[Zope] Re: Zope digest, Vol 1 #643 - 53 msgs

[Tres Seaver]

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> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:08:29 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: [Zope] id problems in product I'm creating
> To: zope@zope.org
> 
> I'm trying to create a product which is a derivative of the DTML document.
> Things seem to work OK, I go into the product management screen, add my
> product, then add a zclass to my products which inherits the DTML document
> class. So far so good. Then I go in and add my custom ICON, and go to the
> root folder to try it out.
> 
> The problem is that when I add a new instance of my product, I am prompted
> for an ID, and the product is added, but Nothing in this new product which
> access or uses the id variable works. When you click on the new DTML derived
> object, you do indeed get the edit screen (looks just like the one for a
> DTML doc), but the id field at the top is blank. Furthermore, when you browse
> to this new object. The standard view containing a standard header,footer
> and a sentence stating the ID of the document is wrong. The ID is blank.
> the DTML tag , <dtml-var id> yeilds nothing.
> 
> But I can't find anything wrong in my product's add form method, or the
> add constructor method.
> 
> Any Ideas?  Thanks for any help as I'm farely new to this whole Zope thing.

This is a known problem -- see the HowTo for a workaround:

  http://www.zope.org/Members/AlexR/ZClassIDBug

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