Although I've searched all the How-Tos and Tips, I'm probably just missing something... I have a setup as follows: Root FolderA PropertyX FolderB PropertyX Method1 FolderC Method1 What I want to do is: for Method1, check the enclosing item for Property X. PropertyX could be either a property or a DTML Document (I realize these may be two separate cases). If PropertyX exists in/as a property of the Folderthat the Method is in, I want to execute some code; if it doesn't, then I don't want anything to happen. Here's what I started with: <dtml-with "PARENTS[0]" only> <dtml-if PropertyX> <dtml-var PropertyX> .....do some stuff... </dtml-if> </dtml-with> This doesn't work. Using the schema outlined above, both FolderB/Method1 and FolderC/Method1 return a PropertyX, but in the latter case it's the PropertyX from FolderA (of course....). So, does the 'only' option only restrict acquisition downward? Or what? This just doesn't jibe with how the docs describe the only option -- maybe there's something up with my Zope? Most importantly, how can I do what I need to do? I've tried plugging all kinds of expressions into the with tag, such as aq_explicit and aq_parent, but I'm not very familiar with Python and am probably doing it wrong. Really, I don't care how I solve this, so long as I do! I've tried about a ton of things and I can't get around Zope continuing to acquire upward irregardless of the 'only' modifier. When I tried it with <dtml-with PARENTS only> (no [0]), the if test fails in all cases. Yet in all of these cases, <dtml-var "PARENTS[0].id"> returns the id of the proper folder (FolderB, for example), so I know that PARENTS[0] is the place I want to look. Help!!!! (c.c. me via regular e-mail as well, if possible - I'm on the Digest version and would love to get answer as soon as someone gives me one!) Marc marc@mail.su.ualberta.ca