Is mxm Workgroups compatible with GroupUserFolder?

Anyone tried to install this with Plone 1.0?

I have yet to make the switch to 2.0, but this product looks like something we could start using right away. Thanks!

Adding a member, as admin, gives:

Error Type
RuntimeError
Error Message
FS Page Template WorkgroupMembers_Form has errors: Compilation failed.
<pre>TAL.TALDefs.TALError: Python expression error: invalid syntax (Python expression "test(search_submitted, mtool.searchForMembers( {request.get('search_param',''): request.get('search_term', '')}), None)", line 1) in expression "python:test(search_submitted, mtool.searchForMembers(\r\n {request.get('search_param',''):\r\n request.get('search_term', '')}), None)", at line 12, column 3</pre>

you say that "mxm Workgroups is compatible with Plone 2.x". So it should work with any userfolder like LDAP, MySQL, GRUF, etc. Am I right?

maxm many thanks for your time and your work

This product is very nice and useful. I've noticed one thing - in the ZMI, the first object in the Add selection is 'A workgroup type', which adds a workgroup. In the select list is also 'Workgroup', which when trying to add, gives error of 'id was omitted from request'. I realize that standard use would be to add workgroups through the portal interface (not ZMI), but perhaps the issue should be addressed. Also, I think using 'A workgroup type' is inelegant because it puts your product at the top of the list and breaks the convention of alphabetized product names. But fine work, thanks!

First of all have to praise these products, nicely done! I am using a combination of dynamic page (an index_html) in a folder and list the workgroups (among other things) as one of the list items. Nice!
My problem is when I try to do this in other places then a member folder. I placed a workgroup in our /support folder and tried to make it visible to only the workgroup members. Now right after creating the workgroup and going to the "Security" tab from the ZMI and clicking on "Save Changes" (no changes made whatsoever) I am getting an error message:
"Some permissions had errors: Add Workgroups, Edit Workgroups, Manage Workgroup Membership"
Can you help with these settings?

What about functionality which allows us to make a group a member of another group? I find it pretty hard to manage users and workgroups if I have to add all users of group X to any other group.

We set up a private folder "Private" ( visible4group )
We need to set up each member "REVIEWVER" to see "private" in the navigation portlet.

Cool product. I immediately created a test group and made it 'visible4group'. I then added a user and gave hime 'Reviewer' rights. I then created a test document and made it 'visible4group'. Logged off as admin, and logged on as user. I see the workgroup but the document is not listed. I do not even get a contents tab. Log back on as admin, select the 'view' tab. The document is not listed.

On folders the doc list in the 'view' tab. On the workgroup, it doesn't. Is this by design, or do I have something set up wrong?

Uninistalling the product using the Plone control panel removes the states (submit, publish, private, etc.) drop down from Plone. Is there a way around this?

Hi! This product looks very well except for one problem I have with it: it throws a key error ('uid') when I want to add members to a newly created group on a site that connects to an LDAP server via LDAPUserFolder and GRUF. This is IMHO due to the fact that the LDAP server returns an error when it is being queried for all users (which is as far as I understand what happens when you click on the Add members tab). I tried to work around this by modifying the line users = src.findUser(src._login_attr, '') to users = src.findUser(src._login_attr, 'a_user') so that it finds only one user but that results in an "Insufficient Privileges" error. I would *really* appreciate any help!

Sascha (Sascha dot Boch (at) jci.com)

Nice job - everything works as expected for me. But..

I added a few portal_tabs inside portal_actions, each linking to a workgroup folder. This works, but I would also like to let each tab show only for users which are members of the linked workgroup. What is the condition to use?

Thanks,
alf

First of all - very nice work! Great product and the interface is very easy to use from an end user point of view. Regarding the email feature, is it possible to send email to an address I specify (i.e. - a mailing list) versus requiring each user to be a member of my site and ultimately sending mail to their individual addresses? Some of our workgroups may become quite large. I'm fairly new to Plone / Zope.

thx very much in advance!

I'm just a newbie and can't seem to get groups members to see the contents of a workgroup i.e docs etc. I have changed the permissions of the files to "visible for Group" but other group members don't see the file, they only see the Group Name. Any suggestions?

Hello Max

I am having some strange problems with the workgroup product.

It was working well but I think I crashed it when I upgraded – possibly…

The symptoms are that my users can ONLY publish – Plone lets them publish WITHOUT submitting!

This happened after the new version.

I have tried running the external method in your instructions and the output is fine saying that all went well.

Unfortunately I can access the folders because Plone gives a TAL error.

I have included a text file with the traceback.

I like having groups in my school situation but now I can’t restrict publishing AND uninstalling does not help either because the permissions are still wrong.

Can you offer any suggestions?

Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks

Peter Ashby

pashby@vhhs.sa.edu.au

http://vhhs.sa.edu.au

Traceback (innermost last):
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 100, in publish
Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 40, in call_object
Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 306, in __call__
Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 343, in _bindAndExec
Module Products.CMFCore.FSPageTemplate, line 191, in _exec
Module Products.CMFCore.FSPageTemplate, line 124, in pt_render
Module Products.PageTemplates.PageTemplate, line 96, in pt_render
- <FSPageTemplate at /Plone/folder_contents used for /Plone/Members/Mr Ashby>
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 189, in __call__
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 663, in do_useMacro
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 408, in do_optTag_tal
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 393, in do_optTag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 388, in no_tag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 694, in do_defineSlot
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 629, in do_condition
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 694, in do_defineSlot
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 408, in do_optTag_tal
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 393, in do_optTag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 388, in no_tag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 663, in do_useMacro
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 629, in do_condition
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 408, in do_optTag_tal
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 393, in do_optTag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 388, in no_tag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 605, in do_loop_tal
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 408, in do_optTag_tal
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 393, in do_optTag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 388, in no_tag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 629, in do_condition
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 408, in do_optTag_tal
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 393, in do_optTag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 388, in no_tag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 649, in do_useMacro
Module Products.PageTemplates.TALES, line 220, in evaluate
- Line 35, Column 12
- Expression: <PythonExpr path(pathexpr)>
- Names:
{'container': <PloneSite instance at 0269BAA0>,
'context': <PloneFolder instance at 03B79A70>,
'default': <Products.PageTemplates.TALES.Default instance at 0x014C3EE0>,
'here': <PloneFolder instance at 03B79A70>,
'loop': <SafeMapping instance at 033F8D10>,
'modules': <Products.PageTemplates.ZRPythonExpr._SecureModuleImporter instance at 0x014BCB70>,
'nothing': None,
'options': {'args': ()},
'repeat': <SafeMapping instance at 033F8D10>,
'request': <HTTPRequest, URL=http://svr1/Members/Mr%20Ashby/folder_contents>,
'root': <Application instance at 03164EF0>,
'template': <FSPageTemplate at /Plone/folder_contents used for /Plone/Members/Mr Ashby>,
'traverse_subpath': [],
'user': Mr Ashby}
Module Products.PageTemplates.ZRPythonExpr, line 47, in __call__
- __traceback_info__: path(pathexpr)
Module Python expression "path(pathexpr)", line 1, in <expression>
Module Products.PageTemplates.PythonExpr, line 81, in __call__
Module Products.PageTemplates.Expressions, line 201, in __call__
Module Products.PageTemplates.Expressions, line 189, in _eval
Module Products.PageTemplates.Expressions, line 145, in _eval
- __traceback_info__: here
Module Products.PageTemplates.Expressions, line 347, in restrictedTraverse
- __traceback_info__: {'path': ['Workgroup_portlet_groups', 'macros', 'portlet'], 'TraversalRequestNameStack': ['portlet',

'macros']}
Module OFS.ObjectManager, line 656, in __getitem__
KeyError: 'Workgroup_portlet_groups'

Hello!

