[TYPO3-dam-devel] RFC #7342-1: dam_catedit doesn't work properly with 4.2-trunk (clickmenu javascript error), part 1
Benjamin Mack
benni at typo3.org
Fri May 30 23:14:39 CEST 2008
Commited to DAM trunk.
Benjamin Mack wrote:
> Hey boys,
>
> this is a SVN patch request.
>
> Type: cleanup / bugfix
>
> Extension: DAM
>
> Branches: DAM 1.1 (Trunk) only
>
> Introduction:
> The extension dam_catedit does not work with 4.2. Why? Because when it
> was created, the initial author copied the complete
> typo3/alt_clickmenu.php to damcatedit/lib/class.tx_damcatedit_clickmenu.php
> well, this was like the alt_clickmenu.php from TYPO3 3.7 or 3.8 and the
> clickmenu code developed further. The whole idea of the clickmenu is
> that you can use the native typo3/alt_clickmenu.php and
> template::wrapItemInClickMenu() and hook into the clickmenu rendering
> process.
>
> Apparantly a lot of other extensions (DAM itself, commerce and graytree
> lib) have now the same problem because the API changed and copying files
> from the core is just not the way to go.
>
> Description:
> OK. so now for the bug. There is a DAM code that hardcode checks if
> dam_catedit is installed and then does not take the native API code from
> typo3/template.php but the old code from dam_catedit. This has to go in
> DAM.
>
> Solution / Notes:
> This first patch only cleans up the DAM code from using the old
> dam_catedit wrap. But with this patch it is not possible yet to use
> dam_catedit again. It is basically just a start to clean up this mess
> and it is needed to our changes we did in dam_catedit. The second patch
> (coming in the next days, which applies to dam_catedit alone) will
> modify dam_catedit and make it work again.
>
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greetings,
benni.
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