Re: [Zope] RE: Reportlab and Zope

2000-07-06 Thread Rik Hoekstra
-Original Message- From: Jorge Magalhaes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: donderdag 6 juli 2000 0:15 Subject: [Zope] RE: Reportlab and Zope > >In my last post i search for help concerning to the use of the libs Reportlab in to Zope environment. I make

Re: [Zope] Is Zope slow?

2000-07-06 Thread Rik Hoekstra
>Well, i do appreciate the 'extra' features that Zope provides, but speed is still a matter of concern here. Imagine showing my boss "what my website can do" and all those advanced features, but it crawls like a snail... > >Anyway, thanks for your reply. I will certainly pick up 'Zope':), but just

[Zope] Re: [ZDP] Re: [Zope-Annce] ANN: Forthcoming Zope Book

2000-07-07 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > > We're excited about the book and think that it will fill an important > > hole the current official Zope docs. > > Most importantly, have you chosen an animal for the front cover yet? > Aren't there any pictures of Zopes? Rik ___ Zope mail

Re: [Zope] TypeError trying to use Dtml-in on Zclass

2000-08-09 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> >I have a Zclass object called States >built with folder and renderable > >When I try > > > > > > >I get >Error Type: TypeError >Error Value: hasattr, argument 2: expected string, int >found > > >Does anyone know why this is happening? > because you feed it (some method but presumably not dt

Re: [Zope] confusion

2000-08-09 Thread Rik Hoekstra
>Can someone explain the difference between: > > > > ...do stuff here... > > > >and > > > ...do stuff here... > > Do they behave differently? In what way? Rik ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope **

Re: [Zope] Bug zClass subobjects?

2000-08-16 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > (Second post) > > (I speak french, sorry for my english!) > I created a ZClass, zRow. This class can contain other ZClass: zField_Text, > zField_Date, etc. > This let me define the columns contained in a zRow. > I then defined a Class zTable, wich contains zRows. > > Question: > >

Re: [Zope] I think, it is a bug in acquisition

2000-08-16 Thread Rik Hoekstra
>Maybe I have found a situation, where images are not working or rather >acquisition. >For example, you create 2 documents and one image > doc1 (DTML Document) > contents: "document 1 > doc2 (DTML Document) > contents: "document 2 > image (Image) > contents: image >When you

Re: [Zope] modifying/changing DTML properties

2000-08-16 Thread Rik Hoekstra
first: consider changing to the 'new' dtml syntax >- I have a folder in my zope tree called spam. >- spam has one document called "foo" >- spam has a property called "eggs" which is set to "green" > >foo looks like this: > hello > ( &dtml-eggs; ) > >I want to be able to change the value of

Re: [Zope] Workaround and a tree and dtml-in problem

2000-08-18 Thread Rik Hoekstra
-Original Message- From: Chris Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Phil Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: vrijdag 18 augustus 2000 14:44 Subject: [Zope] Workaround and a tree and dtml-in problem >Phil Harris wrote: >> Why isn't _ available in the tre

Re: [Zope] The tree tag, SQL and what should be simple

2000-08-24 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > >I thought this was going to be simple but having read numerous postings on the >mailing list and all related HOW-TOs I can find, I think I can confirm I am >stuck. This is sad because I've just spent a very productive couple of days with >Zope and MySQL making the world a better place. > >I

Re: [Zope] Run a java applet in Zope

2000-08-25 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Michel Houben wrote: > > Dear, > > I have a dtml-document with a Java-applet and I can't get it runnning in > the Zope envirronement. I hope someone knows it and can solve my problem. > AFAIK, this is perfectly possible. We need more details to be able to help you. Any specific point whe

Re: [Zope] ZClass Property : DTML Document ?

2000-08-25 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Vincent wrote: > > Dow do I create a ZClass Property of the type : DTML Document ? > If you want a DTML Document accessible in all ZClasses - just include it in the ZClass. If you want you may make it available as a View by mapping it under the 'Views' tab (in the ZClass definition area) hth

Re: [Zope] is possible ?

