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Re: [WebMacro-user] Version of concurrent

[Tim P. <ti...@pa...>]

Hi Sven, 

On Wednesday 02 November 2005 18:49, Sven Schliesing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i saw that webmacro needs "concurrent" in this release. Which version of
> concurrent is it exactly? I use maven for my projects so it would be
> necessary to know which version to write into the appropriate config-file.
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
I too use WM and Maven, see http://paneris.net/. 
I vae been assuming concurrent-1.0 and have had no problem, 
though 
http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/concurrent/jars/ shows there is a 1.4 out now

Tim

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Re: [WebMacro-user] WebMacro Release 2.0 Complete

[Marc P. <ma...@an...>]

Lane Sharman wrote:
> Good Morning,
> 
> After some tribulation with SF, the 2.0 release is complete. Both zip 
> and tgz files have been posted.

Great work! I will download it tomorrow at work, and blog the release :)

Please, all WM fans if you have one do blog that we've finally hit 2.0. 
It's vital for boosting WM's profile.

-- 
Marc Palmer
Managing Director, AnyWare Ltd.

[WebMacro-user] Version of concurrent

[Sven S. <sv...@sc...>]

Hi,

i saw that webmacro needs "concurrent" in this release. Which version of 
concurrent is it exactly? I use maven for my projects so it would be 
necessary to know which version to write into the appropriate config-file.


Thanks in advance!


Sven

Re: [WebMacro-user] Changing WebMacro.properties location

[paul <web...@pa...>]

or you can... i use this to send template order confirmations...

WebMacro wm = new WM("/the/location/off/your/props");

cheers
paul


Lane Sharman wrote:
> Hi Holger,
> 
> webmacro.properties needs to be in the classpath.
> 
> Lane
> 
> Holger King wrote:
> 
>> Hi group,
>>
>> is it possible to change the location of the webmacro-specific 
>> configuration file "WebMacros.properties" from WEB-INF/classes to 
>> WEB-INF/classes/appconfig. Of course, then it's stored out of the 
>> classpath. But how to tell the application to find it there? I always 
>> get the following error message:
>>
>> 2005-11-02 12:02:18,964 Klasse: WebMacroServlet   * wm *  - Unable to 
>> load resource
>> org.webmacro.NotFoundException: 
>> org.webmacro.resource.BrokerTemplateProviderHelper@970c0e could not 
>> locate 128776
>>     at 
>> org.webmacro.resource.BrokerTemplateProviderHelper.load(BrokerTemplateProviderHelper.java:148) 
>>
>>     at 
>> org.webmacro.resource.TemplateProvider.load(TemplateProvider.java:175)
>>     at 
>> org.webmacro.resource.CachingProvider.load(CachingProvider.java:111)
>>     at 
>> org.webmacro.resource.SMapCacheManager.get(SMapCacheManager.java:244)
>>     at 
>> org.webmacro.resource.CachingProvider.get(CachingProvider.java:101)
>>     at org.webmacro.WM.getTemplate(WM.java:261)
>>     at org.webmacro.servlet.WMServlet.getTemplate(WMServlet.java:372)
>>     at 
>> de.dig.albatros.webmacro.WebMacroServlet.handle(WebMacroServlet.java:101)
>>     at org.webmacro.servlet.WMServlet.doRequest(WMServlet.java:255)
>>     at org.webmacro.servlet.WMServlet.doGet(WMServlet.java:195)
>>     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740)
>>     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
>>
>> But I'm sure, you can help me! Thanx in advance!
>>
> 

[WebMacro-user] WebMacro Release 2.0 Complete

[Lane S. <la...@op...>]

Good Morning,

After some tribulation with SF, the 2.0 release is complete. Both zip 
and tgz files have been posted.

cvs has been tagged.

The release is complete!

-- 
Lane Sharman
858-755-2868

Re: [WebMacro-user] Changing WebMacro.properties location

[Lane S. <la...@op...>]

Hi Holger,

webmacro.properties needs to be in the classpath.

