[Zope-dev] manage_pasteObjects and REQUEST

[Phil Harris]

I normally do this by using a session variable, per user.

<dtml-call "ses.set('cb',manage_cutObjects(REQUEST['ids']))">

<dtml-call "manage_pasteObjects(cb_copy_data=ses.get('cb') )">

or similar

I normally use the CoreSession stuff.

hth

Phil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Danny William Adair" <danny@adair.net>
To: <zope-dev@zope.org>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 10:13 PM
Subject: [Zope-dev] manage_pasteObjects and REQUEST


> Hi!
>
> Does anyone know when manage_PasteObjects will stop requiring REQUEST to
be
> passed? I want to mimick the Cut/Copy/Paste Support of the management
> interface in a UI of my own.
>
> my method "objectsCut" holds:
> <dtml-call "manage_cutObjects(REQUEST['ids'], REQUEST)">
>
> while my "objectsPaste" method holds:
> <dtml-call "manage_pasteObjects(_.None, REQUEST)">
>
> Pasting objects will sometimes (!?!) redirect me to the management
> interface, which I want to hide.
> I found these last lines in manage_pasteObjects (CopySupport.py):
>
>      def manage_pasteObjects(self, cb_copy_data=None, REQUEST=None):
>          """Paste previously copied objects into the current object.
>             If calling manage_pasteObjects from python code, pass
>             the result of a previous call to manage_cutObjects or
>             manage_copyObjects as the first argument."""
>      ...
>      ...
>      ...
>              if REQUEST is not None:
>                  REQUEST['RESPONSE'].setCookie('__cp', 'deleted',
>                                      path='%s' % cookie_path(REQUEST),
>                                      expires='Wed, 31-Dec-97 23:59:59
GMT')
>                  REQUEST['__cp'] = None
>                  return self.manage_main(self, REQUEST, update_menu=1,
>                                          cb_dataValid=0)
>
> I don't want to hack this file.
> The only way to get the cookie set seems to be passing the REQUEST object.
>
> "...pass the result of a previous call to manage_cutObjects or
> manage_copyObjects as the first argument"
>
> This doesn't help me very much. It would help me if I wanted to Copy/Paste
> or Cut/Paste at the same time:
>
> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('my_clipboard_data',
> manage_cutObjects(REQUEST['ids'], REQUEST))">
> <dtml-call "manage_pasteObjects(my_clipboard_data)">
>
> works fine, but if I want to do Copy and Paste at completely different
> times, I have to pass my_clipboard_data along the requests all the time.
>
> Is there a simple solution? Is it something I should put in the Bug
> Collector? Or did I miss something?
>
> Thank you very much for your help,
>
> Danny
>
>
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