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Updated Oct 14, 2008 by mcgruff.scruff
AddManagementScreen  
How to add a management screen to the GetPaid administrative controls

Introduction

If you want something to be controlled by the GetPaid administrative controls, there's some good news and bad news. The bad news is, it may be difficult to make something in the GetPaid code dependent on the IGetPaidManagementOptions. The good news is, it's really easy to add a new management screen and put control there.

Details

The link itself

  1. Open /browser/settings.zcml
  2. Copy/paste a stanza and tweak it.
  3. This change begets a class...

The python file part (the class attribute)

In my case, .admin.CheckoutOptions

  1. Copy/paste class and tweak it.
  2. This change begets an interface...

The form_fields part (interface)

  1. In my case, interfaces.IGetPaidManagementCheckoutOptions
  2. Also, add new interface to IGetPaidManagementOptions list

Test it

  1. After saving settings.zcml, admin.py, and interfaces.py, restart the instance (no reinstall necessary).
  2. There should now be a new management screen with the expected control on it.

But, of course, setting that control doesn't have any real effect.

Change the code to check for the config value

As mentioned in the Introduction, this is the tricky part. Good luck!


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