2000-08-27 Thread Rik Hoekstra
I have a lot of REQUEST like this one to check, depending on what documents are in the folder. RH: this should work. It works with me so i gave all documents concerned 2 properties myPropName,myPropValue (in our example myPropName : SOMEREQ myPropValue : defaultvalue) So i'm able to iter

Re: [Zope] DTML horror

2000-09-05 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> Nick Trout wrote: > > DTML is pretty horrible. Does anyone have any solutions to allow DTML > methods to be generated using a more Pythonesque interface? It seems > to me that DTML is a bit of a shoddy half way house between HTML and > Python. Use Python Methods (http://www.zope.org/Members/

Re: [Zope] That :method thingy.. where's it documented?

2000-09-05 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Brad Clements wrote: > > I've searched through all the how-toos and documentation on the zope > site, but I can't find any reference to :method types.. I know they exist, > but searching for "method type" returns too many hits. > > Can someone remind me where to find this documented? Thanks

Re: [Zope] DTML Question on lines

2000-09-07 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> I am trying to itterate through a lines property in the folder so that the > options will drop down. I did not think that the following code would work > but I could not think of anything else. > > > valid_codes>  > > try (untested):   assuming of c

Re: [Zope] Need help with ZJetDA, Winnt4 and Zope 2.2.1

2000-09-08 Thread Rik Hoekstra
"Farrell, Troy" wrote: > > As you have no doubt heard my cries for help, I figure that very few are > running NT4. More than would admit it, probably. Perhaps no one knows the answer to what seems to be a rather specific situation. For one, I have the impression most people use zodbc connect

Re: [Zope] Lock and Transaction in Zope.

2000-09-08 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Zope has no built in locking like that, but IIRC there was some hack in the wiki code to prevent simultaneous editing (which wasn't bullet proof). Perhaps you can look there. I doubt whether it will solve the problem you pose, but I don't see why you'd want to do what you pointed out in your mail

Re: [Zope] This must be a namespace problem

2000-09-08 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > But it uses the "root" folder "content". How can I make it us the "content" > in the current directory, but the index_html from the root folder. Can this > not be done?? > This is an acquisition problem we will all be bitten by at one time or another. There is some documentation about this,

Re: [Zope] How to Pass values to a DTML method ??

2000-09-11 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> I have a DTML method that is called from a document. I need to pass a value > to it like a parameter would be passed to a function. > > try something like: or: for a longer expose see the faq: http://zdp.zope.org/projects/zfaq/faq/DTML/955111628 hth Rik __

Re: [Zope] My Z Class

2000-09-12 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Karl Munroe wrote: > > I have constructed a z class which contians other products. Is it possible > for me to have access and edit the properties of the objects contained in > the z class. > For example. MYZClass contains an image object...how do I change the and > edit the photo contained in t

Re: [Zope] TEXT FILE Operation

2000-09-12 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> anyone know how to let Zope interact with text files on the system on it > is running. I take it you mean files external to the ZODB database > Like making changes to files, search and replare some text or insert or > delete text and save the file again? > I'm pretty new and i don't know if it

Re: [Zope] TEXT FILE Operation

2000-09-12 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> infact this is the problem, right now i'm not able to program in python > but only on using zope. Hm, you'd be surprised how easy the Python bit is. THere is excellent documentation at the Python site (http://www.python.org) > I used the FSSession product before and i think that should be a Si

Re: [Zope] dtml-in theentiresite

2000-09-12 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> Any other good solutions are welcomed! There are several 'Sitemap' solutions that do this more or less, but... Any reason you can't use a catalog for this and catalog on the property? This is much faster and much more flexible Rik ___ Zope maillis

Re: [Zope] db newbie

2000-09-14 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> >I feel strange, asking such basic questions, but I don't really know where > >to get started. I know a little bit about relational databases, but only a > >little. I've seen in the zope tutorial that you can send an SQL query to the > >database and use it to populate a list, but where do you bu

Re: [Zope] id_quote

2000-09-14 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> Given the new strictness characters allowed in id's, it'd be great if > there was something called id_quote which behaved in the same way as > html_quote or url-quote except it made a string suitable for use as an > id. It's be great if ti was available as a methdo in python as well :-) > > Wha

Re: [Zope] SQL

2000-09-20 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > Somebody experience with a parent code table and how to implement it in > Zope (with dtml-tree)? > Or is a PArent-Code table not SQL-like and is there a better solution? > > eg : > > Parent Code Description > 0 0 MasterNode > 0 1 Child1 of MasterNode > 0 2 Child2 of Ma

Re: [Zope] Q: External method processing (D/H)TML forms?

