How do I enhance this to "also" work with LocalFS objects that will be nested inside regular Zope folders? I see that in LocalFS objectValues become fileValues, and I can get them to be listed, but I can't seem to turn that into a list of hyperlinks. A code snippet from someone who is doing this would be great!
I guess looking into the LocalFS source code will do. LocalFS has clickable links on the contents and the edit (index_html) screen. Just look at the DTML for that.
We will be uploading lots of files via ftp to the Zope server. We briefly looked at ExtFile, and like the idea, but didn't see how to create an ExtFile object via ftp upload. A remote server will create a file and automatically via cron ftp it to the Zope server to the local filesystem to be used via LocalFS. Is there a way to do this with ExtFile without human intervention? ;-)
The ftp/LocalFS way will certainly work (though it is not too secure; SCP would be better). But I'd prefer a more elegant way, using XML-RPC to create files directly in Zope. If your objects are VERY large however, ftp will work better. Joachim