[Zope-CMF] Re: Add forms and menus

[Martin Aspeli]

Charlie Clark wrote:
> Am 14.07.2008 um 12:37 schrieb yuppie:
> 
>> Add links are just special 'actions', they should be integrated with  
>> CMF's action machinery. Based on the information in the type infos  
>> we should be able to create normal IActionInfo objects. (IActionInfo  
>> defines the non-persistent wrapper around actions, today we would  
>> use adapters to implement this.)
>>
>> If we don't want to use a convention, we need a new property. And if  
>> we want to be flexible enough to add the portal type name to the  
>> query, a TALES expression for the URL wouldn't be overkill.
> 
> 
> Works for me - would this be something like the "initial view" for  
> types?

Actually, that's interesting... what purpose does 'initial view' serve 
in a world with add forms?

Should we re-purpose this slightly to make it provide the add form view URL?

Martin

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