Lane

Holger King wrote:

> Hi group,
>
> is it possible to change the location of the webmacro-specific 
> configuration file "WebMacros.properties" from WEB-INF/classes to 
> WEB-INF/classes/appconfig. Of course, then it's stored out of the 
> classpath. But how to tell the application to find it there? I always 
> get the following error message:
>
> 2005-11-02 12:02:18,964 Klasse: WebMacroServlet   * wm *  - Unable to 
> load resource
> org.webmacro.NotFoundException: 
> org.webmacro.resource.BrokerTemplateProviderHelper@970c0e could not 
> locate 128776
>     at 
> org.webmacro.resource.BrokerTemplateProviderHelper.load(BrokerTemplateProviderHelper.java:148) 
>
>     at 
> org.webmacro.resource.TemplateProvider.load(TemplateProvider.java:175)
>     at 
> org.webmacro.resource.CachingProvider.load(CachingProvider.java:111)
>     at 
> org.webmacro.resource.SMapCacheManager.get(SMapCacheManager.java:244)
>     at 
> org.webmacro.resource.CachingProvider.get(CachingProvider.java:101)
>     at org.webmacro.WM.getTemplate(WM.java:261)
>     at org.webmacro.servlet.WMServlet.getTemplate(WMServlet.java:372)
>     at 
> de.dig.albatros.webmacro.WebMacroServlet.handle(WebMacroServlet.java:101)
>     at org.webmacro.servlet.WMServlet.doRequest(WMServlet.java:255)
>     at org.webmacro.servlet.WMServlet.doGet(WMServlet.java:195)
>     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740)
>     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
>
> But I'm sure, you can help me! Thanx in advance!
>

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[WebMacro-user] Changing WebMacro.properties location

[Holger K. <ki...@di...>]

Hi group,

is it possible to change the location of the webmacro-specific 
configuration file "WebMacros.properties" from WEB-INF/classes to 
WEB-INF/classes/appconfig. Of course, then it's stored out of the 
classpath. But how to tell the application to find it there? I always 
get the following error message:

2005-11-02 12:02:18,964 Klasse: WebMacroServlet   * wm *  - Unable to 
load resource
 org.webmacro.NotFoundException: 
org.webmacro.resource.BrokerTemplateProviderHelper@970c0e could not 
locate 128776
     at 
org.webmacro.resource.BrokerTemplateProviderHelper.load(BrokerTemplateProviderHelper.java:148)
     at 
org.webmacro.resource.TemplateProvider.load(TemplateProvider.java:175)
     at org.webmacro.resource.CachingProvider.load(CachingProvider.java:111)
     at 
org.webmacro.resource.SMapCacheManager.get(SMapCacheManager.java:244)
     at org.webmacro.resource.CachingProvider.get(CachingProvider.java:101)
     at org.webmacro.WM.getTemplate(WM.java:261)
     at org.webmacro.servlet.WMServlet.getTemplate(WMServlet.java:372)
     at 
de.dig.albatros.webmacro.WebMacroServlet.handle(WebMacroServlet.java:101)
     at org.webmacro.servlet.WMServlet.doRequest(WMServlet.java:255)
     at org.webmacro.servlet.WMServlet.doGet(WMServlet.java:195)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)

But I'm sure, you can help me! Thanx in advance!

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Re: [WebMacro-user] Release 2.0 Posted

[<Web...@St...>]

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Lane Sharman wrote:

| WebMacro Devotees,
| 
| Release 2.0 is posted.

Excellent! Looking forward to drop "1.1final.jar" and start using the 2.0!

Regards,
Endre.

[WebMacro-user] Release 2.0 Posted

[Lane S. <la...@op...>]

WebMacro Devotees,

Release 2.0 is posted. All the issues including Javadoc generation, 
missing class file documentation, and release inconsistencies have been 
handled.

At the moment (Oct 31 10PM PST), SF is not accepting uploads. So, only 
the tgz instance of the release is posted. Please be sure and pull this 
down and do a sanity test on this file.

if it checks out, we can post whatever press releases we have.

thanks for your support and encouragement.

-- 
Lane Sharman
858-755-2868

Re: [WebMacro-user] RC2 Released

[Lane S. <la...@op...>]

paul wrote:

> Lane - I haven't had the time to say it but... you rock!!!

thanks, paul.

I am off to the desert to complete the release. laptop is loaded and 
ready to crank out the release. there should be no real surprises 
technically relative to rc other than some javadoc clean-up and some 
docs updates.

keats: it looks like you checked in an update to the setprops directive. 
Many thanks.

Mike Weerdenberg: The #WhileDirective is going into the release as an 
experimental directive. It can be pulled if there are a lot of 
developer/community objections. Until there is a unit test (see offline 
email), it will remain undocumented, experimental in the release.