I've tried to test this product, wich looks great, but I found an error. This is the log

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "d:\Archivos de programa\Plone 2\Data\Products\CMFQuickInstallerTool\QuickInstallerTool.py", line 216, in installProduct

File "C:\Archivos de programa\Plone 2\Zope\lib\python\Products\ExternalMethod\ExternalMethod.py", line 231, in __call__
return f(self.aq_parent.this(), *args, **kw)

File "C:\Archivos de programa\Plone 2\Data\Products\Workgroup\Extensions\Install.py", line 316, in install
setupTool(self, out)

File "C:\Archivos de programa\Plone 2\Data\Products\Workgroup\Extensions\Install.py", line 131, in setupTool
rs = membersFolder.right_slots

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'right_slots'


thank you very much

svazquez at sadiel dot es

After upgrading from Plone 2.02 => Plone 2.03 on Mac OSX 10.3.4 server, the item in the "add new item" menu (workgroup) changed languages and now displays as => arbejdsgruppe instead of workgroup.

I have not modified or even worked with any of the localization tools! The "workgroup" item in the toolbar displays in English as it should, it's just the item beneath the add menu that changed languages!

How do I fix this? I'm new to Zope and Plone and don't have a clue of where to look! Your help is greatly appreciated - wonderful product by the way. Thx very much for all your efforts!

Max,

After creating a workgroup and activating the "Content" listing, a "Reply" tab appears, right after "Properties" (..../Workgroup/discussion_reply_form). Checked with /Plone/portal_types/Workgroup/manage_editActionsForm and there everything checks out OK, no "Reply" action. Here is the error message when I click on the "Reply" tab:

Site error
This site encountered an error trying to fulfill your request. The errors were:
Error Type
AttributeError
Error Value
showWizards
Request made at
2004/06/01 22:04:32.538 US/Pacific

As far as I can tell, this only happens with the Workgroup portal type. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong.

Hello

A question that is bothering me

Can standard group members change the content of their group folder - ie add files etc.

Mine can't without admin roles - is this the way it is supposed to be?

Peter

Hello! I apologize in advance for what might be a very simple question, but I've noticed that when Anonymous users view a folder designated as a workgroup folder that the "Workgroup Members" portlet shows up which lists all the group members. I want this to be private unless users have authenticated (like the mail to portlet This portlet is hidden for anonymous users).

How do I turn off the visibility of the "Workgroup Members" porlet for anonymous users? Any help is appreciated.

great product! thx,

I like your product.

I made a french traduction for MxmWorkGroup : http://macadames.com/Plone2/fonctionnalites/ajout_produit/mxmworkgroups-fr.po.zip

Sorry for my bad english, i will try to tell about some problems with MxmWorkGroup :

After install in a Plone site the default workflow is modified, however my workflows were not so bad ... Hmm !

After install, all non folderish contents states are changed to "Visible" state ... Hmmm ! if you try to install MxmWorkGroup upon a big site in production with thousands of documents and files, perhaps you will get some displeasure, no ?

Hello Max

Sorry for my approximative english

I think it's possible to add a new product on a production site, of course you need to test it on a copy of the site.
I'm not so stupid, ...

I have installed MxmWorkGroup in a big site (Plone2) folowing these lines :

1. in my portal_workflow, for each content workflow (document, news, events...) i change "(Default)" for "plone_workflow"

2. I install MxmWorkGroup (quickinstaller or externalmethod or ploneControlPanel > add product)
3. in my portal_workflow > plone_workflow i create the new states and transitions as done in your workgroup_content_workflow (visible4group, publish2group ...), i change all states permissions and transitions as done in your workgroup_content_workflow
4. i change portal_workflow > (Default) from "workgroup_content_workflow" to "plone_workflow"


Now everything works fine. I'm really happy.

However a problem remains, even when i add MxmWorkGroup on a brand new site :

i can't change roles for groupmembers
Plone responds "Insufficient privileges"

I use Plone 2.0RC5 and Plone 2.0RC6 (=2.0?) ....

i don't know what to do.

I really appreciate your product.

Just thought I'd mention that in mxmWorkgroups v.1.2.4, the file "i18n/mxmworkgroups-plone-en.po" has the msgstr for "workgroup" as "arbejdsgruppe" and the msgstr for "Workgroup" as "Arbejdsgruppe". They should read "workgroup" and "Workgroup" respectively.
Lastly, when I try to add users to a Workgroup, I have to use "search". But searching by name returns "AttributeError" "email". When searching by "email", I get the error "AttributeError" "getProperty". Any ideas why?

Any chance to add this functionality?

How can we do to have the default content view in a mmx folder ? Like a plone folder when we have no default index page ?

We are having problems with the mxm Workgroup module, version 1.2.4. We are using our plone portal to manage communications between our company and our clients. Each new client that we acquire is assigned a new mxm Workgroup. Inside this workgroup, we insert folders including "billing", "sourcecode", "specifications", etc as well as another workgroup (within the main client workgroup) for project managment of the client. We need this nested workgroup in order to properly manage the users and content.

The problem, is that to create the base content for the new client, we copy a template of content from another area of the site. This becomes a problem when we try to delete the main client folder.

It seems, based upon our testing, when you create a workgroup (wrk-dest), and copy an existing workgroup from another location (wrk-orig), when you delete wrk-dest it corrupts the user accounts that are members of the wrk-dest workgroup. When you log-in as an affected user and try to go to their "my workgroups", "my folder", or homepage, you get an error which we have in several cases been unable to fix.

Please advise,

Todd
tcrames@sytel.com


Here is a test-case that consistently reproduces this problem:

Prerequisites
Verify folder "My Projects" exists at root of plone site
Verify folder "Sandbox" exists at root of plone site
Steps
1.1.1 Login as admin
1.1.2 Create new user (ie. "testXX")
1.1.3 Create workgroup in "Sandbox" (ie. "wrk-orig")
1.1.4 Create workgroup in "My Projects" (ie. "wrk-dest")
1.1.5 Add user from step #1.1.2 (testXX) as a member of the workgroup created in step #1.1.4 (wkr-dest) in the "My Projects" folder
1.1.6 Make the user from step #1.1.2 (testXX) a workgroup manager of the workgroup created in step #1.1.4 (wkr-dest) in the "My Projects" folder
1.1.7 COPY the workgroup from step #1.1.3 (wrk-orig) from the "Sandbox" folder into the workgroup created in step #1.1.4 (wrk-dest) in the "My Projects" folder
1.1.8 Logout
1.1.9 Login as the user from step #1.1.2 (testXX)
1.1.10 Verify access to ""my workgroups"", ""my folder"" and the user homepage are working."
1.1.11 Verify that the workgroup copied and pasted from step #1.1.3 (wrk-orig) appears within the workgroup from step #1.1.4 (wrk-dest)
1.1.12 Logout
1.1.13 Login as admin
1.1.14 Delete the root workgroup created in step #1.1.4 (wrk-dest) in the "My Projects" folder. (Don't delete the child workgroup beforehand)
1.1.15 Logout
1.1.16 Login as the user from step #1.1.2 (testXX)
1.1.17 Verify access to ""my workgroups"", ""my folder"" and the user homepage are working."
1.1.18 Verify that the workgroup from step #1.1.4 (wrk-dest) is deleted and not accessible by the user


Steps 1.1.17 and 1.1.18 result in failure, with the following error being generated:


Site Error
An error was encountered while publishing this resource.

