New File System & etemplate widgets

Randy_J_Houlahan_B.S 2008-05-07 13:53:47 UTC #1

Hello Ralf,

I really need a file selector widget and a widget that displays files for a particular entry within each app. I assume you plan to do these. If you have not started yet I will start early next week with your approval unless you plan to shortly.

Assuming my code is up to par would you use my work or should I wait?

Thank You,
Randy

qualinnove_extension 2008-05-07 14:11:04 UTC #2

Hi,

I don’t know yet the new file system and etemplate widget but :
In the Qualinnove Extensions for eGroupware, we have done that for Mydms.

Laurent

Ralf_Becker_6 2008-05-07 14:20:59 UTC #3

Hi Randy,

it’s planned, but not yet done. I cant give you a date.

I cant tell, without seeing it, if a contribution from you would be
included or not.

Ralf

randy schrieb:

Hello Ralf,

I really need a file selector widget and a widget that displays files for a
particular entry within each app. I assume you plan to do these. If you
have not started yet I will start early next week with your approval unless
you plan to shortly.

Assuming my code is up to par would you use my work or should I wait?

Thank You,
Randy

–
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Outdoor Unlimited Training GmbH [www.outdoor-training.de]
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Randy_J_Houlahan_B.S 2008-05-07 14:34:44 UTC #4

Hello Laurent,

Is tehre a paticular app in Qualinnove Extensions that I can view the ui? Did you create etemplate widgets?

Thank you,
Randy

qualinnove_extension 2008-05-07 15:25:30 UTC #5

On http://demo.qualinnove.tudor.lu, (you need to register), you can add a Mydms file to :

a project
an adressbook
an infolog
a calendar
an issue
an objective
a tracker
and may be more, i don’t remember.

I don’t know if Salim (the qualinnove extensions developer) has made a new widget. He’s on vacation, till next monday. you can download the qualinnove extensions on sourceforge.
look at the etemplate of the links tab in the qualinnove extensions source.

Laurent

Ralf_Becker_6 2008-05-07 16:46:23 UTC #6

The plans are under
http://www.egroupware-support.eu/?page_name=FilemanagerCall

Ralf

Ralf Becker schrieb:

Hi Randy,

it’s planned, but not yet done. I cant give you a date.

I cant tell, without seeing it, if a contribution from you would be
included or not.

Ralf

randy schrieb:

Hello Ralf,

I really need a file selector widget and a widget that displays files for a
particular entry within each app. I assume you plan to do these. If you
have not started yet I will start early next week with your approval unless
you plan to shortly.

Assuming my code is up to par would you use my work or should I wait?

Thank You,
Randy

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Randy_J_Houlahan_B.S 2008-05-09 23:28:12 UTC #7

Hello Ralf,

How do you envision a file select widget (basically a widget to choose a file). I was about to start and I was going to design it similar to the user/account select. Basic drop down with a more advanced pop up for selecting from a file system that is that is very large. Or maybee it is best just for a pup up becasue there would be too much to choose from in a select box.

Then I started to think that an ajax select may be nice.

Do you have any input for me?

Thanks
Randy

ralfbecker:

Hi Randy,

it’s planned, but not yet done. I cant give you a date.

I cant tell, without seeing it, if a contribution from you would be
included or not.

Ralf

randy schrieb:

Hello Ralf,

I really need a file selector widget and a widget that displays files for a
particular entry within each app. I assume you plan to do these. If you
have not started yet I will start early next week with your approval unless
you plan to shortly.

Assuming my code is up to par would you use my work or should I wait?

Thank You,
Randy

–
Ralf Becker
eGroupWare Training & Support ==> http://www.egroupware-support.de
Outdoor Unlimited Training GmbH [www.outdoor-training.de]
Handelsregister HRB Kaiserslautern 3587
Geschäftsführer Birgit und Ralf Becker
Leibnizstr. 17, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Telefon +49 (0)631 31657-0

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Randy_J_Houlahan_B.S 2008-05-09 23:33:32 UTC #8

I just saw this post.
I have a deadline for a finished project by the end of june and as mentioned I need a file select and browsable directory of each app/entry.