2000-09-22 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > I want to pass input from a DTML form to an external method. So far > the DTML is actually just a plain HTML page: > > > > > > > If I fill in "test" in the form, my external method is beging called > correctly, e.g. the URL is ../external-method?foobar=test as I > expected. >

Re: [Zope] Use of the :records variable type and ZSQL methods

2000-09-25 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > Error Type: Bad Request > Error Value: ['Field1', 'Field2'] > > Here is the code I used and sqlTest is the ZSQL Method that just inserts the > two fields into a test DB: > > > > > > What am I doing wrong? > you'll have to feed a named argument to your Zsql method (that is in its defin

Re: [Zope] Use of the :records variable type and ZSQL methods

2000-09-26 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Calvin Parker wrote: > > > > Error Type: Bad Request > > > Error Value: ['Field1', 'Field2'] > > > > > > Here is the code I used and sqlTest is the ZSQL Method that > > just inserts the > > > two fields into a test DB: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > > > >

Re: [Zope] IIS port problem

2000-10-03 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> http://srnt/ChatClub/index_html note that most probably the reference will look something like http://srnt/cgi-bin/Zope.pcgi/ChatClub/index_html That is, you'll loose the port, but you rape your url. If you want a shorter url, you most probably have to do other (isapi like) things to IIS >

Re: [Zope] List

2000-10-03 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > I'm storing a selection of a user to a database as string. This selection > > is a multiple selection from a select box and is outputted as a list. > > Now I want to iterate over this list (after retrieving it from the > > database), but how can I do this? How can I tell Zope that the string

Re: [Zope] Only superuser can set Proxy on DTML methods?

2000-10-03 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> It seems that when I'm managing my website as a Manager (from > acl_users folder) I can not set a proxy role for a method or document. I > get "you do not have the proxy role" something like that. > > But I can't see anywhere how to enable my userid to have this proxy > role. > > So only the

Re: [Zope] expr="id <> 'index_html" issue

2000-10-09 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> Okay, this is my second question for the day. Hopefully it won't be as easy as > the first -- otherwise, I'll have to stick to practicing law. > > I'm looking for a way to list the DTML Methods in a folder -- except the > index_html method. So far, I've had to do it by using this: > > >

Re: [Zope] Stupid questions

2000-10-11 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Am i supposed to get "XML methods" and "Python methods" in the add product drop down? I'm baffled. Not unless you add them ;-) The XML Document (presume you meant that) and Python Methods are both Products, that is the Zope name for components XML Document can be downloaded from http://www.zope.

Re: [Zope] Content Management System

2000-10-12 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> This query started out in a separate thread about permissions, but it's > sufficiently important to me to pose again here. > > I've been struggling to make the CMS abilities of zope user-friendly enough > for 'joe average' end-users. Really it's designed for a 'power' content > manager who del

Re: [Zope] Need preferred 'import' format for ReportLab Image module

2000-10-12 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > to reply to Andy? In my own reportlab distribution I changed; > > import Image > > to > > from PIL import Image > > Well, it sounds right and if it works then it probably is ;-) It > probably depends exactly where you install PIL, though, which I haven't > done yet :-S The Photo product and

Re: [Zope] Need preferred 'import' format for ReportLab Imagemodule

2000-10-12 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > > > to reply to Andy? In my own reportlab distribution I changed; > >> > import Image > >> > to > >> > from PIL import Image > >> > >> Well, it sounds right and if it works then it probably is ;-) It > >> probably depends exactly where you install PIL, though, which I haven't > >> done