KeyError

Sorry, a site error occurred.

Traceback (innermost last):

Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 163, in publish_module_standard
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 127, in publish
Module Zope.App.startup, line 203, in zpublisher_exception_hook
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 100, in publish
Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 40, in call_object
Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 306, in __call__
Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 343, in _bindAndExec
Module Products.CMFCore.FSPageTemplate, line 191, in _exec
Module Products.CMFCore.FSPageTemplate, line 124, in pt_render
Module Products.PageTemplates.PageTemplate, line 96, in pt_render
<FSPageTemplate at /aes/Workgroup_myGroups used for /aes/Members/testXX>
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 189, in __call__
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 663, in do_useMacro
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 408, in do_optTag_tal
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 393, in do_optTag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 388, in no_tag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 686, in do_defineSlot
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 459, in do_setLocal_tal
Module Products.PageTemplates.TALES, line 220, in evaluate
Line 136, Column 20
Expression: <PythonExpr sequence.sort( mxm_workgroups.getGroupsForMember(member), [ ['Title', 'nocase', 'asc'], ['getId', 'nocase', 'asc'] ])>
Names:
{'container': <PloneSite instance at 43ba46b0>,
'context': <PloneFolder instance at 4406def0>,
'default': <Products.PageTemplates.TALES.Default instance at 0x40ce370c>,
'here': <PloneFolder instance at 4406def0>,
'loop': <SafeMapping instance at 44291fe0>,
'modules': <Products.PageTemplates.ZRPythonExpr._SecureModuleImporter instance at 0x40ce30ec>,
'nothing': None,
'options': {'args': ()},
'repeat': <SafeMapping instance at 44291fe0>,
'request': <HTTPRequest, URL=http://portal.sytel.com:8080/aes/Members/testXX/Workgroup_myGroups>,
'root': <Application instance at 43bfabf0>,
'template': <FSPageTemplate at /aes/Workgroup_myGroups used for /aes/Members/testXX>,
'traverse_subpath': [],
'user': testXX}
Module Products.PageTemplates.ZRPythonExpr, line 47, in __call__
__traceback_info__: sequence.sort( mxm_workgroups.getGroupsForMember(member), [ ['Title', 'nocase', 'asc'], ['getId', 'nocase', 'asc'] ])
Module Python expression "sequence.sort( mxm_workgroups.getGroupsForMember(member), [ ['Title', 'nocase', 'asc'], ['getId', 'nocase', 'asc'] ])", line 1, in <expression>
Module Products.Workgroup.mxmWorkgroupTool, line 208, in getGroupsForMember
Module Products.Workgroup.mxmWorkgroupTool, line 104, in _getByPaths
Module OFS.Traversable, line 204, in restrictedTraverse
Module OFS.Traversable, line 185, in unrestrictedTraverse
__traceback_info__: ([], 'wrk-dest')
Module OFS.ObjectManager, line 656, in __getitem__
KeyError: 'wrk-dest' (Also, an error occurred while attempting to render the standard error message.)


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What are the standard permissions for Group Member, Group Leader, and Group Admin? Is there a readme or something that discusses the different permissions assigned to each? What are some of the standard ways of using these roles in mxm Workgroups?

One thought I had is the Group Admin should have site admin like permissions to the Workgroup. Is this the default permissions when I install mxm Workgroups? Or do I need to customize the Workgroup security to achieve this purpose?

I am troubled. I would like a work group that the content added is edittable to by all group members. But, is this more attuned to a wiki rather than a work group folder? Does having multiple authors contradict the spirit of Work Groups?

When adding new members to a work group, I've tried using the "Check All" box to add all members to a group. It works fine on Mozilla browsers but doesn't seem to work on IE. Is it possible to fix this issue?

It seems that when you add the : character in the mail form it does something strange and puts 'To: ' followed by all of the E-mail addresses that it's sending to? Has this problem been addressed? Solved?

a.ullman@edfac.usyd.edu.au

Hello Max
All has been working really well with student groups, however lately I have been getting this message when I or users try to list members.
The important part of the traceback follows

...
...

Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 233, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 459, in do_setLocal_tal
Module Products.PageTemplates.TALES, line 220, in evaluate
Module Products.PageTemplates.ZRPythonExpr, line 47, in __call__
__traceback_info__: mxm_workgroups.getGroupsForMemberId(member_id)
Module Python expression "mxm_workgroups.getGroupsForMemberId(member_id)", line 1, in <expression>
Module Products.Workgroup.mxmWorkgroupTool, line 218, in getGroupsForMemberId
Module Products.CMFCore.MembershipTool, line 320, in getMemberById
Module Products.GroupUserFolder.GroupUserFolder, line 336, in getUserById
Module Products.GroupUserFolder.GroupUserFolder, line 285, in getUser
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith' (Also, an error occurred while attempting to render the standard error message.)

This has only happened recently and I can't think of changes I have made.

Thanks Peter

pashby@vhhs.sa.edu.au

Hi,
Thanks for all your work on this product - it is excellent. However, can I just check something? when I set the workgroup state to private or visible for group, I would expect all content to be hidden. However, a search by an anonymous user can still find this hidden content (although they need the right permission to read the document itself). How can the search be disabled for content within a group whose content is not 'open'?

Thanks for your help!

Hi, like somebody above mentioned on plone 2.0.3 I was unable to change the roles users in a workgroup have. After clicking OK I was redirected to the insufficient privileges page. I tried setting all my privileges to manager for the site and everything that seemed to matter for the workflow, but no difference.

I reinstalled the MXMworkgroups, updating from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4 in the proces. Now it works again. Any ideas what happened.

regards,

constantin

Hi,

Thanks for the great product.
On upgrading Workgroups I now get this error when I try to add a Workgroup. Also, I get Insufficient Privileges when I try to go to previous groups.

Thanks,
Ursine

<snip>
Module Products.ZCatalog.Catalog, line 381, in catalogObject

Module Products.PluginIndexes.common.UnIndex, line 242, in index_object

Module Products.PluginIndexes.KeywordIndex.KeywordIndex, line 61, in _index_object

Module Products.PluginIndexes.KeywordIndex.KeywordIndex, line 94, in _get_object_keywords

Module Products.CMFCore.CatalogTool, line 63, in allowedRolesAndUsers

Module Products.CMFCore.utils, line 215, in _mergedLocalRoles

TypeError: can only concatenate tuple (not "list") to tuple

The group mail feature, that allows you to send email to your defined group, has some rather bad formatting problems in the mail output. For instance I sent a message, structured as follows:

Message Body Paragraph 1
Message Body Paragraph 2
Signature

which was received as email rearranged by MXMWorkgroups as follows.

Message Body Paragraph 1
Recipient List
Message Body Paragraph 2 (no paragraph break) Signature

All paragraphs run together (the email does not seem to recognize line breaks).

