Martijn, Could I also use sequence-item as in: <dtml-in things> <input type=hidden name="things:list" value="&dtml-var sequence-item;"> </dtml-in>
At 22:32 22/09/99 , Jason Spisak wrote:
This is in line with the previous email about the 'list' variable called 'things' that is giving me back ['my_list_item1','my_list_item2'] for sequence-items instead of just the strings. I looked at the form from which these values can and I am using:
<input type="hidden" name="things:list" value="<!--#var "REQUEST['things']"-->">
a hidden value that I got froma previous form (Which was also a list) The sequence-items show up as strings fine on the page with the above code, but when I try to use the hidden filed to move it to the next page, Zope ignores the trinket.
You are putting the string representation of your 'things' list in to a hidden field, and that string representation is then marshalled in to a list of exactly one item, the string representation. This is because HTML has no concept of lists.
You should turn your list into a set of hidden field, one for each item on that list. By adding the :list modifier to the fieldname, Zope will then convert it back to a list when the FORM is posted again:
<dtml-in things> <input type=hidden name="things:list" value="&dtml-things;"> </dtml-in>
Note that I use the HTMNL entity notation here (&dtml-variablename;), which will HTML quote your value, so that any of the <, >, or " characters will not mess up the HTML.
Jason Spisak