> > Dear Zope organization,
> >
> > My name is Eleni and it is my first time that I am writing to you for
> > help.  I have registered as a member but I didn't succeded to contact
> > with someone.  I am writing to you for giving an answer to my question
> > that nobody can give me. Well, I will explain the nature of my problem
> > with
> > DTML-doc and properties.
> > 1.I have created a folder (main).
> > 2.Inside in this folder I created another subfolders.
> > 3.I have written a code in a dtml-document in main folder
> > to give a sortID (string) property in each subfolder.
> > 4.Whenever I execute my DTML-DOC code it shows all the values
> > of sortIDs that it has assigned in each subfolder.
> > 5.I want to take all sortIDs values e.g. sortID=111,
> > sortID=112, ...etc to be assigned in the properties of
> > main folder in the field of mainNavigationLinks - lines.
> > Can you give me possible solutions to my step 5 problem pls???
> > Your help will be further appreciated!
> >
>
> Usually you would run something like that:
>
> <dtml-in expr="main.objectValues('folder')" sort="sortID">
>    <a href="&dtml-absolute_url;"><dtml-var title_or_id></a><br>
> </dtml-in>
>
> Hint: you dont need to double the list of links into a property
> on your mainfolder.
> Hint2: you dont need this extra sortID. Subobjects have a natural order.
> Although the ZMI shows them sorted on Id, title, size and so on,
> they have the order in which they are added. If you cut&paste
> an object into the same folder, it is automatically at the end of the
> list.
>
> Regards
> Tino Wildenhain
 
 
Dear Tino,
 
I used the above code 2 weeks ago.  Pls, wait to understand what I want:  Firstly, I need this sortID because my users want to sort/index the rest of items using the FIRST, UP, DOWN & LAST BUTTONS (it was done by javascript with DTML on single folder and worked and I want to apply it on multiple folders). 
The what I want is a coding that stores all sortIDs values from all subfolders to be stored in another field of the main folder called mainNavigationLinks - (lines and no string in order to store all sortIDs values there) situated in the properties of the main folder. Therefore I will able to use the first, up, down, last buttons coding to manipulate the stored values.  If sth is unclear or it seems complicate to you pls let me know.
 
Love from Elena.
 
ps. I see all sortIDs and their description on the output-VIEW of my DTML-doc situated in main folder but I want to store/capture them!!!