[Zope] outstanding zclass questions.

[Nick Garcia]

On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, chas wrote:

> >> 6. As per previous email and post : what permissions need to be set in
> order
> >>    to create a product that has a zclass within a zclass ? Has anyone
> got this
> >>    working yet (other than Kevin Dangoor who didn't use the standard zope
> >>    permissions in KmNews) ?
> >
> >This would need to be documented.  Even I'm unclear on the details. 
> >Isn't this the same as question number 2? ;)
> 
> Sort of - it all comes down to "how do we use zope permissions ?".
> But question 6 describes a situation that many people will find
> themselves in when building products with nested classes. Are 
> they broken or is there some secret voodoo mantra that we must 
> chant to get it to work ?

Ok, I've been playing around with this for the past two days, and here's
what I've been able to figure out so far:

1) Create a Product.
2) Create a ZClass (Class1).
3) In Class1, create a ZClass (Class2).
4) Go back to Class1 and open the "Permissions" tab.  Highlight "Add
Class2". Click Change.
5) Go back to the "Methods" tab.  Open "Class2_factory".  Click Change
(without changing anything).
6) Go to the root of your Zope installation and add Class1.  Open Class1
and click Add.

Works here!  I think the key step in getting it to work correctly is top
open "Class2_factory" and click Change.  I don't think it's setting up the
link to Class2_addForm correctly when it first gets created.

Nick Garcia | ngarcia@codeit.com
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