-Lane

Re: [WebMacro-user] RC2 Released

[Lane S. <la...@op...>]

Marcello H wrote:

>Lane,
>
>I've just downloaded the latest version and I have to give you my compliments.
>  
>
many thanks. much appreciated.

>It's perfect to have an ant-build so there's a standard way. (Super!)
>The build just complained about some javadocs not being correct, so
>some tiny issues , which wouldn't brake a production status anyway.
>  
>
will try to fix before the final release.

>The Unit testing is an example on how things have to be done, to assure
>an always working environment. I have to say that my advice to a developer
>is always to have a Unit test, so you know it's the same application before
>you start programming with /on it. (Applause!)
>
>I found out that the while-directive isn't in the distribution, so perhaps Mike
>(the author) has to bring this in? And have to write the unit test too :-)
>  
>
yes. he has to write a unit test. I think the #while directive, if it 
had a unit test, could go in as an experimental directive which is how 
we get new directives started.

>Some side-effects I've noticed:
>- Unclear which jar/jars are needed for the WMTemplateAntTask, so I've
>deleted this one for now.
>- I've noticed (with checkstyle) that there are some messages about
>var's that aren't used.
>  
>
Yes. But what about their use during runtime, introspection?

>About press:
>It's perhaps also good to have a kind of press release link to the
>Webmacro-site on the server side. And I would like to help with the
>press release, but since my English is not that good, I would suggest
>to have an (kind of translated) article into the Dutch Java Magazine.
>  
>
If you could do the dutch, I will fix up the english!

>Top 10 comment:
>To have a program into a top 10, it  must show it's easy to use (or to
>get started). Therefore the most open source projects have a 'petshop'
>example. So perhaps the proof is in the pudding?
>
>Anyway thanks for all the hard work!
>  
>
my pleasure.

-Lane

>-Marcel Huijkman-
>
>
>  
>
>>RC2 of WM 2.0 is posted. This is the final release prior to Nov 1 next
>>week unless there is some show-stoppper. I need the following input:
>>
>>a) Are there any major issues with the jar or the distribution? In 2.0,
>>there is a single release with source and binary and the build.xml for
>>generating the minimal package runs out of the box as does compiling the
>>sources.
>>
>>b) Did you find the distribution easier to use for setting up a web
>>application?
>>
>>c) As a developer, did you appreciate that you can run "ant test" and
>>immediately prove WM against the suite of included tests (setprops test
>>is failing but will be fixed this week ... the directive is working
>>great as far as I can tell in a separate test). Do you appreciate how
>>the readme.html in the root directory navigates the many resources in
>>the distribution?
>>
>>d) It is really desireable to have someone write up a press release.
>>Marc has been really good about this in the past. I will look up my
>>contact at JavaWorld.
>>
>>Lastly, even though WM is not in the Top 10, do not dismiss WM for
>>heavy-duty production jobs. It is rock-solid as a result of a dedictated
>>and lengthy development process.
>>
>>Kindest,
>>
>>--
>>Lane Sharman
>>Providing Private and SPAM-Free Email
>>http://www.opendoors.com
>>858-755-2868
>>
>>
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Re: [WebMacro-user] RC2 Released

[Marcello H <mar...@gm...>]

Lane,

I've just downloaded the latest version and I have to give you my complimen=
ts.

It's perfect to have an ant-build so there's a standard way. (Super!)
The build just complained about some javadocs not being correct, so
some tiny issues , which wouldn't brake a production status anyway.

The Unit testing is an example on how things have to be done, to assure
an always working environment. I have to say that my advice to a developer
is always to have a Unit test, so you know it's the same application before
you start programming with /on it. (Applause!)

I found out that the while-directive isn't in the distribution, so perhaps =
Mike
(the author) has to bring this in? And have to write the unit test too :-)

Some side-effects I've noticed:
- Unclear which jar/jars are needed for the WMTemplateAntTask, so I've
deleted this one for now.
- I've noticed (with checkstyle) that there are some messages about
var's that aren't used.

About press:
It's perhaps also good to have a kind of press release link to the
Webmacro-site on the server side. And I would like to help with the
press release, but since my English is not that good, I would suggest
to have an (kind of translated) article into the Dutch Java Magazine.

Top 10 comment:
To have a program into a top 10, it  must show it's easy to use (or to
get started). Therefore the most open source projects have a 'petshop'
example. So perhaps the proof is in the pudding?

Anyway thanks for all the hard work!

