[Zope] howto format/customize property sheets for zclasses ?

[chas]

thank you very much Janko,

this will no doubt save me a great deal of time :

>You don't need to make a product. It's quite easy to edit properties
>from a custom form. You can use two document methods (DM) in your
>ZClass for this.
>
>The first is just a form for editing (edit DM which calls update DM):
>
><dtml-var standard_html_header>
><H2>Edit Info</H2>
><form action=update method=post>
><table>
><tr>
><td>Title</td>
><td><input type=text name=title size=40 value="<dtml-var title>"></td>
></tr>
><tr>
><td>Software Name</td>
><td><input type=text name=sw-name size=40
>value="<dtml-var sw-name>"></td>
></tr>
>...
>
>(update DM)
><dtml-call "REQUEST.set('ts', ZopeTime())">
><dtml-call "REQUEST.set('modified-date', ts)">
><dtml-call "propertysheets.item_info.manage_changeProperties(REQUEST)">
><dtml-call "RESPONSE.redirect(URL2+'/view')">
>In the REQUEST I create a new value to change the property
>modified-date, this could probably done also with the let-tag. Than
>all changed values from the edit form are in REQUEST. item_info is a
>propertysheet in my ZClass.

i think i can safely say that saved a precious hour or six or running
around like a headless chicken ....  thank you very much ! :-)

>I have learned a lot from the K!MnetNews package from Kevin Dangoor,

yeah, i just downloaded that ... you're right.

thanks again - your help is much appreciated.

chas