[Zope] First attempt at writing External Method .. need help

[kent@springfed.com]

Thanks Jim, that was it.

I added a comment to the Zope Book.

Kent



On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 06:22:56 -0400, Jim Washington wrote:
kent@springfed.com wrote:

>Howdy,
>
>I wrote the example as in The Zope Book;
>
>file hello.py in Extensions dir
>
>def hello():
>=A0=A0=A0=A0return "Howdy there big world"
>
>I created a folder testExternalMethods
>and added External Method =3D hello ...
>
>It added with no errors, however clicking
>on the 'Test' tab of object 'hello' does nothing
>and the URL testExternalMethods/hello produces a blank page
>
>What am I missing here?
>
>
>
If your method is exactly as above, you are missing the=
 docstring.
Methods published to the web from external methods (or inside=
 Python
products) need a docstring.

e.g.,

def hello():
"""Say hello, world!"""
=A0=A0=A0=A0return "Howdy there big world"

-- Jim Washington




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