-Marcel Huijkman-


> RC2 of WM 2.0 is posted. This is the final release prior to Nov 1 next
> week unless there is some show-stoppper. I need the following input:
>
> a) Are there any major issues with the jar or the distribution? In 2.0,
> there is a single release with source and binary and the build.xml for
> generating the minimal package runs out of the box as does compiling the
> sources.
>
> b) Did you find the distribution easier to use for setting up a web
> application?
>
> c) As a developer, did you appreciate that you can run "ant test" and
> immediately prove WM against the suite of included tests (setprops test
> is failing but will be fixed this week ... the directive is working
> great as far as I can tell in a separate test). Do you appreciate how
> the readme.html in the root directory navigates the many resources in
> the distribution?
>
> d) It is really desireable to have someone write up a press release.
> Marc has been really good about this in the past. I will look up my
> contact at JavaWorld.
>
> Lastly, even though WM is not in the Top 10, do not dismiss WM for
> heavy-duty production jobs. It is rock-solid as a result of a dedictated
> and lengthy development process.
>
> Kindest,
>
> --
> Lane Sharman
> Providing Private and SPAM-Free Email
> http://www.opendoors.com
> 858-755-2868
>
>
>
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Re: [WebMacro-user] RC2 Released

[Lane S. <la...@op...>]

Hi Tim,

thanks. i  think the distro makes a lot more sense. please go full-steam 
ahead with the maven geeks.

Lane

Tim Pizey wrote:

>On Monday 24 October 2005 02:38, Lane Sharman wrote:
>  
>
>>Greetings,
>>
>>RC2 of WM 2.0 is posted. 
>>    
>>
>
>Brilliant, well done. 
>
>Did you know that webmacro was on the Maven ibiblio repository?
>It only has a few of the previous versions:
>http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/webmacro/
>
>I mentioned Maven a while ago but no one responded, I am a fan and 
>would like WM 2.0 to be distributed to the ibiblio site. 
>I suspect the procedure is to ask on the maven dev list, which I could do if 
>all agree. 
>
>cheers
>Tim
>
>
>  
>

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Re: [WebMacro-user] RC2 Released

[Eric B. R. <eb...@tc...>]

On Oct 24, 2005, at 4:16 PM, Marc Palmer wrote:

> Lane, I really appreciate you doing all this. Great job. I will try  
> to download it at work this week. My next client project begins in  
> December and should provide a new simple platform for using Spring,  
> WM and Groovy altogether. The idea is to use Groovy for the backend  
> controller code, and WM for views. Therefore no more rebuilding of  
> java code / stopping tomcat etc.

I'd like to hear more about your adventures with Groovy when you get  
to this point.  We've looked at it a number of times here, and its  
uses are obvious, but just haven't taken the plunge.  We do *a lot*  
of JavaScript stuff now, and working in another scripting language  
seems silly for us.

eric

Re: [WebMacro-user] RC2 Released

[Marc P. <ma...@an...>]

Lane Sharman wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> RC2 of WM 2.0 is posted. This is the final release prior to Nov 1 next 
> week unless there is some show-stoppper. I need the following input:
>
Lane, I really appreciate you doing all this. Great job. I will try to 
download it at work this week. My next client project begins in December 
and should provide a new simple platform for using Spring, WM and Groovy 
altogether. The idea is to use Groovy for the backend controller code, 
and WM for views. Therefore no more rebuilding of java code / stopping 
tomcat etc.

> d) It is really desireable to have someone write up a press release. 
> Marc has been really good about this in the past. I will look up my 
> contact at JavaWorld.
>
> Lastly, even though WM is not in the Top 10, do not dismiss WM for 
> heavy-duty production jobs. It is rock-solid as a result of a 
> dedictated and lengthy development process.

Indeed, WM is providing huge prototyping and implementation benefits 
over JSP at my current client, not to mention performance... and this is 
all just using the "work in progress" JSP taglib I have that embeds WM 
inside JSP pages.

(Why embed in JSP... ugh don't ask :(  )

Cheers

Re: [WebMacro-user] RC2 Released

[Tim P. <ti...@pa...>]

On Monday 24 October 2005 02:38, Lane Sharman wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> RC2 of WM 2.0 is posted. 

Brilliant, well done. 

