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dtml images and property sheets
by Thomas 02 Feb '00

02 Feb '00

I have a text field in my property sheet where some text is inputted. I want to be write in that text field something like this: <dtml-var myimage> and thus call an image within that Zclass instance's namespace. Seems like dtml won't work here. I am missing something? Any tips or hints appreciated. Thanks, Thomas

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RE: [Zope] Usage of AUTHENTICATED_USER
by Michel Pelletier 02 Feb '00

02 Feb '00

> -----Original Message----- > From: Shane Hathaway [mailto:zope@pi.slcc.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 7:49 PM > To: zope(a)zope.org > Subject: [Zope] Usage of AUTHENTICATED_USER > > > Zopistas, > > This is unlikely to be a major issue so I'll just say what's > involved in > exploiting the hole. The manage_addFolder method, used to > create a new > folder, takes the current REQUEST as an argument. All one > needs to do is > call manage_addFolder without a REQUEST argument, and the > extra security > checks are disabled. Thus anyone who can create folders can > also create > default user folders. Can you report this bug to the collector? > The issue is that there is no apparent way for a method such as > manage_addFolder to get the current User object to perform a proper > security check. Getting it using REQUEST['AUTHENTICATED_USER'] isn't > reliable. In fact, it is possible to call > <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('AUTHENTICATED_USER', bogusSuperUser)"> > which works but fortunately doesn't have much effect at present. > (bogusSuperUser would be a folder with DTML methods has_permission, > has_role, validate, etc. and would masquerade as a SuperUser object.) Hmmm... this might be considered a problem, can you submit this to the collector also? -Michel

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where's the Distribution tab ?
by Jerome ALET 02 Feb '00

02 Feb '00

Hi, At work I'm designing a Zclass which subclasses ObjectManager and which have some subclasses. because I wanted to continue my work at home, I've created a Distribution with the Distribution tab and I've installed it at home to work offline (telephone is not a cheap thing here). At home I've continued my work, no problem, all works fine. However when I wanted to create a new distribution for my Zclass to bring it back to my office then I noticed that the Distribution tab was nowhere on the screen although it is present for some other Zclasses. I've tried to access directly to the manage_distributionView method for my product and it said to me: "this product is not redistributable" where does the problem come from ? Does Zope refuse to "redistribute" something which was written on another Zope server ? I hope (read: I'm sure) it's not the case. thanks. Jerome ALET - alet(a)unice.fr - http://cortex.unice.fr/~jerome Faculte de Medecine de Nice - http://noe.unice.fr - Tel: 04 93 37 76 30 28 Avenue de Valombrose - 06107 NICE Cedex 2 - FRANCE

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RE: [Zope] combining Zope sites
by Michel Pelletier 02 Feb '00

02 Feb '00

Export your content from one, and import it into the other. -Michel > -----Original Message----- > From: Timothy Wilson [mailto:wilson@visi.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 9:55 AM > To: Zope listserv > Subject: [Zope] combining Zope sites > > > Hi everyone, > > What's the best way to merge a couple Zope sites into one? I > assume that I > can't cut-and-paste between two different Zope sites. Do I have to > recreate all of the DTML documents, methods, etc? > > -Tim > > -- > Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: > Henry Sibley H.S. | http://www.isd197.k12.mn.us/ | > http://www.zope.org/ > W. St. Paul, MN | | > http://slashdot.org/ > wilson(a)visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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combining Zope sites
by Timothy Wilson 02 Feb '00

02 Feb '00

Hi everyone, What's the best way to merge a couple Zope sites into one? I assume that I can't cut-and-paste between two different Zope sites. Do I have to recreate all of the DTML documents, methods, etc? -Tim -- Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: Henry Sibley H.S. | http://www.isd197.k12.mn.us/ | http://www.zope.org/ W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org/ wilson(a)visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com/

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Zope Sites and Info Needed to Convince Boss
by Jatwood＠bwanazulia.com 02 Feb '00

02 Feb '00

I have been trying to convince my boss for a few months to try and build our database driven website in Zope. The first round they built it in ASP (www.gotfundraising.com) and now not only is it slow and difficult to manage but it does not work the way it is supposed to. So here I am trying to convince them to build it Zope (again). I have tried to talk about Open Source about functionality, about developer communities etc. Here is where his argument comes down to. 1) If you (me) get hit by a truck I will not be able to find anyone else to fix/build in Zope. 2) Can Zope scale to a big site and won't we just have to replace it with something else? 3) There is no technical support. 4) ASP is simple and a "standard" So I have put together a list of articles, sites and arguments but I would love if anyone out there who has dealt with this situation can send me more material (I have combed www.zope.org) Anything would be great, sites running Zope, examples of what you have done, experience with ASP vrs Zope, comparisons to bigger products (Vignette). This is one area where I really think Zope.org, Digital Creations and the user community need to strengthen which is the availability of information on the product, comparisons, etc. If Zope, like Linux is going to work and grow it needs to battle the FUD of all other products. Whatever I get back will go towards an article/posting on my member page of Zope.org. Thanks for all your help, JMA

