[Zope] Adding an external method

[Özgür Caner]

Hi,

the definition of your method is wrong.
Because the external method is a method of the object which contain it.
The correct definition is:

def monthRange (self, dt)




--On Freitag, Juli 06, 2001 14:57:41 +0200 Gitte Wange 
<gitte@mmmanager.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to add an external metod (used in a CMF Calendar example) but
> it  fails.
>
> Now I'm not into these external methods (and I am not sure it's the best
> solution) but I just want to see how this example works.
>
> The method file is named monthRange.py and I have placed it in
> /usr/local/Zope/Extensions
> it contains this code:
> from DateTime import DateTime
>
> def monthRange( dt ):
> """
> Return a pair of DateTime values representing the
> earliest and latest times in the month in which 'dt'
> falls.
> """
> y, m, d = dt.year(), dt.month(), dt.day()
> first = DateTime( y, m, 1 )
> last = first - 1 + DateTime._month_len[dt.isLeapYear() ][ m ]
> return first.earliestTime(), last.latestTime()
>
> I have filled in these values in the add form in ZMI:
> Id: monthRange
> Module Name: monthRange
> Function Name: monthRange
>
> I get this error when I try to add it:
> Error Type: SyntaxError
> Error Value: invalid syntax
>
> And this traceback:
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.3.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py,
> line 223, in publish_module
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.3.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py,
> line 187, in publish
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.3.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line
> 221, in zpublisher_exception_hook
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.3.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py,
> line 171, in publish
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.3.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py,
> line  160, in mapply
>     (Object: manage_addExternalMethod)
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.3.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py,
> line 112, in call_object
>     (Object: manage_addExternalMethod)
>   File
> /usr/local/Zope-2.3.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/Products/ExternalMethod/Exter
> nalMethod.py,  line 131, in manage_addExternalMethod
>   File
> /usr/local/Zope-2.3.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/Products/ExternalMethod/Exter
> nalMethod.py,  line 179, in __init__
>     (Object: monthRange)
>   File
> /usr/local/Zope-2.3.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/Products/ExternalMethod/Exter
> nalMethod.py,  line 202, in manage_edit
>     (Object: monthRange)
>   File
> /usr/local/Zope-2.3.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/Products/ExternalMethod/Exter
> nalMethod.py,  line 209, in getFunction
>     (Object: monthRange)
>   File /usr/local/Zope-2.3.2-linux2-x86/lib/python/App/Extensions.py,
> line  217, in getObject
>     (Info: ('/usr/local/Zope-2.3.2-linux2-x86/Extensions/monthRange.py',
> 'monthRange'))
> SyntaxError: (see above)
>
> Well it looks like it finds the file.
> To me it looks like there is a syntax error in the add of the external
> method. or is the syntax error in the python code ?
>
> I haven't debugged this kind of scripts before so I hope there is someone
> who  can help me :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Gitte Wange Jensen
>
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>
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