Deprecated Functions and Features in V5 and their Replacements

Deprecated OpenACS Functions:

• was:

  ad_get_user_id

  now:

  auth::require_login

• was:

  ad_maybe_redirect_for_registration

  now:

  auth::require_login

Navi Server / AOLServer 

• was:

  ns_log NOTICE

  now:

  ns_log Notice

• was:

  ns_log ERROR

  now:

  ns_log Error

OpenACS Templating

• was:

  if @indicator_cnt@ 

  now:

  if @indicator_cnt@ gt 0 

• was:

  @context;noquote@ 

  now:

  @context;literal@

tcl:

• Put expr arguments always in brackets:
  

  expr { $a + $b}

  
  
• was:

  export_form_vars

  now:

  export_vars -form

• Verify: export_vars: var notation "key=value" not allowed anymore?

           # set workflow($type,$key,url) [ad_decode \
                #       [set ${type}_link] \
                #       "" "" \
                #       "[set ${type}_link][export_vars -url { workflow_key ${type}_key=[ns_urlencode $key]}]"]

                eval "set ${type}_key [ns_urlencode $key]"
                set par [list]
                lappend par workflow_key "${type}_key"
                set workflow($type,$key,url) [ad_decode \
                        [set ${type}_link] \
                        "" "" \
                        "[set ${type}_link][export_vars -url $par]"]

 

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• creation_user: '853'
• creator: 'Klaus Hofeditz'
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• current_user: '0'
• description: ''
• do_substitutions: '1'
• folder_id: '-100'
• form: '::xowiki::WikiForm'
• id_column: 'page_id'
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• modifying_user: '853'
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• nls_language: 'en_US'
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• package_id: '252723'
• page_id: '1709304'
• page_order: ''
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• pretty_plural: 'Wiki Pages'
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• publish_status: 'ready'
• recursion_count: '0'
• render_adp: '1'
• revision_id: '1709304'
• security_inherit_p: 't'
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