[Zope] newbie question

Kathy Hester k_hester@bellsouth.net
Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:08:52 -0500


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Hello and thanks for your patience!

I am beginning to learn zope. I am going through the tutorials in "the
book". I have run into a problem creating an external method.

I know I must be doing something stupid!

I have my addEntry.py saved in the Extension folder in the Zope folder as it
installed it (i'm in win 2k). I have the dtml method to call addEntry.

When I try to add an external method id/function name/file name are all
addEntry. (Supposedly to keep me from messing up...).

I get this error message-

"Zope has encountered an error while publishing this resource.

Error Type: SyntaxError
Error Value: invalid syntax
Troubleshooting Suggestions

The URL may be incorrect.
The parameters passed to this resource may be incorrect.
A resource that this resource relies on may be encountering an error.
For more detailed information about the error, please refer to the HTML
source for this page.

If the error persists please contact the site maintainer. Thank you for your
patience. "

There must be a simple solution. I have looked at the o'reilly book/on-line
docs/how tos and I am still not seeing my error. Please feel free to e-mail
me directly at  k_hester@bellsouth.net
<http://us.f22.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=k_hester@bellsouth.net&YY=88217&
order=down&sort=date&pos=0> .

I thought I had found a work around by installing python method – but I am
not sure what I need to put in the parameter list…. Any help would be
greatly appreciated!


=====
Kathy Hester

to feel powerful often
to act powerful sometimes
to overpower others seldom
to share power whenever possible
-  unknown


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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Hello and thanks for your =
patience!</span></font><font
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/pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Arial Unicode MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>I am beginning to learn zope. I am going through the =
tutorials in &quot;the book&quot;. I have run into a problem creating an =
external method.</span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/pre><pre><font
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/pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Arial Unicode MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>I know I must be doing something stupid!</span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/pre><pre><font
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/pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Arial Unicode MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>I have my addEntry.py saved in the Extension folder in the =
Zope folder as it installed it (i'm in win 2k). I have the dtml method =
to call addEntry.</span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/pre><pre><font
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color:black'><![if =
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/pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Arial Unicode MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>When I try to add an external method id/function name/file =
name are all addEntry. (Supposedly to keep me from messing up...). =
</span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Arial Unicode MS"><span =
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/pre><pre><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>I get this error message- </span></font><font =
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style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/pre><pre><font
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/pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Arial Unicode MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>&quot;Zope has encountered an error while publishing this =
resource. </span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><=
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/pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Arial Unicode MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>Error Type: SyntaxError</span></font><font =
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syntax</span></font><font
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/pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Arial Unicode MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>There must be a simple solution. I have looked at the =
o'reilly book/on-line docs/how tos and I am still not seeing my error. =
Please feel free to e-mail me directly at <a
href=3D"http://us.f22.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=3Dk_hester@bellsouth.n=
et&amp;YY=3D88217&amp;order=3Ddown&amp;sort=3Ddate&amp;pos=3D0">k_hester@=
bellsouth.net</a>.</span></font><font
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/pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Arial Unicode MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>I thought I had found a work around by installing python =
method &#8211; but I am not sure what I need to put in the parameter =
list&#8230;. Any help would be greatly appreciated!</span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><=
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mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font =
size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3D"Arial Unicode MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Kathy Hester</span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/pre><pre><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
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/pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Arial Unicode MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>to feel powerful often</span></font><font =
color=3Dblack><span
style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Arial Unicode MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>to act powerful sometimes</span></font><font =
color=3Dblack><span
style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Arial Unicode MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>to overpower others seldom</span></font><font =
color=3Dblack><span
style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Arial Unicode MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>to share power whenever possible</span></font><font =
color=3Dblack><span
style=3D'color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/pre><pre><font
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>-<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; =
</span>unknown</span></font><font
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