Question regarding loading older Seaside App in WV..

> Hi all..
>
> I've been able to load my older VW7.6 Seaside image into WV.. How do
> I get it to show up in the application list?
>
> The app has the typical class settings to have it show up as an
> application
> but I'm a bit lost with how to get WV to see it..
>
> Thx!
>
>    

> On May 1, 12:09 am, Michael Lucas-Smith <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Rick,
>
> > Add a property to your package called #application with a value of true.
>
> Michael,
>
> I tried that -- I put a class side method called #application that
> returns true just
> like the #canBeRoot method next to it.. It didn't make any
> difference.. Is there
> something else I'm missing?  My main class is derived from
> WAComponent .. Is
> that outdated?  My code is based on either Seaside 2.7 or 2.8 -- I
> don't recall
> off the top of my head.
>
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> On May 1, 12:09 am, Michael Lucas-Smith <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>> Hi Rick,
>>
>> Add a property to your package called #application with a value of true.
>
> Michael,
>
> I tried that -- I put a class side method called #application that
> returns true just
> like the #canBeRoot method next to it.. It didn't make any
> difference.. Is there
> something else I'm missing?  My main class is derived from
> WAComponent .. Is
> that outdated?  My code is based on either Seaside 2.7 or 2.8 -- I
> don't recall
> off the top of my head.
>
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> A class side method and a property on the package are not the same
> thing.
>
> On May 1, 4:05 pm, Rick F <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> On May 1, 12:09 am, Michael Lucas-Smith  
>> <[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Rick,
>>
>>> Add a property to your package called #application with a value of  
>>> true.
>>
>> Michael,
>>
>> I tried that -- I put a class side method called #application that
>> returns true just
>> like the #canBeRoot method next to it.. It didn't make any
>> difference.. Is there
>> something else I'm missing?  My main class is derived from
>> WAComponent .. Is
>> that outdated?  My code is based on either Seaside 2.7 or 2.8 -- I
>> don't recall
>> off the top of my head.
>>
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> On May 1, 1:33 pm, Rick Flower <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks!  It's been a while since I've Smalltalked and forgot about  
> > application properties.. I guess some of this will come back to me  
> > once I start coding again
>
> Ok.. I've set the application properties and still a no-go.. I'm
> thinking
> it's something related to my namespace I setup several years ago
> which looks like :
>
> Smalltalk defineNameSpace: #MyApp
>         private: false
>         imports: '
>                         private Smalltalk.*
>                         private Seaside.*
>                         '
>         category: 'MyApp'
>
> I realize that the other WV apps all use "Smalltalk.Applications"
> instead of just "Smalltalk".. I created a new namespace conforming
> to the new stuff but am having trouble moving code from one
> namespace to the new one..  Below is a sample class that I was
> trying to update -- perhaps I'm missing something obvious here?
>
> Smalltalk.MyApp defineClass: #MSWAppConfiguration
>         superclass: #{Seaside.WASystemConfiguration}
>         indexedType: #none
>         private: false
>         instanceVariableNames: ''
>         classInstanceVariableNames: ''
>         imports: '
>                         Seaside.*
>                         '
>         category: 'MyApp'
>
> When I change the first line to read "Smallktalk.MyApp2" or whatever
> the name of the new namespace is I get a message from WV saying
> the identifier has no binding.. I've got no idea what that means..
>
> Any ideas?  I realize that namespaces are not my strong point as this
> code was written based on some things I had read some time ago..
> and perhaps I'm doing something wrong..
>
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> On Sun, 2 May 2010 09:14:00 -0700 (PDT), "alan.knight"
>
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > I'm not sure what the error you're seeing is - it rather depends what
> > identifier has not binding, which you can find from the walkback.
>
> In this particular case there is no walkback -- just a dialog box with
> a message and an "ok" button..
>
> > But I think it would probably be easier to either modify your existing
> > namespace, or add to it, so that it has the Smalltalk.Applications.*
> > import.
>
> That's what I tried but when I saved (w/ ctrl-S) the updated namespace
> it created a new one leaving the old one in place (with objects
> bound to it)..  Is there a way to update the existing namespace w/o
> creating a new one that I'm missing..?
>
> Thx!
>
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> On Mon, 3 May 2010 08:34:16 -0700 (PDT), "alan.knight"
>
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > From the sounds of it, this isn't in Web Velocity (at least not in the
> > web browser) but in the regular Smalltalk browsers. If you change the
> > name of something and save it, it will create a new one. If you just
> > change the definition, it will modify it.
>
> Correct.. I should have indicated that.. Sorry if I misled you!  I'm
> using the regular class browser (ala VW).. With that said, If I want to
> update all of the classes to use the updated namespace, I'm thinking
> it might be easiest to just file-out my code to a PST (if I recall)
> and edit the code by hand outside of VW to change the namespace to
> Seaside.Applications and then file it back in.. Whaddya think?
>
> P.S. I tried generating a PCL or PST file in WV and then filing it
> back in via the Parcel manager and it complains about the just-filed-out
> parcel (or PST) as being bad.. ("invalid parcel format" to be specific)..
> Am I doing something odd?  I just right-clicked on the bundle/package
> I wanted to file out and select file-out->package.
>
> Thx!
>
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> That would be about the last thing I'd consider easiest. If you load
> the parcel and just edit the import list in the namespace definition,
> it should just work.
>
> However, filing out and parcelling out are different things. Parcels
> are a binary representation, fileouts are the source code. If you
> filed it out, use the file manager's file in menu item to load it. The
> parcel manager is only going to understand parcels. But all of that
> should be entirely unnecessary, because you should be able to just
> change it.