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ZStylesheet
by Neil Burnett 17 Jul '00

17 Jul '00

Warning: This is a 'get it off my chest' e-mail. Well, I am going to give up with CSS. I am sure ZStylesheet is a fine product, its just that CSS implementations lets it down. I have struggled for ages to get anything more sophisticated than font-family* to work on both IE5 and Netscape 4.6 - no chance. It seems they have both implemented CSS from a different hymn sheet :-( Basically, nothing to do with sizes works the same, and it boils down to Netscape ignoring the inheritance model of CSS. table rows and cells are a particular mystery. If anyone has cracked it and has developed a ZStylesheet which can second guess both browsers, please let me know. Until then, I will go back to using <font size="12pt"> or whatever. Shame, but I have more interesting things to worry about. Regards Neil *even font-family doesn't work for the BODY selector. Tables in Netscape ignore it so you have to use BODY TR TD as the selector.

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linuxworld article and auto-form generation
by Kapil Thangavelu 16 Jul '00

16 Jul '00

I played around with some auto-form generating ZClasses a couple months ago. Just thought i should share since it seems to be something people want, and i saw it used as a feature-lack against zope on linuxworld. basically it just spits out an html page where you pick a property sheet and then it spits up an edit form for that sheet. i use em for quick testing of a zclass and as a template(ala view source) for more customized forms. i generally use it a base zclass on a project and just make my other zclasses inherit from it. to view the forms after you've created the methods (in your the Products folder of your ZClass) just go to http://YourZopeSite.zope/YouObject/edit_properties this stuff will be on my members page, soon:) http://www.zope.org/Members/k_vertigo standard_disclaimer -ie it works for me. use at your own risk. raw dtml - sorry i'm sure the formatting blows edit_properties :: dtml_method <dtml-var standard_html_header> <center><b>Please Pick A Property Category</b></center> <table align="center"> <form action="edit_propertyCategory" method="POST"> <tr><td> <SELECT name="PropertyCategory"> <dtml-in "propertysheets.items()"> <OPTION value="<dtml-var sequence-key>"><dtml-var sequence-key></OPTION> </dtml-in> </SELECT> </tr></td> <tr><td><INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" value="Edit Properties"></td></tr> </form> </table> <dtml-var standard_html_footer> edit_propertyCategory :: dtml_method <dtml-var standard_html_header> <dtml-if "REQUEST.has_key('PropertyCategory')"> <dtml-in "propertysheets.items()"> <dtml-let y=sequence-key> <dtml-if "REQUEST.PropertyCategory==y"> <dtml-let x=sequence-item> <table border="1" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr><th colspan="2" align="center">Edit <dtml-var y> Properties</th></tr> <form action="edit_propertiesChange" method="POST"> <dtml-in "x.propertyItems()"> <tr><td> <dtml-var sequence-key> </td><td> <input type="text" name="<dtml-var sequence-key>" value="<dtml-var sequence-item>"> </td></tr> </dtml-in> <tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="SUBMIT" value="Change Properties"></td></tr> <input type=hidden name="PropertyCategory" value="<dtml-var PropertyCategory>"> </form> </table> </dtml-let> </dtml-if> </dtml-let> </dtml-in> <dtml-else> You have reached this page in error </dtml-if> <dtml-var standard_html_footer> edit_propertiesChange :: dtml_method <dtml-var standard_html_header> <dtml-if "REQUEST.has_key('PropertyCategory')"> <dtml-in "propertysheets.items()"> <dtml-let y=sequence-key> <dtml-if "REQUEST.PropertyCategory==y"> <dtml-let x=sequence-item> <dtml-call "x.manage_changeProperties(REQUEST)"> <dtml-var PropertyCategory> Properties Changed<br> <a href="<dtml-var URL1>">Back To Object</a><br> <a href="<dtml-var URL2>">Back To Container</a> </dtml-let> </dtml-if> </dtml-let> </dtml-in> <dtml-else> You have reached this page in error </dtml-if> <dtml-var standard_html_footer> Cheers Kapil http://lostworld.imeme.net

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Off Topic... ;-)
by Chris Withers 16 Jul '00

16 Jul '00

I saw this in someone's sig. and thought of Zope: > "The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know, > and the more I realize I don't know, the more I want to learn." > --Einstein ;-) Chris

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problems with odbc
by Erik Myllymaki 16 Jul '00

16 Jul '00

The following code works well from the command line, but produces the following error when run from zope as an external method: Error Type: AttributeError Error Value: odbc ----------------------- def testit(): import dbi, odbc s = odbc.odbc('zopeSQL/zserver/*******') cur = s.cursor() cur.execute('select * from DBF_Import..purchdoc') print cur.description for tup in cur.description: print tup[0], print while 1: rec = cur.fetchmany(10) if not rec: break print rec ----------------------- Any help greatly appreciated. Erik Myllymaki erik(a)pacific-shores.com

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Re: PIL on Win32 for the Photo Product
by Alexander Limi 16 Jul '00

16 Jul '00

> The web pages say something about a pil.pth file, I can't find that anywhere > in the archive either. Should of course have checked the Photo tarball for this... Got it working two minutes after the mail was sent. Sorry :) Alexander.