Re: [Zope] non oreilly zope book

2000-10-17 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> Is the same one that got cancelled? > the very same Rik ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-an

Re: [Zope] Trying to follow tutorial

2000-10-24 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > Hi all, I am trying to follow the quick tutorial and immediately run into > things I do not understand. I am trying to create a folder as explained in > the docs. > I get the error: > > Error Type: SuperCannotOwn > Error Value: Objects cannot be owned by the superuser > > This is the exam

Re: [Zope] redirect

2000-10-24 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > how to for that function REDIRECT understand a variable. > > ex. > > http://zope.org/index.htm?cod= test>')"> You can't nest dmtl tags try : http://zope.org/index.htm?cod=' + test)"> Rik ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zo

Re: [Zope] Trying to follow tutorial

2000-10-25 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Olivier Ricou wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 01:40:58PM +0200, Rik Hoekstra wrote: > > Go to the management interface and add a zope user in the acl_users > > folder. Give it Management rights. Shut you browser, reopen it and > > authenticate as the user you just

Re: [Zope] problem(100) ZServer Computing local hostname on windows install

2000-10-25 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > when I try to start zope on windows machine i get: > problem(100) ZServer Computing local hostname this is 'normal' and not a problem (though I always wonder what it really means) > The dos window seems to hang after this. nope, this is just the console window for the server. This is a

Re: [Zope] OT:NT and rebooting (was:How many houres do I need to manage a Zope) site?

2000-10-25 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> My 2 ZoNT (Zope on NT workstation) boxen haven't needed rebooting yet. They > sit mostly idle with occasional light loads. They are P100/32MB/1.2GB > old(er than dirt) Industrial Computer Supply boxes. You know, 19" rack > mount 4U units. Good, solid, slow hardware. They survive NT rather we

Re: [Zope] OT:NT and rebooting

2000-10-25 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> "Months without rebooting"? > > That is certainly not something to brag about. With three of my > installations of Zope on Linux I have the machines at 194, 204 and 55 days > of uptime (and the 55 was because of a bad powerstrip, the other others have > been up since I brought them up). While

Re: [Zope] Reverse SendMail Question

2000-10-26 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> Has anyone thought of using SendMail (or any other e-mail program) to send > e-mail to Zope and have that e-mail be loaded directly into a specific folder > (say, based on the e-mail address or subject line)? > > This would be handy to keep track of e-mail. All the person would have to do is >

Re: [Zope] university portal

2000-11-05 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > I'm another Zope newbie with a few questions. My appologies if this message is being sent to the wrong mailing list. this is the list > > I'm a final year student doing a project to create a course/personal management system for my university. I > understand there's quite a lot of similar wo

Re: [Zope] Where is the code?

2000-11-05 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > I have played with Zope and got everything working. It is > however not clear to me how the code (DTML and so on) is > merged into Zope and where it is kept. Would gurus out there > point this to me? thanks. > DTML and Zope (code) objects are kept in the object database. It is in /var/data.fs

Re: [Zope] Where is the code?

2000-11-06 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Red Pineseed wrote: > > Thanks Rik, > > You answered my question perfectly. This was my guess and > found the Data.fs. This makes me wonder though how the > implementation of the three tier separation, ie > data/logic/presentation is achieved. Do you have any idea? Yes I do. The key point

Re: [Zope] objectValues type?

2000-11-06 Thread Rik Hoekstra
I have this simple tree: The anchor's target is main. But it if it is a Folder I want the target to be self. And I want to skip some items. How do I return the objectType (eg Folder, Document, Method) so I can alter the anchor, and/or object Properties that I might set to make oth

Re: [Zope] variable length forms...

