[Erp5-dev] Scheduling a a script and some more queries

[Bartek Gorny]

2008/12/30 Danny Admin <dannywork1 at hotmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your valuable support and time.
>
> Can anyone also help me regarding question 3 about image upload in person
> module.
>

Please attach a complete traceback - it is hard to say what is wrong
without knowing what file is reported as missing, which line of code
throws the exception etc.

B.

> Also I have the following query:
>
> I want to send email and attach a PDF report that should be generated at
> runtime.
>
> Currently what I achive is that I run email successfully and generate PDF.
> But I want to some how attach the generated PDF document with the email.
> Can anyone help me in this regard?
>
> Warm Regards
> Danny
>
>> Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:16:32 +0100
>> From: bartek at gorny.edu.pl
>> To: erp5-dev at erp5.org
>> Subject: Re: [Erp5-dev] Scheduling a a script and some more queries
>>
>> 2008/12/27 Danny Admin <dannywork1 at hotmail.com>:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Thanks for your valuable answer.
>> >
>> > I have tried to search about portal_alarm but i did not find any
>> > material.
>> >
>> > Can you give me some material/l inks about how to use portal_alarm.
>>
>> You're right, it needs a how-to. I think I'll write something soon,
>> but generally alarms are pretty straightorward - you create an alam,
>> set periodicity, type in a name of the script you want to run, tick
>> the "active" checkbox and this is it. The script will be run in the
>> context of the alarm. If you install erp5_forge bt5 you'll see a
>> working example - this bt5 installs an "open bugs alarm".
>>
>> > Some more queries:
>> > -------------------
>> > 1. Can i use portal_activities for this? If yes then how i start an
>> > activity
>> > that will run at a particular time each day?
>>
>> You can't. Portal activities serve an entirely different purpose.
>>
>> > 2. I want to make a search functionality for my module. Let say i have a
>> > search form, from which user can enter different fields of an object and
>> > e nter it, I have to search all the objects matching entered fields and
>> > show
>> > them in a list. Now how i can implement this functionality?
>>
>> Again, the best way is to look at a working example - e.g.
>> erp5_accounting has a very nice search in accounting_module. You have
>> to create a form for search parameters and add an action to the
>> module's portal type. The action category should be object_search.
>> This is pretty much it.
>>
>> > 3. In Person object Details tab when i browse and select png image from
>> > my
>> > hard disk and save the person object, the image is not shown. When i see
>> > the
>> > logtail of zope it says "OSError: [Error 2] No such file or directory"
>> > at
>> > last log line. Can any one help in this regard?
>> >
>> > 4. How can i set an Organisation object in Default Site Preferences?
>>
>> What do you mean? If you mean accounting preferences, then yo u have to
>> create some categories under "group" base category and choose a group
>> for your organisation. Then in preferences you select a group first,
>> and then the organisation dropdown is filled with organisation from
>> that group.
>>
>> Bartek
>>
>> > Thanks & Regards
>> > Danny
>> >
>> >> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:00:24 +0100
>> >> From: jp at nexedi.com
>> >> To: erp5-dev at erp5.org
>> >> Subject: Re: [Erp5-dev] Scheduling a a script
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> You can use alarms (portal_alarms).
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> JPS.
>> >>
>> >> Danny Admin a écrit :
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > Can anyone tell me how can i schedule a script to run at a particular
>> >> > time? Also run a script per iodically at some interval say 5 seconds
>> >> > ?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks & Regards
>> >> > Danny
>> >> >
>> >> >
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