Elena Schulz wrote at 2002-12-30 15:00 +0100:
 >  I try to connect ZPT to my local Filesytem. Previouesly I used localFS and
 >  DTML which worked nicely. But according to an earlier post by Dieter I
 >  learned that I should use DirectoryView from the CMFCore now.
I did not say, you *should* but you might...

An alternative would be to extend LocalFS such that it recognizes
PageTemplates.

 >  But thats not so easy as I found.
 >  Does the registration have to be done on every serverstart again? (How to
 >  automate it if so?)
Yes, it does.

It is automated by defining a product (or using one that already exists)
that does the registration (e.g.) in its "__init__.py"
 >  How to add new extensions and metatypes?
You use either "registerFileExtension" or "registerMetaType".
Look at "CMFCore/FSSTXMethod.py" for examples.

 >  Up to now I succeeded to register an arbitrary Directory on my local FS and
 >  different MetaTypes with the external Method given below. But a
 >  corresponding klass has to be given for the registration. How to do that
 >  using classes like the 'FSObject' return bad file error when I try to view
 >  the object in ZMI.
Maybe, because it is the abstract base class.
Try "FSFile" or "FSImage" (or whatever other type you need).


Dieter

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