[Zope] problem with tutorial?

[Alexander Staubo]

This is an interesting problem, which I struggled with for a few long
dreary hour myself.

It seems that manage_changeProperties doesn't exist in the Z Class
instance itself, and is thus acquired from its parent (the folder). At
least that's how I analyze the behaviour.

The "workaround for this bug" or "correct way of doing things" (pick a
one; I don't know which it is):

	<!--#call
"propertysheets.CDProperties.manage_changeProperties(REQUEST)"-->

Substitute CDProperties for the name of your property sheet.

It seems to me that manage_changeProperties ought to implemented on Z
Classes, as you might not always know which property sheet to address.
In most cases, I think, you'll just want to say "put all these
properties using the property sheets they belong to".

Anybody at DC listening? I already posted a message a week back or so on
this topic, and nobody responded (at least that I am aware).

--
Alexander Staubo             http://www.mop.no/~alex/
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Daniel M. Drucker [mailto:dmd@eco.3e.org]On Behalf Of Daniel M.
>Drucker
>Sent: 18. juni 1999 17:59
>To: Zope List
>Subject: [Zope] problem with tutorial?
>
>
>
>If I create a folder 'test' under my root folder, in which I make a
>new 'CD' object called myCD (as described in the Z Classes tutorial),
>and then create run this bit of DTML in that folder:
>
><!--#call "myCD.manage_changeProperties({
>'title'       : 'Rivers',
>'artist'      : 'Daniel Drucker',
>'description' : 'a piece of dog'
>})"-->
>
>
>Instead of myCD's title being changed, the containing folder 'test'
>gets its title changed to 'Rivers'.
>
>What am I doing wrong here?
>
>Daniel Drucker
>
>
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