Joachim Werner wrote:
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I'm finding myself again trying to figure out how things work in Zope, just to find out at the end that it is MUCH simpler that I thought -- but totally undocumented! Or maybe I just haven't looked for it enough ...
Isn't there somewhere a list of all method calls I can use from DTML (like manage_addXYZ)? It can't all be just trial and error or "read the code". -- Yes it can, but I don't want to be that pessimistic ;-)
Try: the zope quick reference. http://zdp.zope.org/projects/zqr/zqr/ZopeQR
O.k., my current problem is that I have a folder with icons and images in a ZClass that should be copied to all new instances of the class.
There seems to be a "manage_clone" call for that (just read about it in a posting), but how does it work and where do I find any documentation on it?
from the zqr: manage_clone(ob, id, [REQUEST]) Clone an object, creating a new object with the given id.
As all those methods are in the namespace, isn't there at least a trick to get a list of all names to print out? That would be a first start.
Nope, at least not an easy one.
I mean, I had to figure out every single call like manage_addDTMLDocument or manage_changeProperties by trial and error. That makes Zope so much less efficient that it could be ...
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<plug>The ZDP site is growing steadily. You may find more answers there.</plug> Rik