In the following namespace: psn |_images |_portals |_PatientPortal |_portlets |_portlet_template |_leftnav |_images |_Ahmonson I have a dtml method in "leftnav" called "patientleftnav" which looks like: <dtml-var portal_framework_footer> <dtml-if groupname> <dtml-let imageDirectory="images[groupname]" dotpic="psn['portals']['dot_img']"> <dtml-var patientleftnav_content> </dtml-let> <dtml-else> <dtml-let groupname="'Ahmanson'"> <dtml-let imageDirectory="images[groupname]" dotpic="psn['portals']['dot_img']"> <dtml-var patientleftnav_content> </dtml-let> </dtml-let> </dtml-if> That method works fine, unless I call it from a method in "portlets" called "portlet_template" which looks like: <dtml-var portal_framework_header> <dtml-var "leftnav['patientleftnav']()"> <dtml-with REQUEST> <dtml-if includeFile> <dtml-var "_[includeDir][includeFile]()"> <dtml-else> No include file. </dtml-if> </dtml-with> The error I get: Error Type: NameError Error Value: global name 'images' is not defined I'm guessing that the line: <dtml-var "leftnav['patientleftnav']()"> is somehow not properly being executed in the proper namesapce, but I'm really not understanding why, or how to fix this problem.