Re: [Phpgroupware-users] Forced Preferences

[Dave Hall]

Chris Weiss <address@hidden> wrote:

> http://docs.phpgroupware.org/patches.php
> is this info in the wiki?  if it is can it be made more obvious?  
> it's rather
> important...
> 

No ... but i will move it to the support section today - where the rest
of the savannah info is listed.

> 
> Daryl L. L. Houston (address@hidden) wrote:
> >
> >I'm pretty sure I did.  I've gone ahead and redownloaded the 9.16 
> tree, and
> >the calendar prefs seem to be working.  I should be able to work 
> from those
> >files and update the project prefs as needed.  This of course 
> brings up
> >another question: How do I submit modifications to be considered 
> for folding
> >back into the source?  Some of the things I'm working on include 
> the ability
> >to accept or reject calendar events by clicking links in the email,
> >notifications sent to relevant folk upon creation or completion 
> of a new
> >project, etc.  I'll be happy to make my modifications available 
> if they're
> >deemed suitable, but I'm not sure how I should go about doing so. 
> Thanks,
> >
> >D
> >
> >
> >On Tuesday 29 April 2003 08:37 am, Dave Hall wrote:
> >> "Daryl L. L. Houston" <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> > Yep, I've got the line $setup_info['preferences']['hooks'][] =
> >> > 'settings'; in
> >> > my setup.inc.php file for the given app.
> >>
> >> Did you run admin -> register hooks too ?
> >>
> >> > D
> >> >
> >> > On Monday 28 April 2003 05:59 pm, Chris Weiss wrote:
> >> > > did you register the hook after creating the file?
> >> > >
> >> > > Daryl L. L. Houston (address@hidden) wrote:
> >> > > >Hmmm, still can't get this working.  I read the wiki last week
> >> >
> >> > and wasn't
> >> >
> >> > > > able to make this work after acquiring what I believe may 
> be a
> >> >
> >> > good> > understanding of how it *should* work.  Namely: You 
> should>> > have a file
> >> >
> >> > > > called hook_settings in which you define the form controls
> >> >
> >> > that are to be
> >> >
> >> > > > governed with default or forced values.  I've created a 
> couple>> >
> >> > of these
> >> >
> >> > > > (notes and todo didn't have them, incidentally) with no good
> >> >
> >> > results.> >
> >> >
> >> > > >To clarify, the tabs for the three tiers of prefs appear and
> >> >
> >> > highlight> >appropriately, but they don't pass their values 
> to the
> >> > actual prefs
> >> >
> >> > > >applications, and when I make changes to the prefs that should
> >> >
> >> > affect all
> >> >
> >> > > >users, the changes do not take.  I understand that this
> >> >
> >> > officially isn't
> >> >
> >> > > >working in calendar in 9.14 yet.  It appears that it's not
> >> >
> >> > working in todo
> >> >
> >> > > > or notes either.  If anybody's got it working in these apps
> >> >
> >> > and wouldn't
> >> >
> >> > > > mind letting me know which versions of the apps they've got,
> >> >
> >> > I'll make
> >> >
> >> > > > sure I've got the same versions and give it another shot.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >I'll try tomorrow to grab 9.16.  I suspect that I found myself
> >> >
> >> > in HEAD and
> >> >
> >> > > >acquired xslt files by accident while in there.  Thanks again
> >> >
> >> > for the
> >> >
> >> > > >response.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >D
> >> > > >
> >> > > >On Monday 28 April 2003 01:58 pm, Chris Weiss wrote:
> >> > > >> todo and notes should have all the prefs.  Also the main
> >> >
> >> > Preferences> >> have it.
> >> >
> >> > > >> Daryl L. L. Houston (address@hidden) wrote:
> >> > > >> >Thanks for your response! To your knowledge, are there any
> >> >
> >> > modules in
> >> >
> >> > > >> > .14 that do currently support the 3-level prefs (so I can
> >> >
> >> > dig around
> >> >
> >> > > >> > and figure out how it's all handled)? I'm on a 
> moderately tight
> >> > > >> > deadline to implement such functionality.  Actually, 
> what I
> >> >
> >> > need to do
> >> >
> >> > > >> > is to add a pref to the projects module (I've done this
> >> >
> >> > already) and
> >> >
> >> > > >> > force the prefs on that option.  I'm also looking at going
> >> >
> >> > ahead and
> >> >
> >> > > >> > pulling .16 code from CVS (bugs and all) as a solution but
> >> >
> >> > am running
> >> >
> >> > > >> > into difficulties getting my system to play nice with
> >> >
> >> > XML/xslt.so.
> >> >
> >> > > >> > Thanks in advance for any additional tips you may have.
> >> > > >> >
> >> > > >> >D
> >> > > >> >
> >> > > >> >On Monday 28 April 2003 12:54 pm, Ralf Becker wrote:
> >> > > >> >> The calendar in .14 does not support / use the 3-level
> >> > > >> >> (user/default/forced) prefs. It is already 
> implemented in .16.
> >> > > >> >>
> >> > > >> >> Ralf
> >> > > >> >>
> >> > > >> >> Daryl L. L. Houston wrote:
> >> > > >> >> > I've got 9.14.003 installed and am having some
> >> >
> >> > difficulty with
> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > forcing preferences.  As an admin, I set some forced
> >> >
> >> > prefs for the
> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > calendar (for example).  My understanding is that
> >> >
> >> > regular users,
> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > when they attempt to change their preferences, 
> shouldn't>> >
> >> > even see a
> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > line for the item I've forced. But when I log in as a
> >> >
> >> > regular user,
> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > I've got the item and am able to change it.
> >> > > >> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > I notice also that when I click the forced prefs tab,
> >> >
> >> > there's a
> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > parameter named type, but it doesn't appear that it 
> gets>> >
> >> > passed> >> >> > along to the actual prefs page for a given app.
> >> > In other words, it
> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > doesn't appear that there's any way for the application
> >> >
> >> > to know
> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > that I'm setting a default or a forced pref rather than
> >> >
> >> > my own.  I
> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > would have assumed that this capability was built in
> >> >
> >> > (since the
> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > tabs are built in).
> >> > > >> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > Can anybody provide any insight or point me to some
> >> >
> >> > revised files
> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > that'll help me resolve this issue?  I downloaded the
> >> >
> >> > tarball from
> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > phpgroupware.org. Thanks,
> >> > > >> >> >
> >> > > >> >> > D
> >> > > >> >> >
> >> > > >> >> >
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