[Zope] Problem with Cut and Paste

29 Jan 2001

      Hi,

First I'm sorry if this message was already received in this list, 
but I'm sure I've not received it to confirm, so I send it again, sorry
for the inconvenience.

I'm trying to modify OFS/dtml/main.dtml and OFS/CopySupport.py
in order to create a shortcut button to cut an object and paste it
in the parent object in one click, because I think this may
save lots of boring clicks, at least for me.

When I call the following method from the management interface
(OFS/dtml/main.dtml) then I receive this error:

"The data in the clipboard could not be read, possibly due to
cookie data being truncated by your web browser.
Try copying fewer objects."

But when I call if from a PythonScript it works fine.

My method, bound to a MoveUp button of my own:

--CUT---
def manage_moveupObjects(self, ids=None, REQUEST=None):
    """Moves the selected objects to the parent objets (e.g. Folder)"""
    if ids is None and REQUEST is not None:
        return eNoItemsSpecified
    elif ids is None:
        raise ValueError, 'ids must be specified'
    if type(ids) is type(''):
       ids=[ids]
    if hasattr(self, 'aq_parent') and hasattr(self.aq_parent, 'manage_pasteObjects') :
       cb_copy_data = self.manage_cutObjects(ids, REQUEST)
       return self.aq_parent.manage_pasteObjects(cb_copy_data, REQUEST)
---CUT---

If I call self.aq_parent.manage_pasteObjects with None as the
first parameter then it works fine from the management
interface but not from a PythonScript: I receive a
"No clipboard data found" error.

Please could someone explain me what the problem is ?
(I want it to work both from the management interface and from Python)

Thanks in advance.

Jerome Alet