Hello An intermodal transport project I am working on needs more advanced DateTime tools than native Zope or the [lovely] CalendarTag product offer. I've looked at the Python package mxDateTime http://starship.python.net/~lemburg/mxDateTime.html ...and YES it's just what we want. Key features we like are: - clean consistent syntax, - the facility for datetime arithmetic - all-in-one precision for timestamping anything. Our application requires a framework for participants in intermodal transport chains to search and negociate multiple transport connections [truck and ship mainly]. Becuase of the interdependancies it is necesasary to frequently iterate between multiple schedules from multiple prespectives. This demands on the fly datetime arithemetic. Q: How can we get _FULL_ access to all those features/functions/paramters/etc in Zope via DTML or otherwise?
Strategic and technical advice is needed... PythonExternal Methods vs. ZopeProduct vs. ???
We've tried wrapping some test functions from mxDateTime as PythonExternal methods, but [argghh] cannot pass parameters to them. Works ok in Python but not in Zope 8-( Is it possible to pass parameters to and from DTML to External Python Methods? If so How.. My dream is that mxDateTime becomes part of standard Python and thus Zope. But I confess I really do not undersatnd the realtionship between modules in the Python directory and what is available to call from Zope. Help. Really hoping there is a good solution Thanks in advance. - Jason Cunliffe ________________________________________________________________ Jason CUNLIFFE = NOMADICS.(Interactive Art and Technology).Design Director