RE: [Zope] ANNOUNCE: Z Classes Tutorial Update
Thanks Amos that really looks great.
Thanks!
I have a general question about ZClasses: Why can they only be used via creating a Product?
Um, I believe that the rational is that the Control Panel provides a centralized location for creating new Zope objects. A Product Folder is just a way of compartmentalizing Zope extensions. The Control Panel is just a way of containing those extensions.
Seems like that kind of defeats part of the purpose of having ZClasses -- freeing people from writing Python methods in a lot of cases (which requires superuser priveledges). By only being able to add ZClasses through the Product interface, one has to have superuser priveledges to create ZClasses, right.
I'm not sure where you got that idea. To my knowledge you can create Products in the Control Panel without being the "super manager". Though you do need to have the "Manager" role. Did you try creating a Product in the Control Panel and run into access problems?
What would be much nicer is for ZClasses to be creatable at any level in the Zope heirarchy.
We've talked about being able to have multiple Control Panels at different levels in the Zope hierarchy, so that Control Panel setting are not global. This change is a ways off yet, and is not necessary in order to use Z Classes. -Amos -- Amos Latteier mailto:amos@digicool.com Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 12:29:14 -0400, Amos Latteier <Amos@digicool.com> said: Amos> I'm not sure where you got that idea. To my knowledge you can Amos> create Products in the Control Panel without being the "super Amos> manager". Though you do need to have the "Manager" role. You're right. Not sure where I got that idea. :-) Amos> We've talked about being able to have multiple Control Panels at Amos> different levels in the Zope hierarchy, so that Control Panel Amos> setting are not global. This change is a ways off yet, and is not Amos> necessary in order to use Z Classes. That would be cool. I can see myself really cluttering up the "Available Objects" menu with ZClasses to the point of it being almost unusable. Being able to categorize them or make them non-global would be excellent. Alex Rice | alrice@swcp.com | http://www.swcp.com/~alrice Current Location: N. Rio Grande Bioregion, Southwestern USA
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