Did you know that webmacro was on the Maven ibiblio repository?
It only has a few of the previous versions:
http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/webmacro/

I mentioned Maven a while ago but no one responded, I am a fan and 
would like WM 2.0 to be distributed to the ibiblio site. 
I suspect the procedure is to ask on the maven dev list, which I could do if 
all agree. 

cheers
Tim


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[WebMacro-user] RC2 Released

[Lane S. <la...@op...>]

Greetings,

RC2 of WM 2.0 is posted. This is the final release prior to Nov 1 next 
week unless there is some show-stoppper. I need the following input:

a) Are there any major issues with the jar or the distribution? In 2.0, 
there is a single release with source and binary and the build.xml for 
generating the minimal package runs out of the box as does compiling the 
sources.

b) Did you find the distribution easier to use for setting up a web 
application?

c) As a developer, did you appreciate that you can run "ant test" and 
immediately prove WM against the suite of included tests (setprops test 
is failing but will be fixed this week ... the directive is working 
great as far as I can tell in a separate test). Do you appreciate how 
the readme.html in the root directory navigates the many resources in 
the distribution?

d) It is really desireable to have someone write up a press release. 
Marc has been really good about this in the past. I will look up my 
contact at JavaWorld.

Lastly, even though WM is not in the Top 10, do not dismiss WM for 
heavy-duty production jobs. It is rock-solid as a result of a dedictated 
and lengthy development process.

Kindest,

-- 
Lane Sharman
Providing Private and SPAM-Free Email
http://www.opendoors.com
858-755-2868

Re: [WebMacro-user] WebMacro 2.0 Release Package

[Lane S. <la...@op...>]

thanks, ebr. The release is shaping up nicely. I have been using cvs 
tortoise to revamp some of the arcane directories and files. So, you 
will want to do a prune on your next cvs update.

-Lane

Eric B. Ridge wrote:

> On Oct 23, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Lane Sharman wrote:
>
>> Please feel free to comment on the following:
>>
>> Release 2.0 To Be A Single Distribution
>> =============================
>> At SF, there will be a single distribution. This will avoid  
>> confusion. Classic versus Minimal. Source versus Binary.
>
>
> I like this a lot.  I always thought it was pretty confusing to have  
> all those different options.  I seem to remember the original  
> justification being smaller downloads were better for people on  
> dialup, but nowadays damn near everyone has broadband.  Even my buddy  
> in the backwoods of Tennessee finally got DSL a few weeks ago.
>
> eric
>
>
>>
>> Release 2.0 Contents
>> ===================
>> The contents will include source, binary (jar), and test. The test  
>> scripts will compile out of the box. No need to fetch external  
>> dependencies. For the low-level java programmer, "ant test" proves  
>> WM and provides a rich set of examples for functionality and  
>> performance.
>>
>> The build script in the distribution preserves the ability to make  
>> classic, minimal, source and binary packages for redistribution.
>>
>> The release includes in the examples directory a build script with  
>> the default task set to create an exploded web app in the tomcat  
>> webapps directory as wm/.
>>
>> In the wm/ directory, the advanced/ folder has been expanded with  
>> several years worth of templates from my libarary for use as a  
>> reference to the webmacro script writer.
>>
>> WM developers are testing out the release this week and we should  
>> expect as planned the 2.0 release for Nov 1.
>>
>> yours,
>>
>> -- 
>> Lane Sharman
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [WebMacro-user] WebMacro 2.0 Release Package

[Eric B. R. <eb...@tc...>]

On Oct 23, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Lane Sharman wrote:

> Please feel free to comment on the following:
>
> Release 2.0 To Be A Single Distribution
> =============================
> At SF, there will be a single distribution. This will avoid  
> confusion. Classic versus Minimal. Source versus Binary.

I like this a lot.  I always thought it was pretty confusing to have  
all those different options.  I seem to remember the original  
justification being smaller downloads were better for people on  
dialup, but nowadays damn near everyone has broadband.  Even my buddy  
in the backwoods of Tennessee finally got DSL a few weeks ago.

eric


>
> Release 2.0 Contents
> ===================
> The contents will include source, binary (jar), and test. The test  
> scripts will compile out of the box. No need to fetch external  
> dependencies. For the low-level java programmer, "ant test" proves  
> WM and provides a rich set of examples for functionality and  
> performance.
>
> The build script in the distribution preserves the ability to make  
> classic, minimal, source and binary packages for redistribution.
>
> The release includes in the examples directory a build script with  
> the default task set to create an exploded web app in the tomcat  
> webapps directory as wm/.
>
> In the wm/ directory, the advanced/ folder has been expanded with  
> several years worth of templates from my libarary for use as a  
> reference to the webmacro script writer.
>
> WM developers are testing out the release this week and we should  
> expect as planned the 2.0 release for Nov 1.
>
> yours,
>
> -- 
> Lane Sharman
>
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[WebMacro-user] WebMacro 2.0 Release Package

[Lane S. <la...@op...>]

Please feel free to comment on the following:

Release 2.0 To Be A Single Distribution
=============================
At SF, there will be a single distribution. This will avoid confusion. 
Classic versus Minimal. Source versus Binary.

