try this: <dtml-call expr="manage_addFolder('mainfolder')"> <dtml-call expr="PARENTS[0]['mainfolder'].manage_addFolder('subfolder')"> it works with zope 2.2.4 regards rob. ------------------------------------------------------------ Robert Prosenc web: http://www.matrixware.at/ mail: r.prosenc@matrixware.at Matrixware phone: +43( 1) 713 43 06 - 2 postal: Geusaugasse 39 (Ecke Kundmanngasse) A-1030 Vienna, AUSTRIA ------------------------------------------------------------ while !asleep() sheep++ ------------------------------------------------------------