Forum OpenACS Development: Re: Getting package

Forum OpenACS Development: Re: Getting package_id in an init.tcl script

7: Re: Getting package_id in an init.tcl script (response to 1)

Posted by Janine Ohmer on 11/03/03 02:25 PM

Hi Randy,

Yes, the package manager shows that the callback is defined. There don't seem to be too many ways to screw this up! :)

I am doing this in a 4.6.3 install, and I'm wondering if perhaps it's a feature that wasn't fully implemented until later. Don seemed to be unsure about that as well when he suggested it. Is anyone using it successfully in 4.6.3?

8: Re: Getting package_id in an init.tcl script (response to 7)

Posted by Randy O'Meara on 11/04/03 02:35 AM

Janine,

I know it works in 4.6 tip because that's where I was working until just a few weeks ago. My notes indicate that I added callbacks (using 4.6) to a package in September, but I'm fairly certain that it was actually prior to that. Don't know how close that was to 4.6.3.

If you turn debug on and install/mount a package (say acs-subsite), I believe you should see apm log messages when it invokes a callback.

I'm looking at 5.0 api-doc and I see that you can exercise the callback mechanism through the apm api apm_invoke_callback_proc (and others). In fact, you can set/remove/get callback procs with the api. Worth a try...

Randy