I cannot wait :-(.

Any input from you on these 2 features would be appreciated so hopefully you will use them. Even if you do not like my first version and would like to see certain things changed i would appreciate the criticism so that you could use them.

Thank You,
randy

ralfbecker:

The plans are under
http://www.egroupware-support.eu/?page_name=FilemanagerCall

Ralf

Ralf Becker schrieb:

Hi Randy,

it’s planned, but not yet done. I cant give you a date.

I cant tell, without seeing it, if a contribution from you would be
included or not.

Ralf

randy schrieb:

Hello Ralf,

I really need a file selector widget and a widget that displays files for a
particular entry within each app. I assume you plan to do these. If you
have not started yet I will start early next week with your approval unless
you plan to shortly.

Assuming my code is up to par would you use my work or should I wait?

Thank You,
Randy

–
Ralf Becker
eGroupWare Training & Support ==> http://www.egroupware-support.de
Outdoor Unlimited Training GmbH [www.outdoor-training.de]
Handelsregister HRB Kaiserslautern 3587
Geschäftsführer Birgit und Ralf Becker
Leibnizstr. 17, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Telefon +49 (0)631 31657-0

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Ralf_Becker_6 2008-05-10 06:38:13 UTC #9

Hi Randy,

my idea is a “standard” file selection dialog/popup, every app can call,
with a javascript callback as Parameter. If the user hits open (or save)
after he selected one or more files, the popup calls
window.opener.callback() with the selected files as arguments.

This component can then be integrated in various places:

eg. fmail (or the future mail client) to store or select attachments
link widget to create a symlink to an already existing file (in vfs)

I would use a nextmatch widget, as my plans are to modify the nextmatch
widget to do all scrolling and search via ajax. It uses already a
callback to fetch the data and therefore every app using it, would
benefit from an ajax implementation of it.

About huge filesystem: My idea is to use the stream-wrapper contect of
the diropen() call, to parse or standard get_rows parameters (start,
num_rows, filters, …), which the diropen call can use to limit the
returned files. If the particular stream wrapper does not support that
special context, we fall back to the current way (egw_vfs::find). Our
main backend sqlfs, can then implement that context …

The link widget could use something similar to display attached files
(including subdirectories) AND linked entries.

An application specific stream wrapper, will make the attachment dirs
browsable and accessible via WebDAV, so you can use eg. a regular editor
to add or modify files in a project or a contact.

All that is included in the Filemanager sponsoring call and I hope
people can see the great concept behind it and (financially) contribute
to it’s implementation. It’s an investment in the future of eGW.

Ralf

randy schrieb:

Hello Ralf,

How do you envision a file select widget (basically a widget to choose a
file). I was about to start and I was going to design it similar to the
user/account select. Basic drop down with a more advanced pop up for
selecting from a file system that is that is very large. Or maybee it is
best just for a pup up because there would be too much to choose from in a
select box.

Then I started to think that an ajax select may be nice.

Do you have any input for me?

Thanks
Randy

ralfbecker wrote:

Hi Randy,

it’s planned, but not yet done. I cant give you a date.

I cant tell, without seeing it, if a contribution from you would be
included or not.

Ralf

randy schrieb:

Hello Ralf,

I really need a file selector widget and a widget that displays files for
a
particular entry within each app. I assume you plan to do these. If you
have not started yet I will start early next week with your approval
unless
you plan to shortly.

Assuming my code is up to par would you use my work or should I wait?

Thank You,
Randy
–
Ralf Becker
eGroupWare Training & Support ==> http://www.egroupware-support.de
Outdoor Unlimited Training GmbH [www.outdoor-training.de]
Handelsregister HRB Kaiserslautern 3587
Geschäftsführer Birgit und Ralf Becker
Leibnizstr. 17, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Telefon +49 (0)631 31657-0

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Randy_J_Houlahan_B.S 2008-05-10 16:28:34 UTC #10

I have seen the power of the filesystem before you even started it (when you were just mentioning the plans for it). I would have been in a position to contribute financially a few months ago bu tmy industry went through some changes with new regulations by the government. Basically all of my income must sit in a trust account unitl a matter is finished. Most matters take nearly a year to complete.