Release 2.0 Contents
===================
The contents will include source, binary (jar), and test. The test 
scripts will compile out of the box. No need to fetch external 
dependencies. For the low-level java programmer, "ant test" proves WM 
and provides a rich set of examples for functionality and performance.

The build script in the distribution preserves the ability to make 
classic, minimal, source and binary packages for redistribution.

The release includes in the examples directory a build script with the 
default task set to create an exploded web app in the tomcat webapps 
directory as wm/.

In the wm/ directory, the advanced/ folder has been expanded with 
several years worth of templates from my libarary for use as a reference 
to the webmacro script writer.

WM developers are testing out the release this week and we should expect 
as planned the 2.0 release for Nov 1.

yours,

-- 
Lane Sharman

[WebMacro-user] Some WM stuff Keats was playing with...

[Mike W. - de B. <M.W...@tr...>]

Hello Keats,

Here are the 'specs' again, along with the source code...
I don't know how to write Ant test code or something, but I have tested the
code a lot in production environment...

---

1) adjusted DefaultDirective (see attachment).

Made #default pre wm2 compatible.
#default $myVar to "value" has been deprecated, but NOW it still works!
Verry usefull for migration to WM 2

It generates a warning if LogLevel.directive: NOTICE This is a neat trick to
log all the occurences and replace them!
Log-example: ../my.wmt:34.2 uses #default $border to "default", please use:
#default $border = "default"


2) adjusted LogFile (see attachment)

ChangeLog:

14-01-2005 (Mike Weerdenburg)
LogFilePerDay
It was :
exampl. c:/logs/wm.log -> c:/logs/wm.log_20050105

Now it is (this is more logical):
exampl. c:/logs/wm.log -> c:/logs/wm_20050105.log

Write a message to the 'old' logfile when switching to a 'new' one.

17-07-2002 (Marcel Huijkman)
setting for WebMacro.properties added
LogFilePerDay
usage:
LogFilePerDay=FALSE or TRUE

LogFileAutoFlush
usage:
LogFileAutoFlush=FALSE or TRUE
(Notice: Only handy when developing on a Operating system, that buffers
file-writing, not recommended for production, since it obviously slows down
the machine.)


3) new WhileDirective (see attachment)

Just have fun with it...

Syntax: #while (condition) [limit (int)] { block } WhileDirective implements
a WebMacro directive for an while control structure. If you use it without
the limit option than it stops after 1,000,000 loops! Use a limit value < 0
to create a loop without a limit, this could hang your template!

---



Greetings,
Mike Weerdenburg - de Bruin
The Netherlands



-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: web...@li...
[mailto:web...@li...] Namens Keats Kirsch
Verzonden: dinsdag 18 oktober 2005 23:34
Aan: web...@li...
Onderwerp: Re: [WebMacro-user] #setprops directive committed

Eric got it right.  I didn't want to weigh down the directive with too many
features and options.  But the include thing is handy and we might consider
it
for a future enhancement.  A cool thing with the #include approach is that
you
can have nested includes, so maybe a generic template sets some properties
and
then includes others from a locale subdirectory for example.

btw,

It looks like I got this code committed just in the nick of time, as my
laptop
got ripped off last night. :-{

Unfortunately I don't think I have a good backup for some of the other WM
stuff
I've been playing with.  Those of you who sent me code to look at, please
send
it again.  I was close to committing new exception classes, and the improved
logging class and DefaultDirective.  Also, Marc, if you still have the
Taglibs
stuff I sent you, I'd appreciate a copy back.

Someday I'll learn to keep backups!

Keats

Re: [WebMacro-user] #setprops directive committed

[Keats K. <ke...@xa...>]

Lane Sharman wrote:

> Bummer, keats, about the laptop.