2000-11-07 Thread Rik Hoekstra
zope wrote: > > Hi. > > I have tried to implement a variable length form. > > Yes, I have read > http://www.zope.org/Members/jpenny/variable_length_forms/index_html.! > > I a form, I'm using following form fields: > > > > > maxlength="4"> >

Re: [Zope] querying status in zsql

2000-11-10 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > I have a processing script that takes emails and puts them into a table. > I bring up a table for confirmation and then submit the whole thing by a > iterative item:records zsql method. > > My problem is that the table requires a unique primary key and quite > regularly there duplicates. So of

Re: [Zope] querying status in zsql

2000-11-10 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> Thanks for that... Although Im not terribly sure what the magic behind the > sequence-start is, but it works very well. > A short explanation: sql queries return a result object (so does ZCatalog btw), which you can't address directly in DTML (or at least I wouldn't know how ;-) If it the re

Re: [Zope] why DTML confusing

2000-11-11 Thread Rik Hoekstra
- Original Message - From: Simon Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 12:59 AM Subject: Re: [Zope] why DTML confusing > Charlie Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > ...or "the python world with some Zope limitations placed on it." >

Re: [Zope] Newbie question(s)

2000-11-13 Thread Rik Hoekstra
"Bowyer, Alex" wrote: > > Hi, > > I have what I'm sure is a very simple question about Zope programming style: > I want to count how many objects are contained in the current container > object and then do something with that value, but I can't do the bit I need > to do at the point of reading

Re: [Zope] HiperDom

2000-11-13 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Chris Withers wrote: > > Lalo Martins wrote: > > > > On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 10:28:44AM +, Chris Withers wrote: > > > > > > Oh yeah, while I'm here, how's the HiperDOM project getting on? That > > > stuff would be raally useful for a project here... > > > > HiperDom is usable right now;

Re: [Zope] HiperDom

2000-11-13 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > > > I believe you should be able to import it and use the example document > > in the distribution (after you applied the patch also in the > > distribution and imported it into Zope). > > Hurgh? Where di you find all this out? Hwo do you use it when it is > installed? The patching is from th

Re: [Zope] Zope and Windows DB's = NOT! ?

2000-11-14 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> hi, > > is anybody successfully using a Windows DB such as MS SQL > server 7 with Zope? > > it seems that the ODBC adaptor is ancient and very error > prone so can i conclude that Zope and DB integration > under windows is not an option? In general, the ODBC adapter may be old, but it

Re: [Zope] Problems with Zope 2.2.2 and MS SQL Server

2000-11-14 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > I'm having some troubles connecting Zope 2.2.2 to Microsoft SQL Server. I downloaded and installed the product ZODBCDA, and I was able to connect to the SQL Server. I was able to define the SQL methods, and when I test them, everything is successful. The problem is that when I use for example

Re: [Zope] Zope and Windows DB's = NOT! ?

2000-11-14 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> hello andy, hello all others who answered my post, > > first of all thank you for letting me know the positive > experiences you have had with the ODBC adaptor and your > various installations. i'm relieved that Zope and window's > DB's do work together -- and this prompted some new > tests on

Re: [Zope] New ZPatterns example... was Re: [Zope] New releases of Zwiff and ZCVSMixin...

2000-11-23 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > OK.. The new ZPatterns Example is up there now off to fix > some EMarket problems for which the secret url is: http://www.zope.org/Members/sspickle/DumbZPatternsExample I hope you don't mind me reveiling it ;-) Rik ___ Zope maillist -

Re: [Zope] zope basics

2000-11-23 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Using Zope, I have managed to put together a nice site for friends to create folders, pages and upload images, etc. But there are some fundamentals that are eluding me. I am able to 'register' a new user through a form to create a new acl_user. But I cannot figure out how to let them login again

Re: [Zope] Zope with Microsoft Access

2000-11-24 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> Hi, this is my first posting to the list, and about my 4th day working with > Zope. I have a bit of a problem. All my code so far is working well. Just > the following section is defying my attempts to make it run. What it does > is to update a field in the database (to allow employees to qu

Re: [Zope] Boring ZClass: request for a ZClass example...

