This is a Zope Newbie here When I am trying to pick up files from a Windows directory structure (C:\tmp), the code seems to always return me the error BadRequest! This is saved as a code in the Extensions folder as getDirectoryFiles.py file = 'C:\tmp' def readFile(file=file): fd = open(file, 'r') lines=fd.readlines() fd.close() return lines Is there some problem with the first line : file = 'C:\tmp"?? I have tried all kinds of permutations! Also when iterating over the file objects using DTML <dtml-in expr="objectValues(['File','Folder'])"> <li><a href = "&dtml-absolute_url;"> <dtml-var title_or_id></a></li> </dtml-in> I get a listing of all the folders + files which have been created using the ZMI. Now I want Zope to pick up files and folders from C:\tmp and display all the contents as direct URL's!. Problem is the above code picks up only those files which are created explicitly by the ZMI (which are a part of Zopes' custom database and are not directly accessible!) thx Darshan