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"Kevin Dangoor" wrote A test DTML Method showed me that default_catalog = 'Catalog'. I have a ZCatalog called 'Catalog' in the Zope root. Since the ZClass is an Object Manager, the Method is one level down and will have to acquire the catalog.

If I replace "_[default_catalog](searchfor)" with "Catalog(searchfor)", the method works.

what about "_[_[default_catalog]](searchfor)" ? If I understand your mail correctly, default_catalog is set to the _string_ 'Catalog' - you need to look up the value of the string to get the object... Anthony -- Anthony Baxter <anthony@interlink.com.au> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.