[Zope] Which Products Folder?

Frank-braucht-Hilfe frank.drews at ditf-denkendorf.de
Wed Jan 31 04:47:53 EST 2007


Hi,

for all Windows cps- zoep users:

The Zope_Instance at C:\ was not correct but now I have got him:
C:\Programme\CPS3.4.0-3\Data\
There is a  subfolder import and Product. Import works great, i am not sure
about Products yet, but it should be  working, too.

Frank




Frank-braucht-Hilfe wrote:
> 
> Hi Maurits,
> 
> thank you very much. This is great. I found the Instance-Folder. I didnt
> know anything about this folder before. And there, as it should be, there
> are the folders "Products" and "import" aund "Extensions". Everything
> should be fine now, I did search the two other folders over and over
> again, I could have searched them for ages ...
> 
> The Folder is called Zope-Instance and is located at C:\
> 
> Thanks Frank
> 
> 
> 
> Maurits van Rees-3 wrote:
>> 
>> Frank Drews, on 2007-01-30:
>>> Hi,
>> 
>> Hi Frank,
>> 
>>> I am very new to Zope, Zope is running fine, but I dont know the 
>>> Products-Folder to copy new Products:
>> 
>> I have never run Zope on a Windows computer, so do not take my answer
>> to be the final word on this, but I will give it a go.
>> 
>>> zope 2.94
>>> C:\Programme\CPS3.4.0-3\Zope\lib\python\Products
>>> C:\Programme\CPS3.4.0-3\Zope\skel\Products
>> 
>> I have never used CPS, but I guess the directories are used in the
>> same way as normal Zope.  Adding anything here would only affect CPS,
>> not any Zope 2.9.4 instances.
>> 
>>> C:\Programme\Zope-2.9.4\lib\python\Products
>> 
>> This is the Products dir that is used by all Zope instances; it is a
>> part of core Zope .  Normally only core Zope products should be here
>> and you should not add anything to it manually.  But adding your own
>> products here *would* work I guess.  Try it when everything else
>> fails.
>> 
>>> C:\Programme\Zope-2.9.4\skel\Products
>> 
>> When you create a new Zope instance, this is the Products directory
>> that gets copied to that instance.  You could put some basic products
>> in here that you want to have in every new Zope instance that you
>> create.  But: adding products here will *only* affect *new* instances,
>> not instances that you have already made.
>> 
>>> ZMI is working fine, nuxeo cps, too.
>>> Have I to create a new Folder somewhere, I want to add Products like 
>>> calzope cpsgroupware?
>> 
>> These products should be added to the Zope instance.  The directories
>> you mention above contain source code used by instances, but they are
>> not instances themselves.
>> 
>> I would expect the Zope instance to have been created in Documents and
>> Settings or in My Documents; but that is a guess.  You could let
>> Windows search for any directories with the name 'Products'.  That
>> should turn up some more hits.  Or create a new Zope instance (maybe
>> call C:\Programme\Zope-2.9.4\bin\mkinstance or something like that)
>> and see where the instance is created.
>> 
>>> I have a similar problem with the Import folder. Which one is the right, 
>>> just importing inside a folder of the ZMI?
>> 
>> It should be a folder called 'import' in the same directory as the
>> Products directory of your instance.  It should be automatically
>> created for you when you create a new instance.
>> 
>>> Many thanks I am really stuck and tried for more than one day
>> 
>> I hope this helps.  My answers are based on my experience with Zope on
>> Linux though; Windows may handle things differently, so sorry if I am
>> putting you on the wrong track.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Maurits van Rees | http://maurits.vanrees.org/ [NL]
>>             Work | http://zestsoftware.nl/
>> "Do not worry about your difficulties in computers,
>>  I can assure you mine are still greater."
>> 
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