-- harlow pinson
hpinson@indepthl.com

In mxmworkgroups 1.2.4, Plone 2.0, Zope 2.7.2, when a group is added and I click the "workgroup roles" tab, as portal manager, for each user added the roles of member, owner, and reviewer are greyed out with an X and cannot be changed (checked or unchecked). Any suggestions as to why this is and how to fix?

Very suddenly we are getting this error when we try to add a workgroup. Don't know what could have caused it: can only concatenate tuple (not "list") to tuple

MXMWorkgroup 1.2.4, Plone 2.0.4, Zope 2.7.2

I have a folder with "Workgroup members" A and B. The workgroup folder F is set to "visible for group". Member C can access folder F eventhoug C is not a "Workgroup member"

Isn't the user should have GroupMember role *and* be in the workgroup member list in order to view the content if the state is set to "visible for group"?

Am I missing something in the concept?

Thanks!

Can you confirm that MXMWorkgroups cannot be cut and pasted once created? If I try to do this, I get an error.

I'm using mxm-workgroups 1.2.4 together with Plone 2.0.4. It's a great product but the problem I have is that the workgroup-folders not are visible in the navigation-box (the portlet).
I can change this by changing the navtree_properties (adding to "rolesSeeUnpublishedContent" the role "GroupMember"). But I'm not convinced by this solution because all content which is "non visible" now is visible for the GroupMembers.

I can also use the "trick" to enter the workgroup using a link from a document (creating a document in a folder higher than den workgroup and metting a link from this document to the workgroup); once entered the workgroup at this way it's also visible in the navigation-box. But this is very complicated.

Is there a resolution for this problem?

Thanks,

Paul

Max,
Very nice product. Have been testing it with Plone 2.04 and all was good. We them moved on to test with CMF Member 1.0 beta4. We ran into a problem when Workgroup_portlet_groups was called by the members folder. We removed the portlet .. here/Workgroup_portlet_groups/macros/portlet and all was well again. Have not tested the other workgroup portlets.

Here is an abreviated traceback.
• Module Products.PageTemplates.TALES, line 220, in evaluate
URL: /plone/main_template
Line 16, Column 12
Expression: <PythonExpr mxm_workgroups.getGroupsForMemberId(member_id)>
Names:

Not sure if some accessors got renamed in CMF Member that mxm_workgroups is relying upon or if we have a problem on our end. Have you run into this problem before?

Dan

Hello. Can someone suggest a way to prevent owners from changing state of the parent workgroup object, but allow them otherwise to change the state of objects they add? It seems like anyone with owner permissions can change the state of the workgroup itself.

Hello - first of all: Great tool.
I've just started to use it and I am reallly impressed. Works fine :-)
But one thing I can't fix:
If I create a news-document in a news-folder in the workgroup, the created news can be seen by everyone. Is there a chance to generate specific news only for a workgroup, so that this news can't be seen by anyone except the workgroup members?

thank you very much
best regards

rue

Ruediger Mach
info@arteng.de

installing the workgroup product failed w/ the following error message:

2004-11-04 17:21:55
failed:
Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/local/Zope/instance/Products/CMFQuickInstallerTool/QuickInstallerTool.py", line 235, in installProduct
res=install()

File "/usr/local/Zope/lib/python/Products/ExternalMethod/ExternalMethod.py", line 231, in __call__
return f(self.aq_parent.this(), *args, **kw)

File "/usr/local/Zope/instance/Products/Workgroup/Extensions/Install.py", line 316, in install
setupTool(self, out)

File "/usr/local/Zope/instance/Products/Workgroup/Extensions/Install.py", line 131, in setupTool
rs = membersFolder.right_slots

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'right_slots'

this was on a zope/plone running on a linux machine. i also installed the product on a windows machine w/out any problems.

what can be wrong here?
--
ulf

I am running Plone 2.0.4 and Zope 2.7.2. I get the following when Zope starts after adding this Product. This is on Linux. Oddly, the line in mxmWorkgroupTool.py contains:

out.write('| | | | %s<br>\n' % subObj )



/srv/www/zope/Products/Workgroup/__init__.py:14: DeprecationWarning: Non-ASCII character '\xa0' in file /srv/www/zope/Products/Workgroup/mxmWorkgroupTool.py on line 400, but no encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details
import Workgroup, mxmWorkgroupTool
/srv/www/zope/Products/Workgroup/mxmWorkgroupTool.py:23: DeprecationWarning: Non-ASCII character '\xe9' in file /srv/www/zope/Products/Workgroup/Relations.py on line 26, but no encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for details
from Relations import Relations

Is it possible to use the "Bcc" field, instead of the "To" field? I don't want the system to send an email out that will have a pontentially long list of emails within the "To" field.

Hello,
First of all, thank so much you for making the plone/zope experience easier for end users.
Down to the question: I would like to have reviewers in the Workgroup A (this is not an issue since I can add members to it manually) and then have any member of the site to be able to SUBMIT content automatically to Subworkgroup B (which then would be submitted to the above reviewers).
Since I have dozens of Subworkgroups and many many users signing up every day, continually adding all these users to subgroups looks frightening.
Any idea ? I would really appreciate if you could point me in the right direction.
Thanks a lot dan
oso<>nettarine.com

The product will not install if you remove the members folder. Creating a normal folder named Members will get you around this.

The traceback:
failed:Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/zopeuser/hymne/Products/CMFQuickInstallerTool/QuickInstallerTool.py", line 216, in installProduct res=install() File "/usr/local/www/Zope/lib/python/Products/ExternalMethod/ExternalMethod.py", line 232, in __call__ return f(self.aq_parent.this(), *args, **kw) File "/home/zopeuser/hymne/Products/Workgroup/Extensions/Install.py", line 316, in install setupTool(self, out) File "/home/zopeuser/hymne/Products/Workgroup/Extensions/Install.py", line 131, in setupTool rs = membersFolder.right_slotsAttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'right_slots'

hello, i have a problem - tried a lot but it is unsolved so far.
we use plone as intranet on a school with 50 teachers and 500 children.

i have added groups in plone (teachergroup, schooladministration, pupilsgroup and so on). we need this plone-groups for distributing the rights in our plone intranet (calendaring, adding content and so on).

now we tried mxmworkgroup. it works fine. we use it a a secure zone for the different groups.
so every plone-group has now its own mxmworkgroup. but i can't add a plone-group as a member of a mxmworkgroup. so i have to group the users again: checking all users belongig to the plone-teachergroup and make them members of the mxmworkgroup for the teachers.
problem: i always have to do the work again.

an other problem: if we get new pupils or teachers i have to add them to the plone-group AND to the mxmworkgroup.

is it possible to change mxmworkgroup for adding plonegroups as members?

Hi, I really like mxm workgroups, and we would like to use it on a community portal with about 1000 members. Our main priority is to switch to Plone 2.1 by September 2005, so I feel hesitant to install mxm workgroups now on a Plone 2.05 setup without knowing if that is going to gives us problems when we do the migration.
Does mxm workgroups work on Plone 2.1? If not, there are any plans on if and when this is going to happen?
Many thanks for the fantastic product!

