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 from

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 person has,

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: snip Now when I create a DTML document and call this method like this: dtml-var MyListFiles it produces no output.

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/ADocument

Re: [Zope] DTML-dtml-in dtml-call

2001-01-16 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Angietel wrote: Is dtml-call REQUEST['sqlSearchcust3'] equal to dtml-in sqlSearchcust3 No, if only of a syntax error in the dtml-call: dtml-call REQUEST['sqlSearchcust3'] should be dtml-call expr="REQUEST['sqlSearchcust3']" Now in this case they _may_ be equal, but only if

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, how would

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-dev] Calling DTML methods from Python

2000-05-29 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Is it just me or is there a lot of confusion between the terms namespace, self, client, and the REQUEST object (which, unlike it's name implies, seems to contain a lot more than stuff relating to the HTTP request, like the RESPONSE object, for example ;-) Perhaps this could be shaken down and

Re: [Zope-dev] Calling DTML methods from Python

2000-05-30 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Andrew Wilcox wrote: OK, I'll set up a DTML Quick Reference on the ZDP site right now! It's link is http://zdp.zope.org/portals/beginners/DQR We should be able to get this in place. Contributions sought! Do you want me to include my text? Where would it go? Yes. Hm, this is

Re: [Zope-dev] Cataloging LocalFS content

2000-05-30 Thread Rik Hoekstra
I think, cataloging "LocalFS" content would be nice. I have the following problems with it: 1. "LocalFS" defines various meta types: "Local File System", "Local Directory" and "Local File". Only "Local File System" is a "true" meta type which should appear in the available

Re: [Zope-dev] Recursively adding ZClasses (continued)

2000-06-07 Thread Rik Hoekstra
snip Thanks for replying Kevin, but it won't work ;-( I tried it ALL, and it _will_not_work_. The nested ZClasses will apparently solve it (I used it elsewhere), but it will get you into trouble in other situations - if you want to add an instance of the nested zclass to an existing instance of

Re: [Zope-dev] why is manage_addZSQLMethod unavailable ?

2000-08-18 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Why does this work dtml-call "_['testadd'].manage_addDTMLMethod('MethodId', 'Method Title','method text')" While this does not: dtml-call "_['testadd'].manage_addZSQLMethod('ZSQLID', 'ZSQL Title', 'DB','','select * from data')" Error Type: AttributeError Error Value:

Re: [Zope-dev] Zope as CGI with IIS Windows 2000 Server

2000-08-24 Thread Rik Hoekstra
URGENT! Need assistance with Zope as a PCGI with IIS 5 on Windows 2000 server. After configuring Zope for use as a PCGI, and configuring IIS to use the pcgi-wrapper.exe, etc... The test link:http://localhost/Scripts/Zope.pcgi ...is returning the following message within the

Re: [Zope-dev] Zope Content Management System

2000-08-24 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Hi there, I am working on a project and have been looking at the Zope Content Management System as part of the solution. However, I have a couple of questions. From what I have seen so far, the page generation is all done through the Zope Management Interface, and the content of the page is

Re: [Zope-dev] Call for a creation_datetime property!

2000-09-06 Thread Rik Hoekstra
"Jay, Dylan" wrote: It is really a painful thing to do without. I realize I can add this capability to factories of my own objects but I don't want to have to create my own versions of dtml-document and everything else just to ensure that a creation date is kept. I've tried using

Re: [Zope-dev] Render DTML without having it in a Zope object

2000-09-08 Thread Rik Hoekstra
I have some HTML/DTML saved in the database and I want to now display it. What database - something different then data.fs probably? But before I display, I need to render the DTML that is contained in the text. Can anyone lead my in the right direction; maybe by telling me which file

Re: [Zope-dev] is INSTANCE_HOME broken on Win32?