Thanks. :-{

> #setprops $p {
>     #include as text "myprops.ini"
> }
>
> so, this will actually work if myprops.ini is a valid property file of 
> name=value.

Yep.  You can also use the newer colon syntax.  Even cooler is that you
can put expression in your prop file -- it's a template.  So you can do
stuff like:

#set $resource = "/usr/local/wm/resource"
FontDir: $resource/fonts
TemplateDir: $resource/templates

#set timeoutMins = 5
#set $timeoutMS = $timeoutMins * 60 * 1000
TimeOut: $timeoutMS

etc ...

Of course you need to beware of comments, since they might look like
directives to WM.  Just make sure you have a non-alpha char after your #
and it should be fine.

Also, if you want to use the trailing backslash for line continuation,
you'll need to escape it with another backslash.  In Java code you
actually need to double-escape, so you need four backslashes!  (There's
a unit test for this.)

Keats

Re: [WebMacro-user] #setprops directive committed

[Lane S. <la...@op...>]

Bummer, keats, about the laptop.

#setprops $p {
    #include as text "myprops.ini"
}

so, this will actually work if myprops.ini is a valid property file of 
name=value.

that is very cool.

Lane



Be sure to consider a portable drive like a LaCie on your next acquisition.

Kindest,

Lane

Keats Kirsch wrote:

>Eric got it right.  I didn't want to weigh down the directive with too many
>features and options.  But the include thing is handy and we might consider it
>for a future enhancement.  A cool thing with the #include approach is that you
>can have nested includes, so maybe a generic template sets some properties and
>then includes others from a locale subdirectory for example.
>
>btw,
>
>It looks like I got this code committed just in the nick of time, as my laptop
>got ripped off last night. :-{
>
>Unfortunately I don't think I have a good backup for some of the other WM stuff
>I've been playing with.  Those of you who sent me code to look at, please send
>it again.  I was close to committing new exception classes, and the improved
>logging class and DefaultDirective.  Also, Marc, if you still have the Taglibs
>stuff I sent you, I'd appreciate a copy back.
>
>Someday I'll learn to keep backups!
>
>Keats
>
>Quoting "Eric B. Ridge" <eb...@tc...>:
>
>  
>
>>On Oct 18, 2005, at 12:52 AM, Marcello H wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>The #setprops directive would also be nice if the data is really  
>>>coming
>>>out of a property file; something like
>>>
>>>#setprops as file "myprops.ini"
>>>      
>>>
>>Just do this:
>>
>>#setprops $p {
>>     #include as text "myprops.ini"
>>}
>>
>>Just note that "myprops.ini" will need to be in your "TemplatePath"
>>
>>eric
>>
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Re: [WebMacro-user] #setprops directive committed

[Keats K. <ke...@xa...>]

Eric got it right.  I didn't want to weigh down the directive with too many
features and options.  But the include thing is handy and we might consider it
for a future enhancement.  A cool thing with the #include approach is that you
can have nested includes, so maybe a generic template sets some properties and
then includes others from a locale subdirectory for example.

btw,

It looks like I got this code committed just in the nick of time, as my laptop
got ripped off last night. :-{

Unfortunately I don't think I have a good backup for some of the other WM stuff
I've been playing with.  Those of you who sent me code to look at, please send
it again.  I was close to committing new exception classes, and the improved
logging class and DefaultDirective.  Also, Marc, if you still have the Taglibs
stuff I sent you, I'd appreciate a copy back.

Someday I'll learn to keep backups!

Keats

Quoting "Eric B. Ridge" <eb...@tc...>:

> On Oct 18, 2005, at 12:52 AM, Marcello H wrote:
> 
> > The #setprops directive would also be nice if the data is really  
> > coming
> > out of a property file; something like
> >
> > #setprops as file "myprops.ini"
> 
> Just do this:
> 
> #setprops $p {
>      #include as text "myprops.ini"
> }
> 
> Just note that "myprops.ini" will need to be in your "TemplatePath"
> 
> eric
> 
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Re: [WebMacro-user] #setprops directive committed

[Eric B. R. <eb...@tc...>]

On Oct 18, 2005, at 12:52 AM, Marcello H wrote:

> The #setprops directive would also be nice if the data is really  
> coming
> out of a property file; something like
>
> #setprops as file "myprops.ini"

Just do this:

#setprops $p {
     #include as text "myprops.ini"
}

Just note that "myprops.ini" will need to be in your "TemplatePath"

eric