i followed the instructions for installing the PTK from the snapshot but am getting stuck on the part where i import the DemoPortal.zexp, although i can see the two products (PTKBase and PTKDemo) fine in the management interface, i get the following error when i try to import DemoPortal.zexp. (even after shutting down and restarting zope i still can not see the portal option in the add list for my folders im using zope 2.1.6 btw tia Traceback (innermost last): File /export/home1/libertad/Zope216/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 214, in publish_module File /export/home1/libertad/Zope216/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 179, in publish File /export/home1/libertad/Zope216/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 202, in zpublisher_exception_hook (Object: ElementWithAttributes) File /export/home1/libertad/Zope216/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 165, in publish File /export/home1/libertad/Zope216/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: manage_importObject) File /export/home1/libertad/Zope216/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 102, in call_object (Object: manage_importObject) File /export/home1/libertad/Zope216/lib/python/OFS/ObjectManager.py, line 484, in manage_importObject (Object: ElementWithAttributes) File /export/home1/libertad/Zope216/lib/python/ZODB/ExportImport.py, line 284, in importFile SystemError: (see above) Regards, GEORGE DONNELLY george@cyklotron.com http://cyklotron.com/ An idea is putting a truth in check-mate. --Jose Ortega y Gasset