I copied the folder("Workgroup") into the "Data/Products" dir of my Plone folder, but in my Plone configuration I can't select (and add) the mxmWorkgroups-Tool

Hello,

1. I created a workgroup folder
2. Added a member called "an62"
3. Made him a Manager, Member, GroupMember, Owner, Reviewer of the workgroup folder
4. He logged-in
5. He went inside the newly created workgroup folder
6. He went to workgroup roles
7. He added another member called "bz33"
8. Tried to delegate the Reviewer role to "bz33" by checking the Reviewer checkbox
9. Clicked on the "Ok" button
10. The check disappeared from bz33's Reviewer checkbox

What could be going wrong here ?


Wh

Max, first thanks for your great Workgroup product. I use it for various websites.

Second FYI I installed a clean copy of Plone 2.1.1, then installed Workgroup 1.2.7. It appears to work just fine, although perhaps it doesn't take advantage of some new features. I'm especially happy that the email to group members is properly line-wrapped to match the contents field.

Third, the mxmworkgroups-plone-en.po file still uses the word 'arbejdsgruppe' instead of 'workgroup'. This is a BUG in your program, hope you can fix it with the next release!

Dan

Hello, thanks for making my plone experience a more enjoyable one. My issue is that when I add a new member to a workgroup, they are unable to see any of the content created prior to that point. I'm not sure where to look to troubleshoot as I am still new to the environment.
thanks again.

It is possible to access "protected" content simply but cutting and pasting the URL while logged out. I need a solution that is *not* URL hackable. A) Is this something you will incorporate into this product, or B) Do you recommend another product?

Thanks,

Veda (vedawms@unc.edu)

If you navigate to a "protected" workgroup object, logout, then hit the back button, you are still able to access that protected object. You should be forced to re-login instead.

- Veda (vedawms@unc.edu)

I have two groups, with one member each. I add a document to one workgroup folder, and set it to visible for group yet the person in the other workgroup can still see it. Shouldn't it be invisible for that user?

Dear all!

I have scenario like this that i wanna create a folder with name 'Documents' and wanna create three more folders in it with names 'Daily' , 'weekly' and 'monhtly' . And i want to assign seperate members to each folder.

So how should i do it?? Do i make workgroup with name 'Documents' and create three more workgroups inside it??

i am confused bcos when i assign any member to parent workgroup that member can access All children workgroups also.

Wats the correct way to do it?? can some body give me hint

Hello,

I'm new to Plone, learning to use it for a company project. I have a need for group space type products. I tried TeamSpaces, and have recently been exploring GrufSpaces. I found references to this Workgroups product in the mailing list. I'm interested in reviewing this product for use with by my company, but I'm curious about why this product is not listed on the Plone site with other groups related products. I do see "mxm Contacts" there, is there a reason this one seems to be living without official Plone Product status?

I need to implement a scheme in the folder... how to extend the info of workgroup??, for intance inherit of a ATFolder...

Hi! I found your site through one of your listed Plone modules, then realized you've got a treasure chest worth of stuff in here! :) I realize that the Workgroup software isn't officially tested/supported with Plone 2.1.2, but I was hoping the software would work. I think it's pretty close to workign as-is, but I'm running into an error that I was hoping you'd know the root of without having to work too hard. :)

When adding a member to a new Workgroup, I get:


Site error

This site encountered an error trying to fulfill your request. The errors were:

Error Type
RuntimeError
Error Value
Workgroup/skins/Workgroup/WorkgroupMembers_Form_add_validate.vpy has errors.
Request made at
2006/04/08 09:54:59.358 GMT-10


I also had some problems adding a workgroup in the first place, but I managed to get around that (it created a new workgroup with a datestamp instead of the name I gave it, but I was able to rename the workgroup... Still not able to create a named workgroup, but it's minor since I have one to work with now!)

Any ideas? Should I provide some more info? If so, what would you like?

Cheers!

Chris
San Francisco, USA

Hi Max,

I failed to set the initial state for all workgroups to "visible for group".

By now, a lot of workgroups (and sub workgroups) have been created throughout our Plone site.

How do I go about setting all workgroup states accordingly ?

Regards,
Danny
email : d.sinang at spitech.com

Hi,

In the main screen of a workgroup (Your first screenshot) the 'content'-tab is duplicated before the 'view'-tab.
Is it my installation? Any tips to change it?

Thanks

glynnyth@gmail.com

How could I make Workgroups work with LinguaPlone?

The content put in a workgroup is translatable, but how to have translations of eg the name of the workgroup.

Thanks for any suggestions

Hi
Thanks for a great product, which our community have used a lot.

In our site we have some workgroups where we put documents which should be downloaded and read by the members. How could we get an extra column in the "workgroup members" view which show the time when the member had logged last? This would give us an easy way to spot people how have forgotten to login, so we could send them a reminder to do so.

Thanks for reading this.
Best regards AW.

This looks like a great product and i would like to try it with Plone 2.5 Has anyone tested it with this version yet?

I'm testing workgroup product with ATManagedFile product (from ensfold system) and this works great ! But, I need to specify my own ID of a workgroup folder when I create one : ATManagedFile puts/gets contents on the file system (or file server) by linking folder's name to the folders ID in the ZODB.

Is this possible ?

Greetings;

mxm workgroups is a great tool. I used it in 2.0.5 with great results. In 2.1.3 using custom skins, there is no "my workgroups" link in the personal bar.

The workgroups are set to visible to groupmembers, but when I log in under a workgroup member's account, I don't see the "my workgroups" link.

The workgroups work OK. They show up in recent activities portlet, and I can add content to them. i just need the "my workgroup" link to be visible.

Thanks,

Paul

Hi!
With ATworkgroups2.0 under Plone 2.5 i have no 'visible to workgoup' option. Also the 'my workgroups'-button in the personal bar doesnt appear. Both on a upgraded plonesite and a really fresh server. Some other workgroup-wroducts like 'Teamspace' have similar problems. So, do i need something in the background, which is not included in a standard plone-installation?

Bye uwe

Hi Max,

Installing AtWorkgroups 2.0 (from Plone Softwarecenter or SVN, does not matter) gives the following error below if clicking on the "Member" folder of the site. If I remove the "here/portlet_Workgroup_groups/macros/portlet" from the right_slots property, the error will go away. This happens with both 2.8 and 2.9 versions of Zope.

I will send you more feedback through email.

Regards,
Zoltan

Site Error
An error was encountered while publishing this resource.

TypeError

Sorry, a site error occurred.

Traceback (innermost last):

Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 188, in publish_module_standard
Module Products.PlacelessTranslationService.PatchStringIO, line 34, in new_publish
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 145, in publish
Module Zope2.App.startup, line 216, in zpublisher_exception_hook
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 114, in publish
Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 40, in call_object
Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 311, in __call__
Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 348, in _bindAndExec
Module Products.PythonScripts.PythonScript, line 323, in _exec
Module None, line 2, in index_html
<PythonScript at /Plone/Members/index_html>
Line 2
Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 311, in __call__
Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 348, in _bindAndExec
Module Products.CMFCore.FSPageTemplate, line 195, in _exec
Module Products.CacheSetup.patch_cmf, line 18, in FSPT_pt_render
Module Products.CacheSetup.patch_utils, line 9, in call_pattern
Module Products.CMFCore.FSPageTemplate, line 134, in pt_render
Module Products.CacheSetup.patch_cmf, line 56, in PT_pt_render
Module Products.CacheSetup.patch_utils, line 9, in call_pattern
Module Products.PageTemplates.PageTemplate, line 104, in pt_render
<FSPageTemplate at /Plone/member_search_form used for /Plone/Members>
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 206, in __call__
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 711, in do_useMacro
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 426, in do_optTag_tal
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 411, in do_optTag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 406, in no_tag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 742, in do_defineSlot
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 677, in do_condition
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 742, in do_defineSlot
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 426, in do_optTag_tal
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 411, in do_optTag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 406, in no_tag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 711, in do_useMacro
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 677, in do_condition
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 426, in do_optTag_tal
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 411, in do_optTag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 406, in no_tag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 653, in do_loop_tal
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 426, in do_optTag_tal
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 411, in do_optTag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 406, in no_tag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 426, in do_optTag_tal
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 411, in do_optTag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 406, in no_tag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 677, in do_condition
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 426, in do_optTag_tal
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 411, in do_optTag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 406, in no_tag
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 711, in do_useMacro
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 250, in interpret
Module TAL.TALInterpreter, line 477, in do_setLocal_tal
Module Products.PageTemplates.TALES, line 221, in evaluate
URL: file:ATWorkgroup/skins/ATWorkgroup/portlet_Workgroup_groups.pt
Line 40, Column 12
Expression: <PythonExpr workgrouptool.getAccesibleGroupsForMember(member_id)>
Names:
{'container': <PloneSite at /Plone>,
'context': <ATBTreeFolder at /Plone/Members>,
'default': <Products.PageTemplates.TALES.Default instance at 0x010E2C60>,
'here': <ATBTreeFolder at /Plone/Members>,
'loop': <Products.PageTemplates.TALES.SafeMapping object at 0x04F755D0>,
'modules': <Products.PageTemplates.ZRPythonExpr._SecureModuleImporter instance at 0x010B2E90>,
'nothing': None,
'options': {'args': ()},
'repeat': <Products.PageTemplates.TALES.SafeMapping object at 0x04F755D0>,
'request': <HTTPRequest, URL=http://portal2.elan-gmk.com/Members/index_html>,
'root': <Application at >,
'template': <FSPageTemplate at /Plone/member_search_form used for /Plone/Members>,
'traverse_subpath': [],
'user': zoltan}
Module Products.PageTemplates.ZRPythonExpr, line 47, in __call__
__traceback_info__: workgrouptool.getAccesibleGroupsForMember(member_id)
Module Python expression "workgrouptool.getAccesibleGroupsForMember(member_id)", line 1, in <expression>
Module Products.ATWorkgroup.workgrouptool, line 345, in getAccesibleGroupsForMember
Module Products.ATWorkgroup.workgrouptool, line 334, in getGroupsForMember
Module Products.ATWorkgroup.workgrouptool, line 254, in _members2Ids
TypeError: iteration over non-sequence (Also, the following error occurred while attempting to render the standard error message, please see the event log for full details: iteration over non-sequence)



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Hi,
I sent an email, joigning french translation of the i18n of atworkgroup 2.0, 2 .po files, maxm@mxm.dk doesn't seem to work.
here they are:
http://www.afpy.org/Members/amine/mxmworkgroups-fr.po/file_view
http://www.afpy.org/Members/amine/mxmworkgroups-plone-fr.po/file_view

I'm using ATWorkgroup for a community project, exactly what i'm searching. Thanks a lot, really.

I'll soon send you arabic files as soon as they are finished.

I'm using ATWorkgroup 2.0, a silly question, may I?

file Extensions/Install.py :

147 try:
148 installWorkflows = ExternalMethod('temp',
149 'temp',
150 PROJECTNAME+'.InstallWorkflows',
151 'installWorkflows').__of__(self)
152 except NotFound:
153 installWorkflows = None
154
155 if installWorkflows:
156 setupWorkflows(self, out)

The try block always raise an error, so the except block set installWorkflows to None. so setupWorkflows(self, out) is never executed. The workflow installation in portal_workflow fails.
I changed it to:
155 if not installWorkflows:
156 setupWorkflows(self, out)

it install the 2 workflows, workgroup_workflow and workgroup_content_workflow, and transitions. it's patchy, but it work.

Is it a bug or intentional? or i have not read docs carefully?

PS: sorry for my horrible english.

Amine: rawhead@hotmail.fr

Hello,
I've installed atworkgroup2.0.2 with plone 2.1.3 but "visible for group" is not visible
It's just to add another configuration info to the previous post
Otherwise thank you for the other products like mxm dynamicpage and now pagebuilder
regards
martin

configuration
# Plone Instance: 2.1.3
# Python: 2.3.5 (#2, Sep 4 2005, 22:01:42) [GCC 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-13)]
# Zope: (Zope 2.8.6-final, python 2.3.5, linux2)

Hello,
I've got a problem with atworkgroup2.0.2 and plone2.1.3 when I set the initial state of the two specific workflows (workgroup_content_workflow and workgroup_workflow) to private: all the documents already existing in the site become private but not the folders and subfolders.
If now I set the initial state to visible all the documents already existing in the site become visible.
It seems to be the same with mxmworkgroup1.4.1 and plone2.1.3
Regards
martin
martindupond(at)free.fr

Love the product. I noticed that if I put a folder in a workgroup that I am unable to select it to be only viewable by the group. Is this by design? I had wanted to create subfolders in the group to organize content and have that content only viewable and searchable by the group.

I am using ATWorkgroup 2.0.2 on Plone 2.5.2.

It is working fine and seems to do what I need. The one problem I have not seen a way through is that unlike folders you cannot reorder the listing of items. Is there a way to do this, and I just haven't spotted it? Even if it were through the ZMI that would help.

Cheers

I randomly (but frequently) get this error: 'NoneType' object is not callable
This is in relation to the function getAccesibleGroupMembers in portlet_Workgroup_members.pt. Like I said, it happens at random, I can't seem to find a scenario where this is repeatable, and sometimes clicking around the website for a while and coming back eliminates the error. Sometimes it doesn't. After I eliminate the error, I can't seem to find a way to trigger it again. This line is interesting:

Module None, line 319, in getAccesibleGroupMembers.

It seems to suggest the module (which should be the workgroup tool) is None. Something wrong with the tool registration that can cause random problems?

Hi, how it works to remove the "Workgroup Member Portlet" comletely from the Plone Site? I Don't want anything like Portlets at the entire right side. Thx for your help.
Tom

Hi Max
I am using atworkgroups with my students to excellent effect.
In the future I would like to move to Plone 3.
Are you going to migrate this most useful tool to Plone 3?

Peter

apologies for the double post

I almost have the hang of mxmWorkgroups, but one thing eludes me that I'm sure is simple I just can't get it.

Basically what I want is the ability to add other modules to a workgroup, e.g. Blog, and then only a certain role, e.g. Author, can post these items. It seems that the roles Manager and Owner do everything, deleting etc., when all I want is a role that can only post items.

How might I achieve this?

Many thanks, neil.

I'm using ATWorkgroups for Plone 2.5.3. It works fine but I've the problem that a part of the members of the workgroup will not be listed inside the portlet of the workgroup members. I think that the reason of this behavour is that a member must have a member folder for being listed. But a great number of members of my plone site are without a member folder. How can I change the behaviour that all members of a workgoup will be listed?

