Danny, Try something like <dtml-var "_[id_you_created]"> or <dtml-var "_.getitem(id_you_created,1)"> hth Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny William Adair" <Danny@Adair.net> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 6:50 PM Subject: [Zope] Calling objects by name | How can I render an object in DTML if I have its id as a string? | I would like to construct its name as a string and then call the object | variable by its name. | (Meaning I will have to make sure such an object exists) | | tia, | | CU+Prost, | | Danny | | | _______________________________________________ | Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org | http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope | ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** | (Related lists - | http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce | http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )