10 Sep
2007
10 Sep
'07
6:53 p.m.
Hi,
I'd like to describe a field that should point to a file on the server's disk.
The precise use-case is that I have a seaside component to displays
bibliographies in Pier, and I would like to have it display the
contents of a .bib file, which is under SVN or similar
version/replication control (so it will be updated sometimes without
going through Squeak).
Currently I'm using MAFileDescription new kind: MAExternalFileModel; ...
but that makes Pier ask for a file to upload, when I'd like to specify
a server-specific file path.
I was thinking of subclassing MAFileModel but now I suspect that
defining MAServerFileChooserComponent is the way... correct ?
PS. why does MAFileUploadComponent>>#isMultipart actually mean "no file
yet"?
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Damien Pollet
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10 Sep
10 Sep
7:15 p.m.
I'd like to describe a field that should point to
a file on the
server's disk.
The precise use-case is that I have a seaside component to displays
bibliographies in Pier, and I would like to have it display the
contents of a .bib file, which is under SVN or similar
version/replication control (so it will be updated sometimes without
going through Squeak).
Currently I'm using MAFileDescription new kind:
MAExternalFileModel; ...
but that makes Pier ask for a file to upload, when I'd like to specify
a server-specific file path.
I was thinking of subclassing MAFileModel but now I suspect that
defining MAServerFileChooserComponent is the way... correct ?
Yes, in your case you certainly need to create your own file chooser
dialog. I don't exactly remember the details on how
MAExternalFileModel is implemented, probably you need to subclass the
model as well (unless it supports to freely specify the location).
PS. why does MAFileUploadComponent>>#isMultipart
actually mean "no
file yet"?
This is used by Seaside to determine if the form has to be a multi-
part form. There is only a file-upload control if there is "no file
yet" and therefor the form only needs to be multipart in that case.
Lukas
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Lukas Renggli
http://www.lukas-renggli.ch
11 Sep
11 Sep
5:36 p.m.
On 10/09/2007, Lukas Renggli <renggli(a)iam.unibe.ch> wrote:
> I'd like to describe a field that should
point to a file on the
> server's disk.
[snip]
Yes, in your case you certainly need to create your
own file chooser
dialog. I don't exactly remember the details on how
MAExternalFileModel is implemented, probably you need to subclass the
model as well (unless it supports to freely specify the location).
OK, thanks!
I have a first implementation in Citezen-Seaside at
http://www.squeaksource.com/Citezen.html
I created MAReferenceFileModel (subclass of MAExternalFileModel with
settable location) and MAServerFileChooserComponent to work with it.
I used Rio to manipulate file paths because it seemed easier; should I
remove the dependancy before committing the code to the Magritte
repository ?
--
Damien Pollet
type less, do more [ | ] http://typo.cdlm.fasmz.org
6:13 p.m.
On 11 Sep 2007, at 17:36, Damien Pollet wrote:
On 10/09/2007, Lukas Renggli
<renggli(a)iam.unibe.ch> wrote:
It depends if you code is in a separate package or not? I would
prefer to keep Magritte-Core, Magritte-Seaside and Magritte-Tests as
portable as possible. There are ports to VisualWorks and GemStone and
such a dependency would make portability much harder. File access in
general is a bad story anyway.
For extension packages I think it is fine to have dependencies, as
long as it is documented somewhere. Please go ahead an publish it to
one of the Magritte repositories.
Cheers,
Lukas
--
Lukas Renggli
http://www.lukas-renggli.ch
> I'd like to describe a field that should
point to a file on the
> server's disk.
[snip]
Yes, in your case you certainly need to create
your own file chooser
dialog. I don't exactly remember the details on how
MAExternalFileModel is implemented, probably you need to subclass the
model as well (unless it supports to freely specify the location).
OK, thanks!
I have a first implementation in Citezen-Seaside at
http://www.squeaksource.com/Citezen.html
I created MAReferenceFileModel (subclass of MAExternalFileModel with
settable location) and MAServerFileChooserComponent to work with it.
I used Rio to manipulate file paths because it seemed easier; should I
remove the dependancy before committing the code to the Magritte
repository ?
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