Re: PRFile, MAFileModel and friends

Hi Ross, On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Ross Boylan <ross(a)biostat.ucsf.edu> wrote: I am trying to figure out the relation between PRFile, MAFileModel, MAFileDescription, and possibly others. They seem to duplicate a lot of information, such as mimetype and filename. I'm using the Pier-1.2 download. PRFile says it references an instance of MAFileModel, but a lot of test code for seems to get by without an MAFileModel. Look at the class side of PRFile. Its in the descriptionFile method.

I've looked for references to the classes, but have found either extremely terse and trivial tests or the setupup for, e.g., defaultCSS. I also don't know which of the classes is intended for display, or how to display them. Initially, I just want to use these to display links to files that are on the disk. Presumably that will use MAExternalFileModel somehow. You really don't need to worry about all that in Pier I don't think. Just use the Add command and select PRFile from the combo box.

Then edit the page to put a reference to it. Given that it is named MyFile the reference would look like +/MyFile+ (also given that it is added to the root page) Hope this helps John Later on, I may want to have pseudo files that include the ability to select a format in which to download the file or to display the file inline on the web page. Ross Boylan _______________________________________________ Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki -- http://jmck.seasidehosting.st _______________________________________________ Magritte, Pier and Related Tools ... https://www.iam.unibe.ch/mailman/listinfo/smallwiki