Hi David, I reviewed OFS.CopySupport.py which is how I knew that eInvalid exception is being raised. I also called manage_cutObjects with the REQUEST as you mention. That's what is weird about this whole thing. I know that I had clipboard data and the __cp cookie is set. Everytime I tried to do the paste, I'd get the "cookie truncated" message. You're right about the documentation. As with most Zope documentation, it's not that great. Lately, I go straight to the source. I find I learn more that way. Thanks, Tom _____ From: David [mailto:bluepaul@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 12:44 AM To: Palermo, Tom Cc: 'zope@zope.org' Subject: Re: [Zope] manage_pasteObjects question Palermo, Tom wrote: Hi David, In my last post, I wrote that I tried calling manage_pasteObjects a variety of ways: context.manage_pasteObjects(context.REQUEST) context.manage_pasteObjects(context.cb_dataItems()) as well as the original: context.manage_pasteObjects(cb_copy_data=context.cb_dataItems(),REQUEST=req[ '__cp']) All 3 of these attemps results in the eInvalid exception gettting raised by manage_pasteObjects( ). req['__cp'] is a reference to the cookie that gets set when you place something on the clipboard. I was trying to grab a specific piece of the REQUEST instead of the whole thing. Does context.manage_pasteObjects(context.REQUEST) need to be written as: context.manage_pasteObjects(REQUEST=context.REQUEST)? It's kind of a moot point now anyway. I'm using some SESSION variables now to store the ids of te objects I want to cut and the path of their container so I can do the cut and paste from a single script. Not sure if this is good or not but it's working for me now. It's one of those times when I just need something to work. -Tom _____ Hi Tom, I'm glad you found 'another way' but in the interest of no one I wish to add the following. These methods: manage_copyObjects, manage_cutObjects and manage_pasteObjects should be reviewed in /OFS/CopySupport.py - because the current docs do not describe them well. For example, the copy method works differently depending on whether you just pass the container's Ids or pass the Ids *and* the REQUEST. No reason to beat a dead horse but of the 3 tries you listed only the first can (but conditionally) work: context.manage_pasteObjects(context.REQUEST) But *only* if you first called manage_copyObjects (or manage_cutObject) with the REQUEST as a parameter included .... (only then does REQUEST get the __cp object) Your second try: context.manage_pasteObjects(context.cb_dataItems()) Is wrong because it is passing a list of items in the clip board instead of the the encoded copy object (returned by manage_copyObjects) that "manage_pasteObjects" expects Your last try is wrong because both parameters are incorrect. :-) All best, David