Hi Joshua, Am 08.06.2011, 10:34 Uhr, schrieb Joshua Immanuel <j...@hipro.co.in>:
> Hello all, > I am using zope.formlib.form package for my forms, when overriding the > 'createAndAdd' method of form.AddForm I don't explicitly do the > zope.event.notify(ObjectCreatedEvent(..)) call. I just add the data to > self.context and it gets added (persisted) in the ZODB. Persistence is handled by the transaction management and is IIRC independent of the notifications system. Nevertheless, not calling the events is not advisable. > But when I extend the form.EditForm in order to implement my own > "Apply" action method, just calling the form.applyData or > form.applyChanges doesn't persist the data. > zope.event.notify(ObjectModifiedEvent(..)) call is needed in order to > persist data. > If someone could explain on this or point me to some documentation > relating to this would be very helpful to me. From memory I can recall something similar related to making changes to copies of instance attributes but failing to apply them to attributes and needing to specifically go context.attribute = form_result for the changes to persist. Charlie -- Charlie Clark Managing Director Clark Consulting & Research German Office Helmholtzstr. 20 Düsseldorf D- 40215 Tel: +49-211-600-3657 Mobile: +49-178-782-6226 _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev@zope.org https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
