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Displaying the text from a text area
by Timothy Grant 15 Aug '99

15 Aug '99

Hi folks, This seems like it should be simple, but I haven't been able to figure it out. I have a text area called "notes" for users to--appropriately enough--enter notes on a transaction. The notes field carries beautifully across two different forms, allowing the user to append information to the field if they need to when they are viewing the second form. I then want to display the entered text in printable/e-mailable form on the third page. I have discovered the following behaviour, that while understandable is not desirable--at least for what I'm implementing: Form 1: <p><b>Notes:</b><br> <textarea name="notes" wrap="on" cols="80" rows="10"> </textarea></p> Form 2: <p><b>Notes:</b><br> <textarea name="notes" wrap="on" cols="80" rows="10">  </textarea></p> Undesirable behaviour one-- Using this method, I end up with a Python List on the third page. The first item in the list is the text that was entered on the first page, the second item on the list is the text that was entered on both the first and second pages. Undesirable behaviour two-- When I go to display the text using  not only do I get both items from the list, but I get untranslated CR/LF pairs. Any solutions to either of these little problems would be greatly appreciated. -- Stand Fast, tjg. ======================= Timothy Grant Red Hat Certified Engineer VP Technology/CTO Avalon Technology Group tjg(a)avalongroup.net www.avalongroup.net (503) 246-3630 (503) 246-3124 Fax

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Identifying current location
by Tim Wilson 15 Aug '99

15 Aug '99

Hi Zopesters, I'd like to implement a navigation bar somewhat like the one at the top of the page at www.zope.org. I'd like to have each button be highlighted whenever the browser is at that page. For example, the home page would cause "Home" on the Nav bar to have a different colored background. Two questions: 1. How to I access the current page's ID so I can code the nav bar logic? 2. Is there a reference for all of these objects? For example, how would I know about <dtml-var ZopeAttributionButton> if I didn't trip over it? -Tim -- Timothy Wilson | "The faster you | Check out: Henry Sibley H.S. | go, the shorter | http://slashdot.org/ W. St. Paul, MN, USA | you are." | http://linux.com/ wilson(a)chem.umn.edu | -Einstein | http://www.mn-linux.org/

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Undeliverable: Zope.org Membership Information
by System Administrator 15 Aug '99

15 Aug '99

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Alpha of ODP Viewer product
by Maik Roeder 14 Aug '99

14 Aug '99

Hi Andrew ! On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, A.M. Kuchling wrote: > I've released an alpha version of the product that lets you browse > through RDF dumps from the Open Directory Project. Currently I've > only used it with very small example files; getting all 300Mb of XML > data into Zope remains an unsolved problem. It should be possible to get the 300MB files into Zope with my XML2Zope external method. XML tags are converted to Zope Folders and Attributes to Zope Properties. I have only tested it with considerably smaller files though. > You'll need the XMLDocument product to play with it. > > http://starship.python.net/crew/amk/zope/ODP.html > > My plan is to figure out how to get the *real* XML dumps into Zope, > and then write tools for stripping the data down to a subset, which > would let you present the 'Recreation: Chess' subtree on your chess > site. What do you mean by "get the *real* XML dumps into Zope" ? Maik Röder

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Alpha of ODP Viewer product
by A.M. Kuchling 14 Aug '99

14 Aug '99

I've released an alpha version of the product that lets you browse through RDF dumps from the Open Directory Project. Currently I've only used it with very small example files; getting all 300Mb of XML data into Zope remains an unsolved problem. You'll need the XMLDocument product to play with it. http://starship.python.net/crew/amk/zope/ODP.html My plan is to figure out how to get the *real* XML dumps into Zope, and then write tools for stripping the data down to a subset, which would let you present the 'Recreation: Chess' subtree on your chess site. -- A.M. Kuchling http://starship.python.net/crew/amk/ Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student. -- George Iles

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About It..
by Pedro Morais 14 Aug '99