2000-12-01 Thread Rik Hoekstra
tom smith wrote: > > I keep getting flummoxed by the tutorials on how to create ZClasses... > > Is there a really simple product, maybe with just 2 classes (with say 4 > properties each)...with methods to create, edit and updateand > listwith super simple HTML, (i.e no/few tables to ha

Re: [Zope] [ot] python book

2000-12-05 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > What I'm still missing is something like the perl cookbook but for Python :( I don't know the perl cookbook, but the eff-bot guide to the Python library has some 300 scripts in it. You can get it from fatbrain.com. It is in pdf version only (or at least a print-it-yourself-with-some-fancy-ep

Re: [Zope] dtml syntax problem

2000-12-06 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Francois-regis Chalaoux wrote: > > How to render this code ?? > change 4 )"> to 4 ? hth Rik ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http

Re: [Zope] ZPatterns

2000-12-08 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Cees de Groot wrote: > > Chris Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >...I disagree, ZPatterns only major flaw is that its totally immersed in > >its own jargon which very few people understand :-( > > > >That said, my impression is that if you can wade through the b/s, it's > >more than worth th

Re: [Zope] More on DB Transactions

2000-12-13 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> Paolo Quaglia wrote: > > Reading the [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive I found one message with an > interesting sentence: > > [Message] > > I am currently considering and evaluating Zope as one of the options > we have > > to build a really large, completely databasedriven "enterprise > scale" > >

Re: [Zope] HTML formatting from a text field

2000-12-13 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Lee Hunter wrote: > > Hi Ausum, > > Do you mean a text field that shows a row of formatting buttons at the top > for 'bold', 'italic' 'add link' etc. > > There is an ActiveX control that is built in to IE Explorer 5.x - you just > have to call it from your page. > > Here's the information fr

Re: [Zope] turning off inheritance

2000-12-13 Thread Rik Hoekstra
"Kyler B. Laird" wrote: > > I am working on generating a directory from Zope > objects. There is a folder full of units (other > folders). These units contain people (more > folders). > > Units and people both have contact information > stored in their properties. How do I detect if a > per

Re: [Zope] Zope Projects in NL/Europe?

2001-01-03 Thread Rik Hoekstra
(Writing from the Netherlands) > > Just wondering: are there any Zope projects are available in the > Netherlands/Benelux/Europe? We did one last year but they seem hard to > find. Are there commercial projects available or is Zope mostly used on > internal projects? Is there any demand for Zope

Re: [Zope] objectValues Question

2001-01-03 Thread Rik Hoekstra
I'm new to Zope and while 'playing' around I wondered about the following: I've created a DTML method (called MyListFiles) that lists the 'File' objects contained in a folder: Now when I create a DTML document and call this method like this: it produces no output. Because DTML Documents ar

Re: [Zope] Acquisition: DTML Methods vs Documents

2001-01-05 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > > http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/HowTos/DTMLMethodsandDocsHowTo > > saved my life. > >Thanks. I'be read it yesterday. It does not help much because it does > not answer my question: > >If I call http://machine:port/top/middle/AFolder/A

Re: [Zope] DTML- &

2001-01-16 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> Angietel wrote: > > > Is equal to sqlSearchcust3> No, if only of a syntax error in the dtml-call: should be Now in this case they _may_ be equal, but only if sqlSearchcust3 lives in the REQUEST object. It may (and judging by the name probably will) also live in the object database. Thi

Re: [Zope] zope2.3.0b1 and userfolders

2001-01-17 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Chris McDonough wrote: > > > sorry for the false alarm. > > at least i know what inituser and emergency users are now :) > > It's ok, I don't know exactly how it all works either. :-) > Hm, coming from a DC guy this is a reply that is at once disconcerting ("if _you_ don't understand it, ho

Re: [Zope] Object DB versus Relational DB

2001-01-22 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Tom Deprez wrote: > > Hi, > > Can somebody provide me informational links of documents which present the > benefits and non-benefits of both DB? eg. When to use one and when not to > use one? > > Thanks, > Tom. A starting point is http://www.zope.org/Members/anthony/sql_vs_ZODB Rik ___

Re: [Zope] "Hiding" a Zope object from URL accesses

2001-01-26 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > If I have a Z SQL method set up as /query on my Zope site, how is it > possible for me to disallow direct accesses to it via a URL (like > http://localhost/query) ? If I cannot, then what is the convention people > use to store objects which are not supposed to be visible directly? > AFAIK

Re: [Zope] Newbie: MS Access ODBC connection strings

2000-05-18 Thread Rik Hoekstra
-Original Message- From: Andy Gates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: donderdag 18 mei 2000 11:24 Subject: [Zope] Newbie: MS Access ODBC connection strings >Before you all start, I know, MS Access is pants and I should be using >a "real" database. And

Re: [Zope] Has anyone...?

