[TYPO3-dam-devel] RFC #7342-2: dam_catedit doesn't work properly with 4.2-trunk (clickmenu javascript error), part 2

[Markus Bucher]

Hi,

Benjamin Mack schrieb:
> Also updated the ext version to 1.1.0-dev
> 
> Hence: The new version from typo3xdev will work with 4.2 seamlessly.

Hm, either with 4.2.1 as with 4.2.2 I get the following error when 
accessing dam_catedit:

Error in init.php: Path to TYPO3 main dir could not be resolved correctly.

Someone got this version working? Or does anyone know another solution 
to create categories in dam-module?

Cheers,
Markus Bucher

> 
> Modified files:
> ===============
> M      mod1/index.php
> M      ext_tables.php
> A      lib/class.tx_damcatedit_cm.php
> D      lib/class.tx_damcatedit_div.php
> D      lib/class.tx_damcatedit_clickmenu.php
> M      ChangeLog
> M      class.tx_dam_db_list2.php
> D      mod_clickmenu
> D      mod_clickmenu/moduleicon.gif
> D      mod_clickmenu/locallang_mod.xml
> D      mod_clickmenu/conf.php
> D      mod_clickmenu/index.php
> M      ext_emconf.php
> 
> 
> David Steeb wrote:
>> Hey boys,
>>
>> this is a SVN patch request.
>>
>> Type: cleanup / bugfix
>>
>> Extension: DAM_catedit
>>
>> Branches: trunk
>>
>> 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 
>> dam_catedit/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.
>>
>> Also the list-view of the dam_catedit-module was broken.
>>
>> Solution:
>> I stripped down the whole extension by removing unnecessary files, 
>> because I used the native clickmenu api. Also I fixed the list view, 
>> because the title-field of the category was fixed_lgd'd twice after 
>> <span>-tags and title-attribute were added which led to invalid 
>> HTML-code and messed up list-view.
>> The attached patch fixes all of these issues and now the extension 
>> works again. Please note that you also have to apply Benni's patch.
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> David
>>
>