This is a problem a got a lot and I never able to seem to solve it.

I want save or create a object to a specific folder or other folderish object,

        I ask the user for the id of that folder or folderish object

                I store the id name in a variable 'name'

 

the problem is I know the type of the folder or folderish object but 'name' is a str object and I can't use command like name.manage_addFile().

The server just tells me that name is a str which contains no function manage_addFile().

 

I always end up doing a

<dtml-in "objectValues(['Folder'])">

    <dtml-if "getId() == name">

        do something....

    </dtml-if>

</dtml-in>

 

 

this is very ineffecient when you have a lot of data. Is there a ways I could do something like "getFolder( name ).doSomething()". Is there anything like that in dtml?