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Re: sub-object syntax
by Tom Neff 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

Jim Fulton <jim(a)digicool.com> wrote: > I'm not sure what you are refering to. We've considered for some time > allowing something like: > > <dtml-var a/b> > > meaning "insert sub-object b of object a". > > This is a good idea, but we haven't agreed on the semantics > of the '/'. Some people assume attribute access. Others expect > URL traversal, along the lines of what the publisher does. > Others want URL traversal *and* publisher-style calling. So make that a parameter in the dtml-var call: <dtml-var a/b Semantics=url> and follow up with some shortcut tags: <dtml-var-url a/b> or <dtml-url a/b> etc.

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Re: [Zope] Parse a file
by Chris McDonough 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

Pedro, You can't use DTML to do this... you need to instead use Python by constructing an External Method. Please see the External Method HowTo at http://www.zope.org/Documentation/How-To/ExternalMethods You may want to pick up a copy of "Learning Python" by Mark Lutz and David Ascher (O'Reilly Books) also... Pedro Silva wrote: > > Sorry about that!!! > > What I want to do is, in a file that is in a Local filesystem, analise that > file and get the information that I need to show. For example: the messages > in a filesystem are in mime type, everything is in one text. The file that > have that message, the one I want, is like that, so what I want to do is > look for some words, like From, Subject, Date and the content, and display > that in an organized form, like when we see the mails. > > Are you seeing what I want to do, now? > > Do you know what can I do to resolve this? > If yes, please tell me the code in dtml-tags, if you don't mind, ok? > > Thanks, > > Pedro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chris McDonough <chrism(a)digicool.com> > To: Pedro Silva <pedro.silva(a)ruido-visual.pt> > Cc: Zope - Questions <zope(a)zope.org> > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 2:38 PM > Subject: Re: [Zope] Parse a file > > > Pedro, > > > > 1. please don't send HTML to the list. > > 2. "parse a file" isn't very specific. what exactly do you want to do? > > > > > > Pedro Silva wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Can anyone tell me how can I parse a file, to get some information on > > > it? > > > > > > This file i want is in a local filesystem. > > > > > > Please answer me to: psilva(a)ruido-visual.pt > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Pedro > > > > -- > > Chris McDonough - Digital Creations, Inc. > > Publishers of Zope - http://www.zope.org > > -- Chris McDonough - Digital Creations, Inc. Publishers of Zope - http://www.zope.org

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Starting and Stopping Multiple Zope Instances HOWTO
by Jim Cain 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

All, I previously posted the scripts and configuration files I used to start and stop Zope. Now I have packaged those up into a HOWTO at Zope.org: http://www.zope.org/Members/jec/startstop_howto_html Cheers, Jim

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Re: [Zope] DTML Container?
by Mike 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

Steve Spicklemire wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > Hmmm.. how about just letting each instance of your > ObjectManagerish ZClass contain a "DTML Method" called > story_dtml or something. Then the index_html method of > the Zclass could (among other things possibly..) call > > <dtml-var story_dtml> I have two objections: 1) aggregation is NOT inheritance. 2) when you try index such object in ZCatalog (I mean full text index) you get story_dtml indexed, not object itself. How will you handle such catalog entries? > > which can then us all the tags your're talking about freely? > > more soon I'm sure... ;-) > -steve Steve, my English is much better than your Russian ;-) Mike

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Parse a file
by Pedro Silva 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

Hi, Can anyone tell me how can I parse a file, to get some information on it? This file i want is in a local filesystem. Please answer me to: psilva(a)ruido-visual.pt Thanks, Pedro

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XML Document Navigator
by Tres Seaver 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

I threw together a couple of DTML Methods for adding a "management interface" of sorts to XML Documents (simple two-frame-tree-and-details). I set it up as a Product (not yet catalogued), but perhaps it belongs in the main XML Document distribution? or something like it, anyway. Here is the Software Product: http://www.zope.org/Members/tseaver/XML_Navigator ToDo's * Facilitate display of "non-attribute" data (CDATA, etc.) perhaps in a third frame? * Add hooks for deploying custom detail views, indexed by the element type. * Make it "purty". Let me know what you think. Tres. -- ========================================================= Tres Seaver tseaver(a)palladion.com 713-523-6582 Palladion Software http://www.palladion.com

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FTP Access to www.zope.org
by Chris Withers 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

Hi, Can I get FTP access to my area on www.zope.org? If so, what host and post do I ftp to? cheers, Chris

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What happened to Tabula? Aqueduct?
by Bob Graw 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

A long time ago, (probably in a galaxy far, far away), I looked at Zope (versions 1.x). And, I have finally recognized the errors of my ways and have returned. So, in my re-learning curve, I was going through the various "guides" and the quick start. The quick start has the following section under Application Development: >Programming Data with Tabula > >Zope enables "stupid" data to become smart. Aqueduct gives smarts to relational data, >Tabula gives it to desktop-based data (such as DBF files). While Aqueduct's data is >external to Zope, Tabula brings its data inside. Besides speedy searches and flexible >reports, Tabula adds intelligence to its data through computed fields, hierarchies and >acquisition, plus all the features of DTML Scripting, especially direct querying. So, the question is ... "What happened to Tabula?" Did the name change? Is it embedded somewhere in Zope? I think Aqueduct became the ZODBC Adapter. It turns out that I would love to be able to access "desktop-based data (such as DBF files)." My platform will be Linux. (If it was Windows, I could probably just use the ZODBC stuff.) I have found at least one Python module to access DBF files. But, if there is a Zope oriented solution, that would obviously be better. Thanks, Bob /**************************************** Bob Graw PROSYS Enterprises, LLC bob(a)PROSYSenterprises.com 410.703.3455 ****************************************/

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RE: [Zope] Zope+ZServer+data on CDROM
by Rob Page 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

> Is it possible to run an Zope application directly on a CDROM? > I mean with Zope+ZServer+Zope-Products+date on the CDROM > without install all this stuff on the hard disk of the user. > I read somethings about this on the mailing list but I cannot > rediscover ... If EVERYTHING you need can be put on the CD-ROM (typically this disqualifies relation databases other than gadfly) you can -- in fact, the CD we produced for the Zope Track at the Python conference contained demo binaries for Win32 and Linux. The demo app contained all of the Zope lists messages in a ZCatalog-searchable index... Pretty cool. Jens Vagelpohl here (mailto:jens@digicool.com) worked on that project and might be able to offer some tips. --Rob

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Re: formatted date anomaly ...
by Darran Edmundson 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

I discovered the source of my problem with formatted dates. To recap, create a DTML *document* with the following code: <dtml-var standard_html_header> <dtml-var mydate><br> <dtml-var mydate fmt="%Y"><br> <dtml-var mydate fmt="%d/%m/%Y - %H:%M"> <dtml-var standard_html_footer> Now add a property to this document (not possible for methods) called "mydate", make it of type "date" and enter the date value "01/01/2000". Try rendering the document by selecting the View tab. On my machine I see the following: 2000/01/01 1999 31/12/1999 - 14:00 Zope with no formatting assumes the date I entered is in local time. Add formatting however and the date is now assumed to be GMT. Since Zope obviously knows my timezone, why not maintain consistency by assuming that dates are to be rendered in the same time zone that they were inputted? At this late hour I cannot see the rationale for this. Could someone please enlighten me. Cheers, Darran.

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