal tests that closing the response seemed to stop processing, the only way to be sure to stop it is to raise an error. dtml-return defines an undocumented error class which is handled specially and is appropiate for this use. thanks jim. - set content-type on response to text/html (later versions will have a tag option) this prevented some browsers (at least on kde's konqueror) from always rendering properly. kapil thangavelu

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Redirection anguish
by John R. Daily 06 Mar '01

06 Mar '01

According to old mailing list archives, <dtml-raise type="Redirect"> should tell the browser to, well, redirect. According to the Zope Book, the same can be achieved via <dtml-call expr="RESPONSE.redirect(target)"> Both give me similar errors in 2.3.0: --- Traceback (innermost last): File /usr/lib/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 222, in publish_module File /usr/lib/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 187, in publish File /usr/lib/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 171, in publish File /usr/lib/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: index_html) File /usr/lib/zope/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 112, in call_object (Object: index_html) File /usr/lib/zope/lib/python/OFS/DTMLDocument.py, line 189, in __call__ (Object: index_html) File /usr/lib/zope/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_String.py, line 538, in __call__ (Object: index_html) File /usr/lib/zope/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Raise.py, line 128, in render (Object: Redirect) Redirect: Invalid Error Value --- What in the world am I missing? -John

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Announcement: CMF 1.0 beta released
by Tres Seaver 06 Mar '01

06 Mar '01

We are pleased to "release version 1.0 beta", http://cmf.zope.org/download/CMF-1.0beta of the Zope Content Management Framework (CMF). Please review the "release notes":../README.txt and the "known issues":../ISSUES.txt. >From the README: What is the CMF? The Zope Content Management Framework provides a set of services and content objects useful for building highly dynamic, content-oriented portal sites. As packaged, the CMF generates a site much like the Zope.org site. The CMF is intended to be easily customizable, in terms of both the types of content used and the policies and services it provides. Resources * The CMF "dogbowl" site, "http://cmf.zope.org":http://cmf.zope.org. * The mailing list, zope-ptk(a)zope.org. List information and online signup are available at: http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-ptk. Archives of the list are at: http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zope-ptk. Tres. -- =============================================================== Tres Seaver tseaver(a)digicool.com Digital Creations "Zope Dealers" http://www.zope.org

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MP3 management via Zope ?
by andreas＠andreas-jung.com 06 Mar '01

06 Mar '01

Is there some kind of management system for an MP3 server available for handling about 60GB of MP3 ? The system should be able to handle playlists, sort all data by different criteria..... If there is none I should write one :-) Andreas

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Re: [Zope] dtml-tree
by Dieter Maurer 06 Mar '01

06 Mar '01

nuno writes: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_00D4_01C0A63D.9CE3BB00 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Please, do not post MIME messages! > i have tried something like this: > > <dtml-with "PARENTS[0].SITE.DIR1.DIR2"> -> Path from where i want to = > show the structure > <dtml-var browse> -> the DTML-method that does the display of the = > tree > </dtml-with> > > the funny thing is that, if i do a view in zope of the DTML-method = > browse directly it works, but it=20 > fails when i call the method from other place. > > Has anyone had a similar problem ? If you call it from somewhere else, the "PARENTS[0]" may be different and "SITE.DIR1.DIR2" no longer accessible... What problem do you see (exception or wrong result or whatever)? Dieter

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Re: [Zope] Error Type: cPickle.PicklingError... : HELP! : (
by Dieter Maurer 06 Mar '01

06 Mar '01

3dfestival - WebMaster writes: > What does this Error mean, and waht can I do to make it disappear.... ? > > Error Type: cPickle.PicklingError > Error Value: Cannot pickle <type 'instance method'> objects. You succeeded to assign an "instance method" to an attribute (or key) of a persistant object. Unfortunately, the ZODB (more precisely the underlying "pickle" machinery) can not store instance methods. Dieter

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