[Zope] Selection and Lines Properties for DTML Docs

Andy McKay andym@ActiveState.com
Tue, 2 Jan 2001 10:44:29 -0800


Because acquistion can't find it. It can find all the objects in the folder
and all the properties on a folder, but it doesn't go into each object and
look at its properties...

--
  Andy McKay, Developer.
  ActiveState.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve McMahon" <steve@suntype.com>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Zope] Selection and Lines Properties for DTML Docs


> At 10:08 AM 1/2/01, Andy McKay wrote:
> > > Im not sure what you mean by "hide it from the user", it all depends
upon
> > > the rights you give your user.
>
> In this case, I just meant that it shouldn't appear in the properties list
> for the particular page. I want to give the editor of the particular
page's
> properties the ability to make a selection, but not the ability to change
> the list of possible selections.
>
> > > If I create a lines property on my root folder called selection_list,
I
> >can
> > > then in folder /test/ make a property test_selection, type selection,
> >value
> > > selection_list. The problem you
> >may have is that you are trying to put it on another document, rather
than
> >on a folder in the acquistion path.
>
> You're diagnosis is dead-on. I added my lines property to the containing
> folder and it worked perfectly. I'm still mystified, though, as to why I
> couldn't put the lines property in another document in the same folder and
> use the notation 'doc_id.lines_id' to refer to the lines property in the
> other document.
>
> Thanks, Steve
>
>
>
> > > --
> > >   Andy McKay, Developer.
> > >   ActiveState.
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Steve McMahon" <steve@suntype.com>
> > > To: <zope@zope.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 9:36 AM
> > > Subject: [Zope] Selection and Lines Properties for DTML Docs
> > >
> > >
> > > > I'm new to Zope and am interested in the use of document properties
> > > > for separating content and design in documents (i.e., using <dtml-va
r
> > > > prop_name> in the "edit" tab to insert properties defined on
> > > > the "properties" tab>.
> > > >
> > > > I've had success with simple text properties and would like to be
> > > > able to present the user with selection properties (choice 1, choice
> > > > 2, ...). That works well when I first define a "lines" property,
then
> > > > a "selection" property. But, what I'd really like to do is hide the
> > > > lines property from the user. I've tried putting a lines property in
> > > > another document, then setting the selection value
> > > > to 'source_doc.lines_prop'. That yields an error "No select variable
> > > > source_doc.lines_prop."
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas on the right way to do this? Please feel free to point me
> > > > to good documentation!
> > > > _________________________________________
> > > > Steve McMahon, SunType Publishing Systems
> > > > steve@suntype.com
> > > > voice & fax: (530) 757-7682
> > > > http://www.suntype.com
> > > >
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