Hello Zopistas, I've come across this problem, (which delays my whole project and upsets my employer): I have a Form that displays a list of files for deletion and a checkbox for each file to select it: <dtml-in "prjfolder.objectIds('File')" skip_unauthorized> <input type=checkbox name=del_list value=<dtml-var sequence-item>> [...] Users can check the files they want to delete. They submit the form to the next dtml-method, say "delete". all checked filenames are passed to this method as a list object, e.g.: ['file1', 'file2', 'file3']. If I pass this list object to manage_delObjects(del_list), everything goes fine. The objects are deleted. Logical flow: select -> delete BUT: I have to ask the user if he really wants to delete the files. Thus: select -> ask -> delete So I need to pass the list of filenames through that darn "ask" document. There I did something like: <input type=hidden name=del_list:list value="<dtml-var "REQUEST['del_list']">"> this renders to: <input type=hidden name=del_list:list value="['file1', 'file2', 'file3']"> (Note: I did the :list type conversion. I also tried tokens, lines, whatever...) If the user chooses to delete, I finally call my delete document, which is supposed to delete the files in the list. but the call to manage_delObjects(del_list) fails with: Error Value: ['file1', 'file2', 'file3'] does not exist How do I pass a list object from one document to another? It always somehow becomes a string, breaking everything. There must be a clean way; I do not want to do string magic with split or so. Anyone help me out, please. thanks in advance, Heiko -- heiko.stoermer@innominate.de innominate AG networkingpeople fon: +49.30.308806-0 fax: -77 web: http://innominate.de