Basically I have no income for a year now and we are pinching our pennies over here until that year is done. Otherwise I would have contributed.

To help over come that burden I want to market my law office app for egroupware soon. Hence my rush on these features.

Thank you for your input. I was going to create a separate widget for the filemanager for each app but I see the benefit of merging the features into the link widget. The only problem I see is that files will have many more columns per list and more actions (edit, parse)

As for the file select widget currently. Pehaps it should have the option of file upload and selecting from the filesystem implementing the window.opener.callback(). I believe that has already been done with the account/group select. I will use that as a guide. I was going to make a separate filesystem select as opposed to upgrading the existing file select.

I will attempt to implement this over the next couple of weeks. My goal is to introduce parsing to the files when being opened or selected. Similarly to what you have done in the addressbook. So variables from the app/entry will be replaced in the file. Each app will have a have a hook defining the variables with user friendly names and replacement names.

I noticed you created your own parsing functions when you did that feature in the address book. Is there any specific reason why you did not use class.Template.inc.php class to parse the files and replace the variables in the addressbook?

Randy

ralfbecker:

Hi Randy,

my idea is a “standard” file selection dialog/popup, every app can call,
with a javascript callback as Parameter. If the user hits open (or save)
after he selected one or more files, the popup calls
window.opener.callback() with the selected files as arguments.

This component can then be integrated in various places:

eg. fmail (or the future mail client) to store or select attachments

link widget to create a symlink to an already existing file (in vfs)

I would use a nextmatch widget, as my plans are to modify the nextmatch
widget to do all scrolling and search via ajax. It uses already a
callback to fetch the data and therefore every app using it, would
benefit from an ajax implementation of it.

About huge filesystem: My idea is to use the stream-wrapper contect of
the diropen() call, to parse or standard get_rows parameters (start,
num_rows, filters, …), which the diropen call can use to limit the
returned files. If the particular stream wrapper does not support that
special context, we fall back to the current way (egw_vfs::find). Our
main backend sqlfs, can then implement that context …

The link widget could use something similar to display attached files
(including subdirectories) AND linked entries.

An application specific stream wrapper, will make the attachment dirs
browsable and accessible via WebDAV, so you can use eg. a regular editor
to add or modify files in a project or a contact.

All that is included in the Filemanager sponsoring call and I hope
people can see the great concept behind it and (financially) contribute
to it’s implementation. It’s an investment in the future of eGW.

Ralf

randy schrieb:

Hello Ralf,

How do you envision a file select widget (basically a widget to choose a
file). I was about to start and I was going to design it similar to the
user/account select. Basic drop down with a more advanced pop up for
selecting from a file system that is that is very large. Or maybee it is
best just for a pup up because there would be too much to choose from in a
select box.

Then I started to think that an ajax select may be nice.

Do you have any input for me?

Thanks
Randy

ralfbecker wrote:

Hi Randy,

it’s planned, but not yet done. I cant give you a date.

I cant tell, without seeing it, if a contribution from you would be
included or not.

Ralf

randy schrieb:

Hello Ralf,

I really need a file selector widget and a widget that displays files for
a
particular entry within each app. I assume you plan to do these. If you
have not started yet I will start early next week with your approval
unless
you plan to shortly.

Assuming my code is up to par would you use my work or should I wait?

Thank You,
Randy
–
Ralf Becker
eGroupWare Training & Support ==> http://www.egroupware-support.de
Outdoor Unlimited Training GmbH [www.outdoor-training.de]
Handelsregister HRB Kaiserslautern 3587
Geschäftsführer Birgit und Ralf Becker
Leibnizstr. 17, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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