2000-05-18 Thread Rik Hoekstra
>...run multiple instances of Zope on an NT machine? >I guess I should ask first if anyone has been successful getting thier NT >Web Server to handle authentication/authorization to zope users via pcgi? yes. I don't see what the problem (in a theoretical sense) should be. > >I'm not running IIS

Re: [Zope] Some examples of DTML scripts ?

2000-05-19 Thread Rik Hoekstra
>Hi, > > >I'm a french new Zope developper and I'm a little bite lost with the english >documentation... I think that some examples will help me a lot. So, if someone >have some and can spend two minutes to send them tome, I will be very happy. You should try the zdp site (http://zdp.zope.org

Re: [Zope] Nesting ZClasses=='bad juju'

2000-05-19 Thread Rik Hoekstra
>David Holden writes: > >> Hi, I'm working throw the ZDevelopers guide, and want to try using nested >> ZClasses, >> > >There was a thread about this a while back that talked about design choices >and nested ZClasses. Due to some of the current conventions in the >ZClasses implementation, nesting

Re: [Zope] Win98 and WEBDAV - you ought to see it if you can

2000-05-22 Thread Rik Hoekstra
>When I try to "Add a Web Folder" on Win98 I get a 404 error on the resource >_vti_bin both on my own web sites and on www.zope.org. Any idea why or what >is _vti_bin? > Yes, it is (one of the) the dreaded Frontpage extension(s). Why you would get it and someone else wouldn't ... I don't know.

Re: [Zope] uploading a batch of files

2000-05-22 Thread Rik Hoekstra
>I need to upload a batch of files into the zope database, what would be the >best way >thanks :) What about ftp? Zope comes with a built-in ftp server. Point your favorite ftp client to your server. Don't forget to set the right port - see /z2.py for this. Enter your username/password

Re: [Zope] FTP

2000-05-23 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> David Shen wrote: > > Hello, > Can Zope system be accessed by FTP? If yes, how to do so? Yes. Assuming you have a standard Zope installation and you've not tampered with the ftp settings of ZServer (you'd know about ftp then wouldn't you). THe ZServer ftp is running under the (non defau

Re: [Zope] Feeling like a newbie.. document id if statement?

2000-05-24 Thread Rik Hoekstra
"J. Atwood" wrote: > > Ok.. this is really dumb, but for some reason I can't get this to work. > > I believe this should be (isn't dtml nice sometimes) Rik ___ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope

Re: [Zope] Feeling like a newbie.. document id if statement?

2000-05-24 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > > > I wonder if someone would be kind enough to translate Rik's code into Enlish > for me. I know that expressions inside "" are Python, but what is the > function of the [] and _? Hm, I'm afraid this is a DTML trick (nothing more). I hope I can explain this right. Please correct me if I g

[Zope] Re: [ZDP] Re: [Zope] Re: [ZDP] Re: [Zope] The agony of the ZOPE Documentation

2000-05-25 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > The ZDP has "only" got >> > the aim to point to existing stuff. Restructuring the existing docs >> > is not our job. >> >> Maybe it should be? How about rebuilding zope.org as a generic 'Zope >> Portal' with the building and documenting work being done more by the >> community? (ie: integrat

[Zope] Re: [ZDP] Re: [Zope] The agony of the ZOPE Documentation

2000-05-25 Thread Rik Hoekstra
-Original Message- From: Jerry Spicklemire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: donderdag 25 mei 2000 1:11 Subject: [ZDP] Re: [Zope] The agony of the ZOPE Documentation >(forwarded from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >Jason Cunliffe wrote: > >Perhaps you have a bett

Re: [Zope] ZWiki - how to dynamically add a page?

