+-------[ Negroup - ]---------------------- | 2005/7/5, Tino Wildenhain <tino@wildenhain.de>: | [cut] | | > So best option I see is to not pass the object but rather | > pass the reference to the object. You can resolve | > it via restrictedTraverse('/path/from/form') | | I think I can't apply your solution. restrictedTraverse asks for a | path, and then it supposes that the object is stored inside ZODB. This | is not my case. Let me provide a minimanl explaination about how my | application is structured. | | 1. A user can uploads a zipped file via HTML form in "upload_zip" ZPT. | The action of the form points to check_zip, an External Method that | checks for validity of each file inside the archive. | | 2. check_zip returns to upload_zip a tuple containing two elements: | True or False (based on the correctness of archive) and the object | itself, via self parameter. | | 3. after the external method has been called, upload_zip shows other 2 | forms that the user will use to abort operation or to continue the | process. The form to continue will pass the object to another external | method in order to compute the result. This is the step where I | encounter the problem, I can't pass object. | | This should explain why I haven't the object stored inside ZODB. | | Probably the solution would be to store the uploaded object inside a | temporary area of ZODB and then I'll be able to do all the tasks I | need. | | Any further consideration/hints? You would be better off storing the file on the filesystem, and pass the filename around. You'd have to do some sanity checking on the filename before any manipulation obviously. -- Andrew Milton akm@theinternet.com.au