Ok, found the answer: <dtml-with RandomGreeting> <dtml-var Greet> </dtml-with> ----- Original Message ----- From: Prateep Siamwalla <teep@inet.co.th> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 5:55 PM Subject: Lost in name Space...
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Hi, Zope newbie here, a bit lost on namespaces...
I have created a folder in the zope root called "RandomGreeting". Inside this folder, there is one DTML METHOD called "Greet". "Greet" contains the following line:
<p><dtml-var expr="_.whrandom.choice(sayHellos)"></p>
"sayHellos" is a property of the "RandomGreeting" folder, and contains 4 lines which are various ways to say hello : "Ola","Hi","Bonjour","Sawasdi". The purpose of this method is to print out a random greeting.
Everytime i click "View" for this DTML Method, i get a random hello. Fine, that is exactly what I want.
The problem is that I am trying to use this "method" from its parent folder (the root folder as a matter of fact). I have inserted the following bit into the top level "index_html" DTML Method of my Zope root near the begining, so that it produces a random hello on the front page everytime someone accesses it.
I have tried : <dtml-var RandomGreeting.Greet> <dtml-var RandomGreeting.Greet()> <dtml-var "RandomGreeting.Greet()"> <dtml-var /RandomGreeting/Greet>
all of these, to know avail. I am getting either a NameError or KeyError. I am pretty sure I'm missing a simple concept here. It is possible to call functions from child objects is it not?
Please help with some enlightenment. Many thanks in advance.
teep