Export_CSV not enabled

[rhc]

running 1.3rc3 What do I have to do to enable Export CSV on either the List or Edit tabs. I have yet to see it show up on the forms with or without using permissions. I can see export_xml and rss not to mention turn them on and off using permission overrides in the app permission.ini file. I do not have any kind of other override for export_csv in either an app action.ini or permissions.ini file. I have not messed with the default versions of these ini files. I have tried export_csv=1 explicitly in my app permissions.ini file. Nothing has worked. Help!

[shannah]

The export XML and export RSS buttons in the view tab are actually different than the corresponding actions in list view. They return XML representations and RSS feeds for the single record only. In list view they produce feeds for the found set. The export CSV action is really only appropriate for found sets (i.e. list view).

However if you wanted to add CSV export to the view tab, you could do so by extending the export_csv action and setting the category to record_actions:

e.g. In your actions.ini file:

Code: Select all

[export_csv_viewtab > export_csv]
    category=record_actions


Don't really recommend this change though as it may be confusing to users getting a whole list export from a single record view.

-STeve

[rhc]

thanks for your response but the problem is im not seeing csv export option on the listview. Maybe im looking in the wrong place? Where should it show up?

[shannah]

Strange.

What version of Xataface are you using?
Any custom permissions?

[rhc]

1.3rc3

[shannah]

Any custom permissions?

[rhc]

here is the app specific permissions.ini file I created. But I wasnt seeing it before I used these.

[GUEST]
view=1
list=1
select_rows=1
show all=1
find=1
export_csv=1
navigate=1
find_list=1
import=0


[EDITOR extends GUEST]
edit=1
new=1
post=1
copy=1


[MGR extends EDITOR]
delete found = 1
delete selected = 1
delete = 1

[shannah]

How about your getPermissions() methods in your delegate classes?

[rhc]

I havent set those up or touched the existing ones (assuming there are defaults). Do I need to? Dont know anything about this? The permissions seem to be working as I expect them to.

[shannah]

Without delegate classes how did you assign your custom roles to your users?

[rhc]

i just have the override permissions.ini file in the home directory of my app. I have this in my application override conf.ini
[_auth]
users_table = Users
username_column = UserName
password_column = Password


The UserNames in the User table correspond to the permission roles I have set up. Seems to work.

Here is what is in the application /conf/ApplicationDelegate.php

/**
* A delegate class for the entire application to handle custom handling of
* some functions such as permissions and preferences.
*/
class conf_ApplicationDelegate {
/**
* Returns permissions array. This method is called every time an action is
* performed to make sure that the user has permission to perform the action.
* @param record A Dataface_Record object (may be null) against which we check
* permissions.
* @see Dataface_PermissionsTool
* @see Dataface_AuthenticationTool
*/
function getPermissions(&$record){
$auth =& Dataface_AuthenticationTool::getInstance();
$user =& $auth->getLoggedInUser();
if ( !isset($user) ) return Dataface_PermissionsTool::NO_ACCESS();
// if the user is null then nobody is logged in... no access.
// This will force a login prompt.
$role = $user->val('Role');
return Dataface_PermissionsTool::getRolePermissions($role);
// Returns all of the permissions for the user's current role.
}
}

[shannah]

With just this setup, export csv should show up.

One note is that you should probably override the permissions in a delegate class for your users table, otherwise the users with edit permission can change their own role to anything they want.

[rhc]

I will override permissions in the database class. Any other ideas as to why I might not be seeing csv export? Can I email you a screenshot of what I do see?