I would like to call an Zope object (and pass variables to it) located in a folder that is not reachable by acquisition from a DTML method. When I tried the following it failed: E.g. If I have a dtml method in the folder "/a/b" called index_html. Inside of this dtml method I have the following statement

<dtml-var expr="c.d.e.(var1='var1')">

The Zope folder object "/c/d/e" exists and has a DTML method inside it called index_html that references the variable var1. When I try to evaluate the above expression, I get the following error:

Error Type: AttributeError Error Value: __call__

What am I doing wrong? I would like to make use of objects inside of Zope that are not reachable by acquisition via the <dtml-var>' or <dtml-call>' methods.

You're trying to call a folder, which does not work, as it has nothing to render (it has no '__call__' method). If you say:: <dtml-var "c.d.e.index_html(var1='hey')"> it works fine. The 'index_html' magic is not used in a call like that. --jcc -- "Code generators follow the 80/20 rule. They solve most of the problems, but not all of the problems. There are always features and edge cases that will need hand-coding. Even if code generation could build 100 percent of the application, there will still be an endless supply of boring meetings about feature design." (http://www.devx.com/java/editorial/15511)