[Zope-dev] SmartWizard released

Thu, 28 Jun 2001 00:58:39 -0500

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Hello everyone,

after a long night with a nice thunderstorm here in Nuremberg, I got the 
SmartWizard (first version) finished.

Oh, you want to know what SmartWizard is? SmartWizard is a framework to 
generate Wizards for all sort of applications. The wizards are designed for 
the End User, so I tried to put some of the common Wizard features in it.

....... if this is getting confusing at any point of time, just jump to the 
bottom and try it ;-) .......

The wizard framework uses a very simple, almost totally in DTML implemented 
API. All of the required DTML Methods are generated and even pre-filled, so 
that you can view the wizard as soon as you got your first page written.

Wizard Pages are the actual screens you are going to see. They also have 
always an action associated with them, so you can do some result analysis 
before going on to the next page. In order to make it even easier, I have 
also built a small Template Engine, with which you can register new Page 
templates, in case you have some Pages, which occur over and over again. 
Currently I have implemented four Page templates:

o Wizard Form Page - This type of pages contains Entry Forms which are 
implemented using the great Formulator.

o Wizard Section Page - This type of page displays a SmartSection as its 
main content. Later I want to use it to manipulate the Wizard right from 
the view.

o Wizard Products Page - This page checks whether a list of required 
Products is already installed on the current Zope location. This is in 
particular useful for Installer Wizards, like the Proiektor Installer.

o Wizard Tree Page - This page's purpose is to display an object tree and 
let's you choose an object from the list. You can choose in the Properties, 
which meta-types are being shown and what the start/default object is.

I would love for people (I mean you guys) to come up with ideas for some 
new Page Templates!

Download: http://www.zope.org/Members/srichter/Products/SmartWizard

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Stephan Richter
CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student
Web2k - Web Design/Development & Technical Project Management
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Hello everyone,<br><br>
after a long night with a nice thunderstorm here in Nuremberg, I got the
SmartWizard (first version) finished. <br><br>
Oh, you want to know what SmartWizard is? SmartWizard is a framework to
generate Wizards for all sort of applications. The wizards are designed
for the End User, so I tried to put some of the common Wizard features in
it. <br><br>
....... if this is getting confusing at any point of time, just jump to
the bottom and try it ;-) .......<br><br>
The wizard framework uses a very simple, almost totally in DTML
implemented API. All of the required DTML Methods are generated and even
pre-filled, so that you can view the wizard as soon as you got your first
page written.<br><br>
Wizard Pages are the actual screens you are going to see. They also have
always an action associated with them, so you can do some result analysis
before going on to the next page. In order to make it even easier, I have
also built a small Template Engine, with which you can register new Page
templates, in case you have some Pages, which occur over and over again.
Currently I have implemented four Page templates:<br><br>
o Wizard Form Page - This type of pages contains Entry Forms which are
implemented using the great Formulator.<br><br>
o Wizard Section Page - This type of page displays a SmartSection as its
main content. Later I want to use it to manipulate the Wizard right from
the view.<br><br>
o Wizard Products Page - This page checks whether a list of required
Products is already installed on the current Zope location. This is in
particular useful for Installer Wizards, like the Proiektor
Installer.<br><br>
o Wizard Tree Page - This page's purpose is to display an object tree and
let's you choose an object from the list. You can choose in the
Properties, which meta-types are being shown and what the start/default
object is.<br><br>
I would love for people (I mean you guys) to come up with ideas for some
new Page Templates!<br><br>
Download:
<a href="http://www.zope.org/Members/srichter/Products/SmartWizard" eudora="autourl">http://www.zope.org</a><font color="#0000FF"><u>/Members</u></font>/<font color="#0000FF"><u>srichter</u></font>/<font color="#0000FF"><u>Products</u></font>/<a href="http://www.zope.org/Members/srichter/Products/SmartWizard" eudora="autourl">SmartWizard</a>
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Stephan Richter<br>
CBU - Physics and Chemistry Student<br>
Web2k - Web Design/Development &amp; Technical Project Management</html>

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