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PIL on Win32 for the Photo Product
by Alexander Limi 16 Jul '00

16 Jul '00

Hi, I need PIL in my Zope install to get the Photo product working. I downloaded the win32 version of PIL from http://starship.python.net/crew/da/PIL/ and tried unpacking it in the bin\python dir of my Zope install. Photo reports the following: Traceback (innermost last): File "C:\PROGRA~1\Zope\lib\python\OFS\Application.py", line 387, in import_products product=__import__(pname, global_dict, global_dict, silly) File "C:\Program Files\Zope\lib\python\Products\Photo\__init__.py", line 42, in ? import Photo File "C:\Program Files\Zope\lib\python\Products\Photo\Photo.py", line 87, in ? from PIL.Image import BICUBIC, BILINEAR, NEAREST ImportError: No module named PIL.Image The web pages say something about a pil.pth file, I can't find that anywhere in the archive either. Can anybody give me some hints on what to do? Alexander.

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DTML Problem (from the newbie "hair ripper" category)
by Darin Lee 16 Jul '00

16 Jul '00

Greetings, I have created a custom Zclass called "Category." This object is based on the "objectManager" template. Essentially this object is a container with a few properties attached; "navigation_name" and "description." Essentially, the gist of this is to create a navigation menu with a <dtml-in> loop that displays all of the Category('s) in a given directory. However, I want the property "navigation_name" to show up as the hyperlink text. Does this make sense? So, if I simply call the <dtml-in "objectValues(['Category'])"> and then print the name with <dtml-var navigation_name>, everything works fine!! Here is the proverbial rub. If I want to *test* for the presence of "navigation_name" so I can print "title_or_id" if it's not defined, Zope simply skips the "navigation_name" property. It's like it always evaluates to false! Example for "left navigation" dtml method: <dtml-in "objectValues(['Category'])"> <dtml-if "hasProperty('navigation_name')"> <dtml-var navigation_name> <dtml-else> <dtml-var title_or_id> </dtml-if> </dtml-in> Okay, I think to myself "self, maybe acquisition is getting in the way," so I try: <dtml-in "objectValues(['Category'])"> <dtml-with sequence-item> <dtml-if "hasProperty('navigation_name')"> <dtml-var navigation_name> <dtml-else> <dtml-var title_or_id> </dtml-if> </dtml-with> </dtml-in> Doesn't work! Could this have something to do with the definition of my own Zclass? Do I have to read into the property sheet specifically? Is there a command for that? I took the example from the excellent "Breadcrumb Navigation Trail Howto" and that works fine, as long as I use a supplied Zope object (like "folder"). As soon as I use my own ZClasses, this breaks. (I'd like to get my "navigation_name" into the breadcrumbs as well. Thanks in advance, -Darin Lee

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Re: [Zope] 2.2 installation problem on Linux
by Meeting Maker Webmaster 16 Jul '00

16 Jul '00

Hello, At 19:26 15.07.2000 +0000, Ragnar Beer wrote: >Zope 2.2 (linux2) installs and works fine using ZServer but for >whatever reason there is no pcgi-wrapper built in the pcgi dir so >that I cannot call Zope.cgi. I checked again and again but ./install >doesn't give an error message. What am I doing wrong? It seems they forgot to compile the PCGI wrapper... here is what you should do to make it work: ---------------------- cd pcgi sh ./configure make --------------------- Worked fine for me. Best regards, Gérard Métrailler Jr. Meeting Maker Inc. ... the intelligent choice for collaborative scheduling Email: webmaster(a)meetingmaker.com Web: http://www.meetingmaker.com

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Starting Zope v2.2.0 with daemontools etc. - problem starting!
by Jørgen Skogstad 16 Jul '00

16 Jul '00

Hi there.. I've just tried to install the new Zope with daemontools .. but I seem to get an error after I initiate zope through dameontools with "svc -u /service/zope" .. here what it continues to output; 16:52 zope@nexus [ /usr/local/zope/Zope-2.2.0-solaris-2.6-sparc > more temp.txt Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/local/zope/Zope-2.2.0-solaris-2.6-sparc/z2.py", line 289, in ? here=os.path.join(os.getcwd(), os.path.split(program)[0]) OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied 16:52 zope@nexus [ /usr/local/zope/Zope-2.2.0-solaris-2.6-sparc > .. zope is suposed to run as uid zope .. and gid zope .. and therefore I start it in the run script with "setuidgid zope" .. and I've tested the run script alone = it works! .. though when starting under daemontools it complains about the above. stuff.. .. anyone seen this .. or know why? .. need input from you other zopeaistas! Kindest, Jorgen Skogstad

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LoginManager 0.8.6 on Zope 2.1.6
by Gijs Reulen 16 Jul '00

16 Jul '00

Hi there I tried to install LoginManager 0.8.6 owith Zope 2.1.6 but that failed. Zope reports: LoginManager Import Traceback Traceback (innermost last): File "C:\PROGRA~1\ZOPE_216\lib\python\OFS\Application.py", line 387, in import_products product=__import__(pname, global_dict, global_dict, silly) File "C:\Program Files\Zope_216\lib\python\Products\LoginManager\__init__.py", line 1, in ? import LoginManager, LoginMethods, UserSources File "C:\Program Files\Zope_216\lib\python\Products\LoginManager\LoginManager.py", line 7, in ? from Products.ZPatterns.PlugIns import PlugInGroup ImportError: No module named ZPatterns.PlugIns Any solutions ? Does it need Zope 2.20 ?! Gijs Reulen

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