14 Aug '99

First of all, sorry for my English. I need to use Zope i a project tht includes also the web server Apache, the db MySql and PHP3. But I can't figure out wath to do with Zope. Wath is the purpose of Zope, did I have to know wath is Phyton (I thing thats a programming language!). I have already followed the instructions to create the 'Plutonia Web Site' From a manual of Zope, but that's it? It's the only thing to do? And how can I see the page working as a internet user will see it (when I put www.xxxxxx.xx to see the page. I used de view 'tag' on top of the right frame on the creation of the web page). And how can I use it with the Apache web server? I need that kind of information. Thanks Pedro Morais

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FYI: Mark Gibbs article
by Paul Everitt 14 Aug '99

14 Aug '99

Howdy folks. I just stumbled across an old article by Mark Gibbs from Network World: http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/web/1228web1.html Back in December he lauded the interesting ideas in Zope and said he was going to look at it over the holidays. If any of you get a chance, please email him and ask what he thought and suggest he look at what's going on now. --Paul

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Help! How would I use Oracle for persistence?
by Bradford Hull 14 Aug '99

14 Aug '99

I'm trying to evaluate Zope for use in our scattering of projects, and it's been maddeningly delightful. I see a design with wonderful cleanness and simplicity, yet complete coverage for all we need to do. The one problem I have is that old standard Unix problem: all the documentation assumes you already have the specifics you need from some other unspecified, and in this case nonexistent, document. After days of digging through every available document and the archives of this list, I realized that it should be possible to store stuff in a database if I can figure out a handful of things I can't seem to glean from the documentation: 1) Where do I put the python files to use in an External Method? Here, the documentation offers a couple of highly ambiguous hints (Put them in the Extensions directory of your Zope directory, which directory you may have to create. OK, that narrows it down to maybe a dozen that this term could refer to. Or an Extensions directory under your product (lib/python/ Products/<myProduct>/Extensions) - now that's the least ambiguous one, but I can't help suspecting there's a key fact or 60 being left out here... Since most of the rest of the documentation assumes you already know almost everything you need, and refrains from 'repeating' it. 2) Can an External Method, or more to the point, an Extension, get at other Zope objects? If so, I can use the Oracle connection I put in my folder and which is obligingly open. If so, how? This doesn't come up in any of the examples. Answers to these two may let me do some trivial prototyping so I can find out if this thing is as wonderful as it looks. I assume it must be, because everybody keeps making sense in their praise of this obviously wonderful design. I'll be willing to accept the idea that I'm a fool not to use Bobo, too, but I still need these answers to stand a chance either way. I'll be delighted to help make documentation improvements, because if it is this great, it deserves to be useable by everybody. Frankly, the documentation as it stands is great marketing material, but maddening if you want to insert and update data in a database, or indeed add/update data at all. -- Bradford K. Hull | **> Never let a computer see you hurry. <** brad(a)tera.com | Bradford K. Hull (206)701-2066 |

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ANNOUNCE: KM|net News Product
by Kevin Dangoor 13 Aug '99

13 Aug '99

Hi, I have just packaged up an alpha version of KM|net News (KMNN). I have taken the code that we use for http://www.byproducts.com and converted into a ZClass/ZCatalog based package. KMNN provides a news system that accepts reader contributions and allows the editor to sort things into categories. My model for this, originally, was c|net rather than slashdot. This package has a number of (possibly :) unique features including: images can be uploaded with the articles, articles can be syndicated via RSS 0.91, RDF and ScriptingNews XML applications, readers can vote on articles, articles can be released at a specific time. You can find the package at http://www.kendermedia.com/kmnn.html NOTE: this package requires Zope 2.0b3. It has undergone *very* little testing at this point, and won't be the production code at byproducts.com until September... Kevin

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RE: [Zope] Can't create a MailHost
by Rob Page 13 Aug '99

13 Aug '99

> I tried to create a Mail Form as the How-To describes > it, but it its > impossible for me to get the first step done, creating the > MailHost object. > When I push the ADD button on the form to create the > MaiilHost, it gives me > back this error: > Error Type : KeyError > Error Value: manage_addMailHost I thought this was a known issue on b3. However, I just checked the b4 release notes and they make no mention of it. Just to be safe, please report this to the Collector. Tks, Rob

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