Phil, This is a pretty heavy request by some standards - some database front ends will handle it and some won't - I'm new to zope so I'm not sure if it will, but the rest of zope seems very well thought out so I'd like to think there is a way to do this. What I want is a nested call/substitution. This often requires a second pass through the parsing routine, or in other packages a special syntax. The exact example I'm working on is as follows. I've got a series or sectional news folders, each folder has a DTML doc which contains the content and a DTML method as the index_html which is substituting another DTML method which references the content file. Basically, I've got one DTML method in the parent directory, which is being used by all the index_html DTML methods in the sub folders. my first attempt at the code was: <dtml-var <dtml-var id>_content> So if the active dir is "general" then I'd end up with <dtml-var general_content> Which would be in turn replaced by the DTML document. This way the one master DTML method can be used through all of the sections. I hope I've managed to clear it up a bit. Thanx Chris Phil Harris wrote:
Explain exactly what you want in a bit more detail, I'm not sure I understand what's going on.
-----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Chris Cooke-Johnson Sent: 30 September 1999 00:25 To: Phil Harris Cc: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] Re: PARENTS solved - nesting question
Great Phil - that worked perfectly :-)
Any thought on my nesting question?
Also, is it possible to nest calls? I.E. How can I make:
<!--#var <!--#var id--><!--#var_another_method--> --> or similar
In other words how can I make a compound call based on path (or other) variables?
Thanx again and in advance,
Chris
Phil Harris wrote:
How about (untested)
<dtml-var "PARENTS[1].id">
Phil
-----Original Message----- From: Chris Cooke-Johnson [mailto:chriscj@gocarib.com] Sent: 30 September 1999 00:03 To: Phil Harris Cc: zope@zope.org Subject: Newbie PARENTS question - <Folder instance at 8577a18>
Thanx Phil,
but that substitution is giving me "<Folder instance at 8577a18>" not the id of the parent folder...
any ideas?
Phil Harris wrote:
Hi Chris
Have you tried
<dtml-var "PARENTS[1]">
Might work ;¬)
Phil phil@philh.org
-----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Chris Cooke-Johnson Sent: 29 September 1999 22:27 To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] Newbie PARENTS question
Hi there,
I'm trying to reference the folder above from a DTML method. Basically what I'm looking for is an equivalent to the the <!--#var id--> which will give the id of the parent folder. In the DTML reference I found an explanation of the PARENTS attribute with seems to be what I want but I'm getting errors with both:
<!--#var PARENTS[1]--> and <!--#expr PARENTS[1]-->
How do I do this?
Also, is it possible to nest calls? I.E. How can I make:
<!--#var <!--#var id--><!--#var_another_method--> --> or similar
In other words how can I make a compound call based on path (or other) variables?
Thanx in advance.
Chris
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