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Database/E-Mail
by Dugas, Rheal 02 Feb '00

02 Feb '00

I have a question/request which I need help with as I havn't a Clue on how to approch or set this up. I have a mySQL support type database setup. What I want to do is have an e-mail address where any support related items will be entered into the database automactily. Where I send an email to rthe server, the server looks at the e-mail contents, adds a new record to the database, with the subject, message, and any files attached. Can this be done easily and if so could someone give me a hand with the code or setup. Rheal J. Dugas X_________ Color Systems Specialist National Call Center Xerox * Phone: (506) 647-1074 * Intelnet: *281-1074 * Fax: (506) 647-1096 * Toll Free: 1-800-939-3769 ext. 1074 * Email: rheal.dugas(a)can.xerox.com GPS Address N 45* 21.379* W 66* 01.695*

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Re: [Zope] Problem with ZODBCDA installation.
by Chris McDonough 02 Feb '00

02 Feb '00

Hmmmm... as I'm not using Windows, I'm not really sure what you're seeing. At this point we must unfortunately make some implicit assumptions about our user base. We realize we've got a long way to go before we can claim to be point, click, shoot and to be honest we may never get there. Robert Geiger wrote: > > OK. I'll buy that. Problem is, the File shown to me in the Archive > did not have a .tar extension identifying it as what it was. I know > how to use tar files, and would have done so if I, a relative newbie > to the linux world, had identified it. > > I lead software product development for our company, and I can tell > you that it is a good thing to try to think about these things from > the point of view of those you would like to 'initiate' into the ranks > of Zopista's, rather than the point of view of the well steeped. > I.e., do everything you can to make if intuitively easy to go through > the steps. Toward that goal, let people know what version of winzip > is required in the installation instructions. Try to anticipate what > Windoze users expect in a zip file. The more obvious it is to do the > 'simple' things needed to get to using zope productively, the greater > the success of the product in the market you are pursuing. Isn't > that the point of KDE and GNOME and Caldera's Installation program, > and many other efforts? We don't need to insult anyone's intelligence, > and I, for one, would like to be using the product for what it does, > not debugging the installation of simple parts of it. > > On the flip side, however, I am very please there IS an ODBC driver!! > > The fact that I am even having this discussion proves a couple of things: > - I am very enthusiastic about Zope and it's prospects > - I want nothing but Zope domination in the Web world > - I recognize that packaging software is not easy > - I respect the hell out of what DC has done with Zope > > Thanks for your assistance. I will give it another try. -- Chris McDonough - Digital Creations, Inc. Publishers of Zope - http://www.zope.org

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zope as e-learning environment
by Jansen, J. 02 Feb '00

02 Feb '00

(This message is also sent from the news-page from Digital Creations to P. Everitt, who referred to this mailinglist) Hello Zope people, I'm involved (as a educational developer) in a team to set up a e-learning environment for the Koning Willem I College in the Netherlands. We did some little experience with Zope (by Kees Roozendaal with the help from Kees de Brabander from the Leiden University). What pleases us (of course) is the fast, flexible and free way of building. I've compared some existing e-learning surroundings and now we have to make the choice and try to get the green light from our board of directors. Part of comparisional and part of immediate knowledge we do feel for Zope, but as a non ICT-expert I woulde like to have some answers/confirmations about the following items: -is it easily possible to build a learning item bank and to recall the (labeled) learning-topics (for chancing or transfer)? -is it easily to make an input option for student-data from the college registration system? -is student routesequency and -tracking (and gradebookfaclity) to make? -what about getting help? and the most important: -other systems are claiming to work with AICC, IMS or CMI-standards what about Zope? I should be very pleased with a qiuck answer and wish you all the best with Zope. Greetings, Jan Jansen faculty, educational developer Koing Willem I College 's-Hertogenbosch the Netherlands E: ja.jansen(a)kw1c.nl T: 0031 73 6249975 I: www.kw1c.nl

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Do objects have exist in DB to be shown in tree?
by Jacob Gorm Hansen 02 Feb '00

02 Feb '00

Hi, How is traversing the ZODB managed? Does Zope look up the root object and ask it to (recursively) return a given child, or does it go through the physical data itself? I need to create a "folder" with subobjects mirrored from another folder, so my subobjects won't be existing in the DB before somebody modifies their values and saves the changes. Is this at all possible? best, Jacob

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