make my question short.
is there a method that uses 'name'(a str object) as an argument to call upon this folder?
----- Original Message ----
From: Andreas Jung <lists@zopyx.com>
To: Allen Huang <swapp0@yahoo.com>; Zope <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 6, 2007 10:20:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope] saving/creating an object to an exsisting folderish object
--On 6. Januar 2007 06:17:40 -0800 Allen Huang <swapp0@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This is a problem a got a lot and I never able to seem to solve it.
> I want save or create a object to a specific folder or other folderish
> object, I ask the user for the id of that folder or folderish
> object I store the id name in a variable 'name'
>
> the problem is I know the type of the folder or folderish object but
> 'name' is a str object and I can't use command like name.manage_addFile().
> The server just tells me that name is a str which contains no function
> manage_addFile().
>
> I always end up doing a
> <dtml-in "objectValues(['Folder'])">
> <dtml-if "getId() ==
name">
> do something....
> </dtml-if>
> </dtml-in>
>
>
Please take the advice and learn Python. Such logic should be implemented
in Python and *not* in DTML. DTML/ZPT are for presentation *only*, not for
implementing business logic.
-aj