Anthony:

Hi!

Yippee: yes, the encapsulation works!

Glad to hear it.

though I began with the initial <dtml-if>, continued with the <dtml-with> lines, and then added the redirect calls at the end before closing the <dtml-if>.

Thank you!

Glad to help.

But: the little test method worked better once I asked for a variable other than "id" to display. With "id," I kept getting "Catalog," no matter what indexed value I specified. If I typed in another variable for display, like "rank," I got the proper thing. This means the test method was telling Zope to look for the id in the namespace defined by the <dtml-in> tag, not the namespace of the zclass instance -- have I got that right?

Well, if you want the namespace of the Cataloged object and you are in the Catalog folder then you have to either have a meta_table for the information, or use a with tag like this: <dtml-in "Catalog(myProperty='whatever')"> <dtml-with "resolve_url(getpath(data_record_id_),REQUEST)"> <dtml-var anypropertyIdamnWellpleasefromMyInstance> </dtml-with> </dtml-in> That's useful in reports so that you don't have to have meta_tables for everything under the sun. All my best, Jason Spisak CIO HireTechs.com 6151 West Century Boulevard Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 90045 P. 310.665.3444 F. 310.665.3544 Under US Code Title 47, Sec.227(b)(1)(C), Sec.227(a)(2)(B) This email address may not be added to any commercial mail list with out my permission. Violation of my privacy with advertising or SPAM will result in a suit for a MINIMUM of $500 damages/incident, $1500 for repeats.