robin becker <robi-@jessikat.demon.co.uk> wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/zope/?start=21895

I'm trying various new (to me things with Zope). I cannot seem to get versions to work at all. Am I just an idiot?

:) Hopefully not. I just started to use versions. They are simple and great. You just add a "version object" into your folder, then click on it. This brings up a screen, where you click on the "StartWorking in ..." button. Voila. Everything you do afterwards is "versioned." Two important things, though: (1) If you want to save or discard the changes, go to the control panel and click on "Version Management", then make your choice. (2) Version works because Zope stores a cookie in your browser session. I am not sure, but I think the version information often is stored in either "tree-s" or "__cp" or "Zope-Version". You can view this more easily by appending "/REQUEST" to the browser http address. For instance: http://www.mysite.com:8080/myFolder/myHtml/REQUEST If you don't see any of these cookies, you are most likely viewing the rendering of your old version. Now the problem is: if you have multiple browser sessions open on your screen, how can you use all of these browser sessions simultaneously work on or view the same new version? There are two ways of doing this: (1) If you are using Internet Explorer IE5, use the File:New:Window pulldown menu to get a new window will allow you to access the same version. Or you can hold the shift key while clicking on the "view" tab of some of your Zope objects inside the management screen. For Netscape, use the "File:New:Navigator Window" pull-down menu. (2) Or if your window is already open as another session and not acessing the version cookie, then you will have to manually go into the zope management screen, and then turn on the "StartWorking in..." button all over again. Anyway, keep in mind that different browser windows might be accessing different cookies and therefore different versions. Each browser session may have its own personality. :) So, whenever you are not sure, either type in the "REQUEST" variable to find out which version you are working on, or go into the management screen from the very browser window of your interest and explicitly turn on or turn off your "version". Hope this helps. Hung Jung ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com