Thanks.
Paul

I am interested in using this functionality in a variety of tools on my site. We have several applications where we would like to be able to easily create groups which can then be managed by the appointed group leaders. Is there a way to create a workgroup without creating the folderish item?

environment: Zope 2.10.6-final, python 2.4.5, linux2, Plone-3.1.7 buildout

ATWorkgroup-3.0.0 svn

Only members with "Manager" role can add ATWorkgroup. Any non-Manager role returns the following error:

Exception Type
Unauthorized
Exception Value
You are not allowed to manage portlets

Any ideas on how to correct?

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Traceback (innermost last):
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 119, in publish
Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 42, in call_object
Module Products.CMFPlone.FactoryTool, line 376, in __call__
Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 42, in call_object
Module Products.CMFFormController.FSControllerPageTemplate, line 90, in __call__
Module Products.CMFFormController.BaseControllerPageTemplate, line 28, in _call
Module Products.CMFFormController.ControllerBase, line 231, in getNext
Module Products.CMFFormController.Actions.TraverseTo, line 38, in __call__
Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply
Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 42, in call_object
Module Products.CMFFormController.FSControllerPythonScript, line 104, in __call__
Module Products.CMFFormController.Script, line 145, in __call__
Module Products.CMFCore.FSPythonScript, line 140, in __call__
Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 313, in __call__
Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 350, in _bindAndExec
Module Products.CMFCore.FSPythonScript, line 196, in _exec
Module None, line 1, in content_edit
- <FSControllerPythonScript at /Plone/content_edit used for /Plone/Members/brittany/portal_factory/ATWorkgroup/atworkgroup.2008-12-17.4325532704>
- Line 1
Module Products.CMFCore.FSPythonScript, line 140, in __call__
Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 313, in __call__
Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 350, in _bindAndExec
Module Products.CMFCore.FSPythonScript, line 196, in _exec
Module None, line 13, in content_edit_impl
- <FSPythonScript at /Plone/content_edit_impl used for /Plone/Members/brittany/portal_factory/ATWorkgroup/atworkgroup.2008-12-17.4325532704>
- Line 13
Module Products.Archetypes.BaseObject, line 669, in processForm
Module Products.ATWorkgroup.ATWorkgroup, line 130, in at_post_create_script
Module plone.app.portlets.utils, line 85, in convert_legacy_portlets
Module plone.app.portlets.checker, line 26, in __call__
Unauthorized: You are not allowed to manage portlets

When sending out messages from a workgroup using the mail tool, the mail header contains all the names of the recipients, which is many times undesirable. I was hacking around and found a solution that works on Windows and with Plone 2.55, Zope 2.9.8-final and Python 2.4.4. SecureMailhost 1.05 is also a requirement, that provides the Bcc header capability.
The solution involves the modification of 2 files: the mail template and the email mixin script. Here is a listing for the 2 files for your kind reference. Please note that this is a hack, works for me, but probably lacks error checking, test cases and optimization. Use if at your own risk, or ask Max real nicely to implement is as pros do :-)
--- listing of Workgroup_mailForm.pt ---
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-US"
lang="en-US"
metal:use-macro="here/main_template/macros/master"
i18n:domain="ATWorkgroup">


<div metal:fill-slot="main"
tal:define="memberMails here/getAccesibleMemberMails">


<form class="group" name="mail_form" action="." method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"
tal:attributes="action here/absolute_url">

<h1 i18n:translate="send_an_email">Send an email to the group</h1>
<br/>

<!-- Mail Subject -->
<div class="row">
<div class="label" i18n:translate="subject">Subject</div>
<div class="field">
<input type="text" name="subject" size="40"/>
</div>
</div>


<!-- Mail Body -->
<div class="row">
<div class="label" i18n:translate="body">Body</div>
<div class="field">
<textarea cols="80"
rows="15"
name="body"
></textarea>
</div>
</div>


<!-- Mail From -->
<div class="row">
<div class="label" i18n:translate="from">From</div>
<div class="field">
<input type="text" name="mfrom" size="32" tal:attributes="value python:member.getProperty('email', '')"/>
</div>
</div>

<!-- Recepients -->
<!-- create seperate To: and BCC: sections -->
<div class="label" i18n:translate="To">To</div>
<div class="field">
<input type="text"
name="to"
size="32"
tal:attributes="value python:member.getProperty('email', '')"/>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="label" i18n:translate="Bcc">Bcc:</div>
<div class="field">
<tal:block repeat="email memberMails">
<input class="noborder"
type="checkbox"
name="bcc:list" checked
tal:attributes="value email">
<a tal:attributes="href string:MAILTO:$email" tal:content="email" />
</tal:block>
</div>
</div>


<div class="row">
<div class="label" i18n:translate="Attachments">Attachment</div>
<div class="field">
<input name="attachments:list" type="file">
</div>
<div class="field">
<input name="attachments:list" type="file">
</div>
</div>


<!-- Submitting machinery -->
<div class="row">
<div class="label"></div>
<div class="field">
<input class="context" type="submit" name="Workgroup_mailFormAction:method" value=" Send "
i18n:attributes="value"/>
</div>
</div>


</form>

</div>

</html>
--- end listing of Workgroup_mailForm.pt ---
--- listing of EmailMixin.py ---
# python

import email
from email import Encoders
from email.Message import Message
from email.Header import Header
from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.MIMEText import MIMEText
try:
set
except NameError:
from sets import Set as set

# zope
from BTrees.OOBTree import OOBTree
from ZODB.PersistentList import PersistentList
from AccessControl import ClassSecurityInfo
from DocumentTemplate.DT_Util import html_quote

# cmf
from Products.CMFCore.utils import getToolByName

# product
from Products.ATWorkgroup.config import *

View = 'View'

class OOBTreeWrapper:

"""
Makes a OOBTree readable
"""

__allow_access_to_unprotected_subobjects__ = 1

def __init__(self, obj):
self._obj = obj

def __getitem__(self, key):
if key == 'attachments':
attachments = self._obj[key]
return [OOBTreeWrapper(a) for a in attachments]
else:
return self._obj[key]

def __getattr__(self, attr):
return getattr(self._obj, attr)



class EmailMixin:

"""
This class is used to seperate oout all the email handling functions.
"""

security = ClassSecurityInfo()

def _props(self):
return getToolByName(self, 'portal_properties')

def _members_emails(self, members):
"Returns list of emails from list of members"
emails = []
for member in members:
stripped_mail = member.getProperty('email', '').strip()
if stripped_mail:
emails.append(stripped_mail)
return emails


security.declareProtected(Workgroup_mailPermission, 'getMemberMails')
def getMemberMails(self):
"Returns a list of all members email adress"
return self._members_emails(self.getGroupMembers())


security.declareProtected(Workgroup_mailPermission, 'getAccesibleMemberMails')
def getAccesibleMemberMails(self):
"Returns a list of all visible members email adress"
return self._members_emails(self.getAccesibleGroupMembers())


def _site_encoding(self):
"Returns the site encoding"
site_props = self._props().site_properties
return site_props.default_charset or 'utf-8'


def getSmtpHost(self):
mh = self.MailHost
return (mh.smtp_host, mh.smtp_port)


def _site_encoding(self):
"Returns the site encoding"
site_props = self._props().site_properties
return site_props.default_charset or 'utf-8'

