Mailing List Archive: [Zope-PTK] PTK on Windows NT?

[Zope-PTK] PTK on Windows NT?

Jan 19, 2000, 9:50 AM

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Preface: I'm new to Zope, and I'm new to this list, so beare with me.

After successfully installing Zope (2.1.2-win32-x86) on a Windows
2000 system, I found PTK (pre0.3) and decided to give it a try.

After installing PTK by unpacking it into the directory where zope
was installed, I proceeded as recommended in the PTK PTK.html
"Installing PTK Software", by restarting Zope.

Now the docs say "When the PTK is correctly installed you will
see Portal as a new kind of object in the add list for a Zope folder."

Sorry, there isn't. There is no new Object type named "Portal" in
the drop down list.

Now sentence later it says "If you have installed the PKT software
but don't see "Portal" listed, got to the Control panel in the Zope
site, look at the Products folder, and see if the PTK software is
listed as a broken product.

It isn't. It is listed as a working (nonbroken) project, there.

Just to check whether installing a product works at all, I fetched
another random product from zope.org (ZCalendar). This indeed
_does_ add a new object (named ZCalendar) to the "add" dropdown
list.

Then I tried the very same procedure on a Windows NT 4.0
installation (Windows 2000 is still beta, after all), but in vain. Same
result (product is visible, isn't brocken, but no "Portal" to add) there.

I'm stuck.

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RE: [Zope-PTK] PTK on Windows NT? [ In reply to ]

dale.w.lance at mail

Jan 19, 2000, 10:04 AM

Post #2 of 4 (810 views)

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The answer comes a few lines later where it says to import ZopeOrg.zexp
from the import directory into your Products folder. However, this
product
still isn't quite up to speed yet. After following all the directions
you
will be presented with some more broken objects in some of the products.
I guess it is still too beta or alpha

Dale

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ws [mailto:ws@gmd.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 10:50 AM
> To: zope-ptk
> Cc: ws
> Subject: [Zope-PTK] PTK on Windows NT?
>
>
> Preface: I'm new to Zope, and I'm new to this list, so beare with me.
>
> After successfully installing Zope (2.1.2-win32-x86) on a Windows
> 2000 system, I found PTK (pre0.3) and decided to give it a try.
>
> After installing PTK by unpacking it into the directory where zope
> was installed, I proceeded as recommended in the PTK PTK.html
> "Installing PTK Software", by restarting Zope.
>
> Now the docs say "When the PTK is correctly installed you will
> see Portal as a new kind of object in the add list for a Zope folder."
>
> Sorry, there isn't. There is no new Object type named "Portal" in
> the drop down list.
>
> Now sentence later it says "If you have installed the PKT software
> but don't see "Portal" listed, got to the Control panel in the Zope
> site, look at the Products folder, and see if the PTK software is
> listed as a broken product.
>
> It isn't. It is listed as a working (nonbroken) project, there.
>
>
> Just to check whether installing a product works at all, I fetched
> another random product from zope.org (ZCalendar). This indeed
> _does_ add a new object (named ZCalendar) to the "add" dropdown
> list.
>
> Then I tried the very same procedure on a Windows NT 4.0
> installation (Windows 2000 is still beta, after all), but in
> vain. Same
> result (product is visible, isn't brocken, but no "Portal" to
> add) there.
>
> I'm stuck.
>
>
> --
> o ( Wolfgang.Strobl@gmd.de (+49 2241) 14-2394
> /\ * GMD mbH #include
> _`\ `_<=== Schloss Birlinghoven, <std.disclaimer>
> __(_)/_(_)___.-._ 53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany ________________
>
> _______________________________________________
> Zope-PTK maillist - Zope-PTK@zope.org
> http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-ptk
>
>

Re: [Zope-PTK] PTK on Windows NT? [ In reply to ]

paul at digicool

Jan 19, 2000, 11:04 AM

Post #3 of 4 (808 views)

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Wolfgang Strobl wrote:
>
> Preface: I'm new to Zope, and I'm new to this list, so beare with me.

If you're new to Zope, now is not the time to try pre-releases of the
PTK. It will be frustrating for you until the 1.0 is released. You
_can_, however, review the archived messages, review the preliminary
docs and mockups, and give us some of your opinions.

To reiterate: the PTK is not ready right now. It *might* be ready for
testing before the conference next week. It *should* be ready for wider
use within the next few weeks.

--Paul

RE: [Zope-PTK] PTK on Windows NT? [ In reply to ]

ws at gmd

Jan 19, 2000, 11:09 AM

Post #4 of 4 (811 views)

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On 19 Jan 00, 11:04 dale w lance wrote:

> The answer comes a few lines later where it says to import ZopeOrg.zexp
> from the import directory into your Products folder.

Ah, thanks.

Well, I just tried it one step at a time: perform the requested action, then check
the expected results against the documentation.

> However, this
> product still isn't quite up to speed yet. After following all the
> directions you will be presented with some more broken objects in some of
> the products. I guess it is still too beta or alpha

Hm. Actually, what I was looking for wasn't so much something to actually use,
but some kind of "working example" for zope.

I'm looking for a simple, but reasonably complete example which is presentable
to a possible end user, in order to demonstration of what could be done with
zope, and which could serve as a starting point to explore Zope with.

Wenn looking at the available documentation, including the FAQ, I find no
obvious starting point. Is there a document giving an overview over the
architecture and terminology of zope?

--
o ( Wolfgang.Strobl@gmd.de (+49 2241) 14-2394
/\ * GMD mbH #include
_`\ `_<=== Schloss Birlinghoven, <std.disclaimer>
__(_)/_(_)___.-._ 53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany ________________