I have a DTML method that I would like to refactor but I'm unsure of the results I'll get. In one of my products, I have a ZClass_add method which has code which does something like this: <dtml-with "ZClass.createInObjectManager(...)"> <do something> <do something else> <dtml-call unindex_object> <dtml-call "method_editCataloger(...)"> <dtml-call index_object> </dtml-with> What I would like to do is yank all the content out of the <dtml-with> block and put it in its own method. I'm thinking that I would like the method to live in my product folder, but I'm open to suggestions. The end result would be something like: <dtml-with "ZClass.createInObjectManager(...)"> <dtml-call initObject> </dtml-with> and the initObject method would be contain <do something> <do something else> <dtml-call unindex_object> <dtml-call "manage_editCataloger(...)"> <dtml-call index_object> My first question is, if I create an initObject method in my product folder, if I call it from within my dtml-with, will it execute exactly the same way as if it were included inline or would it somehow lose the fact that it was executing in the context of the "with" object? I'm thinking that the "with" information is put on the namespace and the namespace will be available with my initObject method is executed, but I want to confirm that my thinking is correct. Alternatively, should I define my initObject as a method of the ZClass itself rather than defining it in the Product folder? Thanks. James W. Howe mailto:jwh@allencreek.com Allen Creek Software, Inc. pgpkey: http://ic.net/~jwh/pgpkey.html Ann Arbor, MI 48103