def _mailhost(self):
# tries to fetch a mailhost
if hasattr(self, 'MailHost'):
return self.MailHost

def _getAttachments(self, attachments):
"""
Returns [{'filename':fn, 'contentType':ct, 'data':data},] for attachements
"""
if attachments is None:
attachments = []
attachments = [a for a in attachments if a]
result = []
if attachments:
for attachment in attachments:
headers = email.message_from_string(str(attachment.headers))
contentType = headers['Content-Type']
filename = headers.get_param('filename', 'Attachment', 'Content-Disposition')
# clean up IE paths
filename = filename[max(filename.rfind('/'),
filename.rfind('\\'),
filename.rfind(':')
)+1:]
data = attachment.read()
result.append({'filename':filename, 'contentType':contentType, 'data':data})
return result


security.declareProtected(Workgroup_mailPermission, 'Workgroup_mailFormAction')
def Workgroup_mailFormAction(self, to=None, cc=None, bcc=None, inReplyTo=None,
subject=None, body='', attachments=None, mfrom='',
REQUEST=None):
"""
Sends a message. Many of the input parameters are not currently used,
but can be used for skinning the functionlity.
"""
site_encoding = self._site_encoding()
##################
# Create the message
msg = Message()
msg.set_payload(body, site_encoding)
#####################################
# if attachment, convert to multipart
# file fields are posted even if empty, so we need to remove those :-s

attachments = self._getAttachments(attachments)
if attachments:
mimeMsg = MIMEMultipart()
mimeMsg.attach(msg)
for attachment in attachments:
# Add the attachment
contentType = attachment['contentType']
filename = attachment['filename']
attach_part = Message()
attach_part.add_header('Content-Type', contentType, name=filename)
attach_part.add_header('Content-Disposition', 'attachment', filename=filename)
attach_part.set_payload(attachment['data'])
Encoders.encode_base64(attach_part)
mimeMsg.attach(attach_part)
msg = mimeMsg
########################
# set headers on message
####
# if to is None:
# to = []
# else:
# msg['To'] = ','.join(to)
if cc is None:
cc = []
else:
msg['Cc'] = ','.join(cc)
if bcc is None:
bcc = []
else:
msg['Bcc'] = ','.join(bcc)
# set recepients
if mfrom:
# to.append(mfrom) # send copy to sender
msg['From'] = mfrom
msg['Reply-To'] = mfrom
####
now = self.ZopeTime()
msg['Date'] = now.rfc822() # needed by some servers
if inReplyTo:
msg['In-Reply-To'] = inReplyTo
msg['Subject'] = Header(subject, site_encoding)
##################
# Send the message
SMTPserver = self._mailhost()
success = 0
all_receivers = list(set(bcc))
if all_receivers: # only send if any recipients
for a in all_receivers:
# try:
self._mailhost().send(msg.as_string(), mto=a, mfrom=mfrom)
success = 1
# returns a portal status message
if REQUEST:
if success:
message = 'Succes! The message was sent '
else:
message = 'Error! The message could not be sent'
REQUEST.RESPONSE.redirect(self.absolute_url() + '/Workgroup_mailForm?portal_status_message=%s' % message)
self.saveMessage(to=to, cc=cc, bcc=bcc, inReplyTo=inReplyTo, subject=subject, body=body, attachments=attachments, mfrom=mfrom, date=now,)


######################################
# Email backup

def msgCounterCount(self):
"Returns increments current value and increses it by one"
if not hasattr(self, '_msgCounter'):
# persistentlist to write as little as possible to Data.fs
self._msgCounter = OOBTree({'value':0})
self._msgCounter['value'] += 1
return self._msgCounter['value']

security.declareProtected(View, 'getMessages')
def getMessages(self):
"Returns the message storage"
if not hasattr(self, '_messageStorage'):
self._messageStorage = OOBTree()
return self._messageStorage


security.declareProtected(View, 'getVisibleMessages')
def getVisibleMessages(self, sortkey=None, reverse=0):
"Returns the message storage"
messages = self.getMessages()
wrapped = [OOBTreeWrapper(m) for m in messages.values()]
if sortkey:
decorated = [(o.get(sortkey, None), o) for o in wrapped]
decorated.sort()
sorted = [d[-1] for d in decorated]
if reverse:
sorted.reverse()
return sorted
else:
return wrapped

security.declareProtected(View, 'getMessage')
def getMessage(self, msgId):
"Returns the message storage"
return self.getMessages()[msgId]

security.declareProtected(View, 'getVisibleMessage')
def getVisibleMessage(self, msgId):
"Returns the message storage"
return OOBTreeWrapper(self.getMessage(msgId))

security.declarePublic('html_quote')
def html_quote(self, text):
"Quotes text"
return html_quote(text).replace('\n', '<br />')


security.declareProtected(View, 'saveMessage')
def saveMessage(self, to=None, cc=None, bcc=None, inReplyTo=None,
subject=None, body='', attachments=None, mfrom='', date=None):
"The message is saved in an OOBTree (dict)"
msg = OOBTree()
if to:
msg['to'] = ', '.join(to)
if cc:
msg['cc'] = ', '.join(cc)
if bcc:
msg['bcc'] = ', '.join(bcc)
if inReplyTo:
msg['inReplyTo'] = inReplyTo
if subject:
msg['subject'] = subject
if body:
msg['body'] = body
if attachments:
msg['attachments'] = PersistentList(attachments)
if mfrom:
msg['from'] = mfrom
if date:
msg['date'] = date
id = self.msgCounterCount()
msg['id'] = id
self.getMessages()[id] = msg


security.declarePublic('canDeleteMessages')
def canDeleteMessages(self):
"returns true if current user can delete messages."
mtool = self.portal_membership
member = mtool.getAuthenticatedMember()
return member.has_permission(Workgroup_editPermission, self)


security.declareProtected(Workgroup_editPermission, 'deleteMessages')
def deleteMessages(self, messageIds=None, REQUEST=None):
"Deletes messages"
if messageIds is None:
messageIds = []
messages = self.getMessages()
for id in messageIds:
del messages[id]
if not REQUEST is None:
self_url = self.absolute_url()
psm = 'portal_status_message=%s messages deleted.' % len(messageIds)
REQUEST.RESPONSE.redirect(self_url + '/Workgroup_mailArchive')


security.declarePublic('getAttachmentIconUrl')
def getAttachmentIconUrl(self, attach):
"Returns icon for mimetype"
portal = self.portal_url.getPortalObject()
portal_url = portal.absolute_url()
if hasattr(portal, 'mimetypes_registry'):
mimetypes = portal.mimetypes_registry
matching_types = mimetypes.lookup(attach['contentType'])
if matching_types:
mimetype = matching_types[0]
return '%s/%s' % (portal_url, mimetype.icon_path)
return portal_url + '/file_icon.gif'


security.declareProtected(View, 'downloadAttachment')
def downloadAttachment(self, msgId, attachIdx, REQUEST):
"Returns the attachment"
RESPONSE = REQUEST.RESPONSE
attach = self.getMessage(msgId)['attachments'][attachIdx]
RESPONSE.setHeader('Content-Type', attach['contentType'])
RESPONSE.setHeader('Content-Disposition', 'filename=%s' % attach['filename'])
return attach['data']
--- end listing of EmailMixin.py ---

Cheers,
Zoltan