Mailman 3 September 2017 - Docassemble

When to define a custom class
by Steenhuis, Quinten 23 Sep '17

23 Sep '17

I'm thinking about defining a few classes for the interview I'm working on. 1) DiscoveryRequest 2) Interrogatory - inherits from Discovery 3) InterrogatoryList? 4) DocumentRequest - inherits from Discovery 5) DocumentRequestList? The objects should have a few properties: "Checked" to indicate if it should be shown in the template, "Name", and "Description" to be used in the interview when showing a summary of the discovery that the system recommends the user to select. For Interrogatorys, they should each have a Priority. There should be a method for the InterrogatoryList class that displays only the 30 highest priority interrogatories to comply with discovery limits. In the interview, I'd like to pre-define the 85 discovery requests with the name and description (I think as a source file?). I'll also have a list that links each discovery request to a true/false interview variable. There can be a many-to-many relationship between the claims and the discovery request that's relevant to the claim. I'm building the table with two columns right now in Google Sheets, but my plan was to convert it to a format usable in DocAssemble. The example on the website for a custom object doesn't define any properties, only the methods. I looked at the classes you've already defined in /docassemble_base/docassemble/base/util.py and it looks like again, mostly it's just the methods you've defined. I only have a thought for one method so far. Is there any real benefit for me to define a new class for this example use? Would it make more sense to just use the built-in DAObject and specify the properties as I go along? Quinten Steenhuis Senior Attorney Network Administrator Greater Boston Legal Services 197 Friend St Boston, MA 02114 (617) 603-1553 F: (617) 371-1222 Qsteenhuis(a)GBLS.org

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Started a docassemble channel on Slack
by Jonathan Pyle 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

Someone on Twitter asked if there was a docassemble Slack channel. I thought that sounded like a good idea, so I created one. You can sign up for it with this link: Sign up for the docassemble Slack <https://join.slack.com/t/docassemble/shared_invite/enQtMjQ0Njc1NDk0NjU2LTAz…> Feel free to continue using whatever method of asking questions you prefer -- this mailing list, e-mailing me directly, adding an issue to GitHub, posting to the #questions channel on Slack, whatever works for you. Thanks, Jonathan

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Errors with producing documents
by Nate Vogel 14 Sep '17

14 Sep '17

Hi, I'm having two issues simultaneous issues that are stumping me - First, a user gets to the page for downloading documents, but when he clicks on PDF or DOCX, a browser tab opens up and nothing downloads. When he tries to send the attachment by email, he sees the error: "invalid name _attachment_email_address" In the other, my attachments successfully email, but the last page that should also display a couple of the attachments won't render. Instead I get an error: TypeError: can't pickle instancemethod objects Any idea what might be going on? Thanks!

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Setting date defaults, and images in glossary text
by Steenhuis, Quinten 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

Quick issues I first saw a while ago, but still see on the latest 0.1.47 (let me know if better to submit on Github): 1. I can't seem to set a default date using Chrome, and date validation prevents me from marking the date optional. Here's what I tried: question: Hearing Date fields: - What date is your first hearing in court?: eviction.originaldate datatype: date default: "1/1/2017" required: False In IE 11, there's no date selector but the default date and hint both work. It still rejects an empty date. Edge opens the date selector, with the current date highlighted (not the default date set in the interview) 2. Is it possible to display an image in the glossary/terms bubble that pops up? I'm trying to use the glossary to show a pop-up example of where to locate information on a form. I get an error message. I think that the path is correct because I used the same file reference to display the image in the body of the document. If it makes a difference, my glossary is in a separate file. The image is located in the static folder of the playground, and I only specify the filename like this: [FILE summons_and_complaint.png] Quinten Steenhuis Senior Attorney Network Administrator Greater Boston Legal Services 197 Friend St Boston, MA 02114 (617) 603-1553 F: (617) 371-1222 Qsteenhuis(a)GBLS.org<mailto:Qsteenhuis@GBLS.org>

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Filtering a DADict/set of checkboxes to display in the Docx template
by Steenhuis, Quinten 02 Sep '17

02 Sep '17

Hi Jonathan, We ran into what I think is probably a pretty common scenario: in a Docx template, displaying only the "checked" options in a checklist. I figured out a syntax that works, but I wonder if there's a better solution. Here's what we did for the interview: --- question: What protected class do you fall under? fields: - Select the protected class(es) that match you or a family member: protected_classes datatype: checkboxes choices: - Family Status - Age - Receipt of public or rental assistance - Gender Identity ... And here's what I put in the docx template: {%p for key, value in protected_classes.iteritems() if value %} {{ key }} {%p endfor %} Is there a better way to do this? It seemed more complicated than I expected. Quinten

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