2000-05-25 Thread Rik Hoekstra
>Dear Chris, > >Thanx a lot for your suggestion. Zwiki is indeed something very helpful to >me. >I've got a couple fo questions, though: > >1. How can I dynamically add a Zwiki page? >It says there: > >"To create a link to another wiki page, just write its name. (If you >don't use a WikiName

Re: [Zope] ANN: Perl For Zope

2000-05-25 Thread Rik Hoekstra
>Seriously, Python and Perl are two scripting languages, similar in >scope, both successful. The Java market has about a thousand choices >for app servers, whereas the Perl market's need is largely unmet. > >> would be Java floating around in Zope's bowl before Perl! Perl? >> Jeeze... what a grea

Re: [Zope] Properties

2000-05-25 Thread Rik Hoekstra
>Is there any way to manipualte properties outside of the Zope >management area? Yes, you can do it using the manage_addProperty method from dtml (or from Python/External Methods). In the same vein you can change them programmatically. > >I have a lot of properties I need to add to a certain do

Re: [Zope] Count specific objects

2000-05-25 Thread Rik Hoekstra
>In subfolder "ref_links" I have a another folder called myLinksandURLs >(which actually is a product called URL Directory). >In that folder (myLinksandURLs) there are a couple of objects called Simple >URL derived from the product called URL Directory. > >I now want to count the number of 'Simp

Re: [Zope] Add property ?

2000-05-26 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> calvin33 wrote: > > Normally : >"folder_F.object_O.manage_addProperty(id,file,content_type)" > > How to change "object_O" with another variable "var_V" ? > > Have you tried or ."> "> Sorry, no time to test, but they should work Rik, (who is wondering why

Re: [Zope] Help with simple dtml-if compare

2000-05-26 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> > yep.. well... this is quite a common question, all up. It comes from people > using shorthand, but not relaising it. sometimes i wonder if this feature > should be removed. > > the line: > > > > is actually shorthand for: > > > > which means your expression is handled as a python e

Re: [Zope] Higher Education

2000-05-26 Thread Rik Hoekstra
>Phil Langton wrote: >> >> Someone has mentioned that Digital Creations has taken on someone who >> is to implement a zope-based virtual learning environment tool kit. >> >> Is this so? >> Any mailing lists or contacts or test areas? > >You're probably referring to me. I haven't taken an acti

Re: [Zope] Higher Education

2000-05-26 Thread Rik Hoekstra
half Of >|Timothy Wilson >|Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 12:44 PM >|To: Rik Hoekstra >|Cc: Shane Hathaway; Phil Langton; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >|Subject: Re: [Zope] Higher Education >| >| >|On Fri, 26 May 2000, Rik Hoekstra wrote: >| >|> >How many are still interested in th

Re: [Zope] Higher Education

2000-05-26 Thread Rik Hoekstra
>You know, there's the python edu-sig (http://www.python.org/sigs/edu-sig) >- i wonder whether there's some point in crossing over the efforts? On >the plus side, there's a number of educators there with real interest in >teaching programming in a good way, on the minus side, their charter is >

Re: [Zope] Zope Email (syndication)

2000-05-26 Thread Rik Hoekstra
-Original Message- From: Karl Ulbrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: vrijdag 26 mei 2000 21:49 Subject: Re: [Zope] Zope Email (syndication) >> Well... I think that it's probably the shortest route to a functioning >> zope archive to use mailman- alr

Re: [Zope] FW: trying to connect zope to m/s access 2000 d/b

2000-05-29 Thread Rik Hoekstra
> >am using windows 98 & have constructed a ms access 2000 db that i have been >trying to connect to via zope. wasn't sure so i downloaded zodbc db adapter. >a couple of problems if my connection depends on this. 1st i add it to the >top level of the zope installation but it is installed lower dow

Re: [Zope] Question about sorting

2000-05-30 Thread Rik Hoekstra
"Patrick J.M. Keane" wrote: > > Does sort only sort in one direction? I am looking to sort news items > so that the newest items are on top, and when sorting on a date field, > I get the opposite behaviour. Any easy way to reverse the sort order? Yes, by adding reverse to the sort tag ;-)

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