2000-09-14 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Any ideas? the python way of getting the right path separators is to use os.path.join(item1, item2, ...) Works even for macs ;-) Rik ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts

Re: [Zope-dev] ODBC Error

2000-09-15 Thread Rik Hoekstra
There _was_ a patch available (can't find it now, search the maillist archives) Rik ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists -

Re: [Zope-dev] I feel your Wiki Pain ;-)

2000-09-25 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Do you feel that weblogs are bad models for debates? I think they're pretty good least-common-denominators. I would probably prefer the kind of annotation-based thing i described in my last message (and began to sketch in the WikiNG proposal) for collaborative generation of documents, but

Re: [Zope-dev] mailing list 'noise'

2000-09-29 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Karl Anderson wrote: Ken Manheimer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I dont see this as a problem: You only create a new list when the traffic for that proposal gets too great for zope-dev. Threading is good enough before that point. Yes, but zope-dev has a relatively high

Re: [Zope-dev] mailing list 'noise'

2000-10-01 Thread Rik Hoekstra
I dont see this as a problem: You only create a new list when the traffic for that proposal gets too great for zope-dev. Threading is good enough before that point. Yes, but zope-dev has a relatively high traffic load... Why should you have to put up with all that

Re: [Zope-dev] ZPatterns: Non-ZODB storage and Racks

2000-11-09 Thread Rik Hoekstra
[rh]I've been following this thread. This may be a bit of a newbie question, but it's been bugging me for a while. I see how I can store propertysheets in Racks using ZClasses and Skinscripts, but the propertysheet term suggests that there should always be an object that the properties are

Re: [Zope-dev] ZPatterns: Non-ZODB storage and Racks

2000-11-09 Thread Rik Hoekstra
snip great explanation Thanks, Phillip, that was enlightening Rik ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists -

Re: [Zope-dev] Re: New Name for Python Methods

2000-11-09 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Thus the poll did not ask the right question. To be honest, I was surprised that Python Method was still in the poll list. A new poll is not a good alternative, though. Any plans about what to do - take the second best. Re-polling. Apparently it was a bad day for elections in the US in

Re: [Zope-dev] How do I create folders/methods etc. within the code?

2000-11-16 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Some additions: 2. To create folders, mthods etc in the code. I have found some functions manage_addDTMLMethod, manage_addFolder, but how do I use them? well look at their signature in the code eg: self.manage_addFolder(id='Testing') The Zope Help system that comes with your Zope

Re: [Zope-dev] case insensitive sorts

2000-12-06 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Andy McKay wrote: Minor nit and patch: I've found that really for me what users want to see is a case insensitive sort of objects, not the current python case sensitive sort. So that the order of objects from dtml-in and tree is a, A, b, B as apposed to A, B, a, b. Anyway Ive

Re: [Zope-dev] Deleting objects by the users

2001-03-22 Thread Rik Hoekstra
one small correction: the line: dtml-call expr="manage_delObjects(getId())" should read: dtml-call expr="manage_delObjects([getId(),])" as the manage_delObjects takes a list as argument hth Rik ___ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL

Re: PossitionIndex (was: Re: [Zope-dev] ZCatalog phrase indexingrevisited)

2001-06-18 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Chris McDonough wrote: It just occurred to me that depending on the splitter to do positions makes it impossible to alter the splitter without reindexing the whole text index... but I think this is a reasonable tradeoff. Other opinions welcome. This raises the question how dependent

Re: PossitionIndex (was: Re: [Zope-dev] ZCatalog phrase indexingrevisited)

2001-06-18 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Once you're satisfied with the implementation, would you be willing submit the module to the collector? Do you think you (or someone else for that matter) could have a look at [1] the method that returns the position in the document - positionInDoc() - to how that could be made to run

Re: PossitionIndex (was: Re: [Zope-dev] ZCatalog phrase indexingrevisited)

2001-06-19 Thread Rik Hoekstra
Rik Hoekstra writes: This raises the question how dependent the splitter on the paticularities of the document source - I do not really see how different splitters could be useful for one single document. This is perhaps less obvious than it appears, as you may want to use

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