From: "Jim Anderson" <ezjab@ieee.org>
Thank you, Jonathan. Your response does help some. I have a follow up question, being a newbie.
How does information get passed from javascript back to the my server side environment when using Zope? Just a pointer on where to look will be helpful.
You have to use javascript to insert the variable into a form element which will then be returned to zope. There is a really good tutorial on javascript and how it relates to the Document Object Model (DOM) at: http://www.quirksmode.org/js/ If you are a zope newbie, but have some programming skills then this shouldn't be a problem. However, if you are not a programmer-type I would stay away from this (when you start playing with javascript you have to start worrying about supporting various web browsers - eg. Explorer, Mozilla, Opera, Safari, Netscape, etc - which can be easy or really complex depending on how much functionality you put into the javascript). If you decide you are not going to pursue the javascript option, post your problem on the list and maybe someone can address your specific issue. HTH Jonathan