On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Darran Edmundson wrote: :It's 12:30 am and I've been Zoping for 15 hours without :a break. I just ran into a problem that can be pared :down to the following example ... : :Create a DTML method: : : <dtml-var standard_html_header> : <dtml-var "foobar(year='chosen_year')"> : <dtml-var standard_html_footer> : :and try to render it where foobar is another DTML method: : : <input type=text name="<dtml-var year>:int" : value='<dtml-var "ZopeTime()" fmt="%Y">'> : :I suspect the source of my misunderstanding can be put :in an even simpler example. If foobar contains only :<dtml-var "ZopeTime()"> then calling foobar via :<dtml-var "foobar"> returns the unevaluated DTML. Why :is this? I wandered through Amos' "Advanced DTML" :How-To but I'm not thinking clearly. I can probably :figure it out tomorrow but I would dearly love to awake :in the morning and find the source of my confusion :awaiting in my Inbox. hm, your last example can be solved by leaving out the ""'s (which is equivalent to <dtml-var expr="foobar"> which doesn't render. for the above you could set the variable 'year' in the _ object, eg.: <dtml-with "_.namespace(year='2010')"> <dtml-var foobar> </dtml-with> hth, peter. : :Cheers, :darran. : : :Traceback follows: : :Traceback (innermost last): : File D:\Zope\ZopeSite1\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, line 214, in :publish_module : File D:\Zope\ZopeSite1\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, line 179, in :publish : File D:\Zope\ZopeSite1\lib\python\Zope\__init__.py, line 202, in :zpublisher_exception_hook : (Object: ElementWithAttributes) : File D:\Zope\ZopeSite1\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, line 165, in :publish : File D:\Zope\ZopeSite1\lib\python\ZPublisher\mapply.py, line 160, in :mapply : (Object: t4) : File D:\Zope\ZopeSite1\lib\python\ZPublisher\Publish.py, line 102, in :call_object : (Object: t4) : File D:\Zope\ZopeSite1\lib\python\OFS\DTMLMethod.py, line 145, in __call__ : (Object: t4) : File D:\Zope\ZopeSite1\lib\python\DocumentTemplate\DT_String.py, line 502, :in __call__ : (Object: t4) : File D:\Zope\ZopeSite1\lib\python\DocumentTemplate\DT_Util.py, line 335, :in eval : (Object: foobar(year='chosen_year')) : (Info: foobar) : File <string>, line 0, in ? : File D:\Zope\ZopeSite1\lib\python\OFS\DTMLMethod.py, line 141, in __call__ : (Object: foobar) : File D:\Zope\ZopeSite1\lib\python\DocumentTemplate\DT_String.py, line 502, :in __call__ : (Object: foobar) : File D:\Zope\ZopeSite1\lib\python\DocumentTemplate\DT_Var.py, line 278, in :render : (Object: ZopeTime()) : File D:\Zope\ZopeSite1\lib\python\DocumentTemplate\DT_Util.py, line 335, :in eval : (Object: ZopeTime()) : (Info: ZopeTime) : File <string>, line 0, in ? :NameError: (see above) : : : : :_______________________________________________ :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 ) : -- _________________________________________________ peter sabaini, mailto: sabaini@niil.at -------------------------------------------------