Okay... I'll admit it: I'm one of those who only knows about Python because of Zope. I am working with Formulator, and need a method to return a list of properties. I have DTML code that returns the list <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('tmp',{})"> <dtml-in expr="_.sequence.sort(PARENTS[0].objectValues(['STX_Document']), (('topic', 'nocase'), ('title', 'cmp'),) )"> <dtml-call "REQUEST['tmp'].update({topic:''})"> </dtml-in> <dtml-in "REQUEST['tmp'].keys()"> <dtml-var sequence-item> </dtml-in> The values of the "topic" property are returned. But when called as an override method for a Formulator MultiListField, I get this error: Zope Error Zope has encountered an error while publishing this resource. Error Type: NameError Error Value: global name 'REQUEST' is not defined File /usr/local/Zope/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Util.py, line 231, in eval (Object: form.topic.render()) (Info: form) File <string>, line 2, in f (Object: guarded_getattr) File /usr/local/Zope/lib/python/Products/Formulator/Field.py, line 178, in render (Object: topic) File /usr/local/Zope/lib/python/Products/Formulator/Field.py, line 156, in _render_helper (Object: topic) File /usr/local/Zope/lib/python/Products/Formulator/Widget.py, line 451, in render File /usr/local/Zope/lib/python/Products/Formulator/Widget.py, line 376, in render_items File /usr/local/Zope/lib/python/Products/Formulator/Field.py, line 107, in get_value (Object: topic) File /usr/local/Zope/lib/python/Products/Formulator/MethodField.py, line 40, in __call__ File /usr/local/Zope-2.4.3-linux2-x86/lib/python/OFS/DTMLMethod.py, line 192, in __call__ (Object: topics) File /usr/local/Zope-2.4.3-linux2-x86/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_String.py, line 546, in __call__ (Object: topics) File /usr/local/Zope/lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Util.py, line 231, in eval (Object: REQUEST.set('tmp',{})) (Info: REQUEST) File <string>, line 2, in f (Object: guarded_getattr) NameError: (see above) Okay -- I can figure out that it's because there's environment (namespace stuff) when DTML is called as a method that just doesn't work. So it needs to be rewritten as a Python script, but I'm a Python neophyte, so I'm asking (pleading.... begging....) for help. Thanx in advance