Daryl Stultz writes:

Tim Cook wrote:

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The problem here is that even though you set REQUEST, it is a string. You need to be in the context of the parent _object_. You should try <dtml-with "_.getitem(parent_id)">.

Sorry, I thought of more... It's my understanding that dtml-with simply pushes a namespace onto the stack. What relationship does this have with the context that a new ZClass instance is created in? "class2" is looked up in this namespace. The top element is asked first for "class2". "class2" is found (by acquisition) from your "class1" Z instance (called "i1"). Thus, what is actually called is

(class2 __of__ i1).createInObjectManager(....) "createInObjectManager" looks in "(class2 __of__ i1).aq_parent" (this is "i1") for "_setObject". Apparently, it does not find it there. Then it looks at "i1.aq_parent" (this is the folder, "i1" is contained in). There, it has success and creates the object. Dieter