[Zope] Re: Changing External Python Methods

[Dieter Maurer]

Andreas Tille writes:
 > On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Dieter Maurer wrote:
 > 
 > >  > For instance I just try to do some processing onto an image named
 > >  > bland.gif which is in the same folder of ZMI as the External Method.
 > >  > I've got a.
 > >  >
 > >  >    Error Type: IOError
 > >  >    Error Value: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'bland.gif'
 > > You cannot access file in the "Extension" folders with bare (relative)
 > > names. This has nothing to do with Zope but with you OS:
 > No.
 > BUt I have installed the file in ZMI in the same folder as the
 > External Method is defined in - not in the Extension folder.
Apparently, you use "open" to open this file.

  "open" interprets its argument as a file name in the filesystem.
  It is to be expected that it does not find the file there...

Use "str(fileobject.data)" to access the content of a Zope file object
"fileobject".



Dieter