Great news, I did it...! The trick seems to be adding the legacy line to the BasicDocument __init__.py file (see below). This allowed the following line to work in the folderish (SimpleSite) product's manage_addSimpleSite function to quit barfing: ob.manage_addBasicDocument(id='index_html', title='') BTW, Remember I said that I my plan of attach, while I was praying for an epiphany, was to figure out how a Folder could create sub products. Well, I figured this out via an epiphany, I accidentally cd'd to OFSP instead of OFS and I looked at the __init__.py file, it was most illuminating..... Ok it wasn't exactly an epiphany, but I'll still chalk it up to divine intervention.... DR This is the __init__.py file for the folderish product which contains the other product I created. __doc__="""SimpleSite product initialization""" __version__='$Revision: 0.1 $'[11:-2] try: import os, SimpleSite from Globals import ImageFile def initialize(context): context.registerClass( SimpleSite.SimpleSite, constructors=(SimpleSite.manage_addSimpleSiteForm, SimpleSite.manage_addSimpleSite), #icon='simpleSite.gif', legacy=(SimpleSite.manage_addSimpleSite,), ) context.registerBaseClass(SimpleSite.SimpleSite, 'Simple Site') except: print "She's sucking mud in SimpleSite land capt'n:" import traceback traceback.print_exc() This is the __init__.py file for the other product: __doc__="""BasicDocument product initialization""" __version__='$Revision: 0.1 $'[11:-2] try: import os, BasicDocument from Globals import ImageFile def initialize(context): context.registerClass( BasicDocument.BasicDocument, constructors=(BasicDocument.manage_addBasicDocumentForm, BasicDocument.manage_addBasicDocument), #icon='basicDoc.gif', legacy=(BasicDocument.manage_addBasicDocument,), ) context.registerBaseClass(BasicDocument.BasicDocument, 'Basic Document') except: print "She's sucking mud in BasicDocument land capt'n:" import traceback traceback.print_exc() Chris Beaumont wrote:

Daniel,

Would you let me know if you get a good answer to your question.. I'm trying to do something quite similar..

Thank you.

Chris

Daniel Rusch wrote:

...

Hello,

(See bottom of this message for all the iterations I have tried)

I've created a product called BasicDocument. I've installed it and it works great.

I've also created a folderish product (called SimpleSite). When a user selects the SimpleSite product from the available objects list, thus creating an instance of that product, they have an option to create sub folders which contain objects like dtml documents, dtml methods, and my BasicDocument product (very similar to what happens when you instantiate a folder object, you can have a dtml method created in the new folder).

I am able to have the manage_addSimpleSite function create DTMLDocument, DTMLMethod and Folder objects but I am unable to have the function create BasicDocuments (which live in the Products directory) additionally, I am unable to it create any Products from the Products directory, such as Local File System?????

The code below works great, I get a dtml document, two folders each with a dtml method in them....

HOW CAN I CREATE A BascicDocument, LOCAL FILE SYSTEM OR ANY OTHER OBJECT FROM THE PRODUCTS DIRECTORY IN THIS MANAGE_ADD FUNCTION???????

Thanks,

Dan

def manage_addSimpleSite(self, id, title='', createNewFolder=0, createEditFolder=0, REQUEST=None): """Add a new SimpleSite object with id *id*.

If the 'createNewFolder' and 'createEditFolder' parameters are set to any true value, an 'New sub Folder' and an 'edit sub Folder' objects are created respectively in the new SimpleSite. """ ob=SimpleSite() ob.id=id ob.title=title self._setObject(id, ob) try: user=REQUEST['AUTHENTICATED_USER'] except: user=None #ob.manage_addBasicDocument(id='index_html', title='')<-- This line generates: AttributeError: manage_addBasicDocument ob.manage_addDTMLDocument(id='index_html', title='') if createNewFolder: if (user is not None) and not ( user.has_permission('Add User SimpleSites', self)): raise 'Unauthorized', ( 'You are not authorized to add User SimpleSites.' ) ob.manage_addFolder(id='New'+id, title='', createPublic=1) if createEditFolder: if (user is not None) and not ( user.has_permission('Add Documents, Images, and Files', self)): raise 'Unauthorized', ( 'You are not authorized to add DTML Documents.' ) ob.manage_addFolder(id='Edit'+id, title='', createPublic=1) if REQUEST is not None: return self.manage_main(self, REQUEST, update_menu=1

I have tried the following each generated an error:

1. ob.manage_addBasicDocument(id='index_html', title='') AttributeError: manage_addBasicDocument 2. ob.manage_addProduct['SimpleSite'].manage_addBasicDocument(id='index_html', title='') AttributeError: _getProducts 3. self.manage_addProduct['SimpleSite'].manage_addBasicDocument(id='index_html', title='')AttributeError:manage_addBasicDocument 4. self.manage_addProduct['BasicDocument'].manage_addBasicDocument(id='index_html', title='') TypeError: not enough arguments; expected 2, got 0 5. ob.manage_addProduct['BasicDocument'].manage_addBasicDocument(id='index_html', title='')AttributeError: _getProducts

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