root/skins/PloneXL8/getQueryString.py

##parameters=req
##title=Return query string for processing by catalog search

if not req.has_key("includeArchived"):
    req["includeArchived"]=""

if req.has_key("Language"):
    # a query has been requested
    # These assignments really shouldn't be necessary: I should be
    # able to just pass back the request object dict, but for some reason
    # Plone wasn't interpreting the dict in the same way as an assigned one
    lang=req["Language"]
    if req.has_key("Language2"):
        lang2=req["Language2"]
        req["target_query"]=1
    else:
        lang2=""
        req["Language2"]=""
    state=req["review_state"]
    source=req["isDocSource"]
else:
    # no query: return only originals (in all languages) by default
    source="Yes"
    lang="all"
    state=['source','to_do',]
    if req["includeArchived"]=="Yes":
        state.append('archived')
    req["Language2"]="" # make sure this key exists, even if no query

if source=="Yes":
    # don't read the Target language selection--
    req["Language"]=lang
    state=['source','to_do',]
    if req["includeArchived"]=="Yes":
        state.append('archived')    
    req["review_state"]=state

else:
    # if it's a search for translations, find translations where
    # (Language=selected parameters in Language2 select box) and 
    # (getSourceLanguage=selected parameters in Language select box)
    req["Language"]=lang2
    req["review_state"]=state
    if not lang=="all":
        # only translations have this attribute assigned in the metadata
        req["getSourceLanguage"]=lang


req["isDocSource"]=source

# behind the scenes
req["sort_on"]="getUrgency"
req["sort_order"]="Reverse"

return req