Heiko Stoermer wrote:

Hello Zopistas,

<introduction to problem snipped>

So I need to pass the list of filenames through that darn "ask" document. There I did something like: <input type=hidden name=del_list:list value="<dtml-var "REQUEST['del_list']">"> this renders to: <input type=hidden name=del_list:list value="['file1', 'file2', 'file3']">

Instead of the above, try this: <inputy type=hidden name=del_list:list value=file1> <inputy type=hidden name=del_list:list value=file2> <inputy type=hidden name=del_list:list value=file3> ..and so on. Hope this helps, Shalabh

Heiko Stoermer schrieb: [...]

I have to ask the user if he really wants to delete the files. Thus: select -> ask -> delete

So I need to pass the list of filenames through that darn "ask" document. There I did something like: <input type=hidden name=del_list:list value="<dtml-var "REQUEST['del_list']">"> this renders to: <input type=hidden name=del_list:list value="['file1', 'file2', 'file3']"> (Note: I did the :list type conversion. I also tried tokens, lines, whatever...)

Lists passing from REQUEST to REQUEST is a bit trickier. You have to rebuild the list again. try (untested): <dtml-in del_list> <input type=hidden name=del_list:list value="<dtml-var sequence-item>"> </dtml-in> (and as a side effect you can give the user the possibility to check any single file, which he had choosen) hth, Thomas -- fon: ++49 (0)40 42878 3781 fax: ++49 (0)40 42878 2728

Heiko Stoermer: You pass them as multiple hidden fields like so: <dtml-in del_list> <input type=hidden name=del_list:list value="<dtml-var sequence-item>"> </dtml-in>

Hello Zopistas, I've come across this problem, (which delays my whole project and upsets my employer):

I have a Form that displays a list of files for deletion and a checkbox for each file to select it: <dtml-in "prjfolder.objectIds('File')" skip_unauthorized> <input type=checkbox name=del_list value=<dtml-var sequence-item>> [...]

Users can check the files they want to delete. They submit the form to the next dtml-method, say "delete". all checked filenames are passed to this method as a list object, e.g.: ['file1', 'file2', 'file3']. If I pass this list object to manage_delObjects(del_list), everything goes fine. The objects are deleted.

Logical flow: select -> delete

BUT: I have to ask the user if he really wants to delete the files. Thus: select -> ask -> delete

So I need to pass the list of filenames through that darn "ask" document. There I did something like: <input type=hidden name=del_list:list value="<dtml-var "REQUEST['del_list']">"> this renders to: <input type=hidden name=del_list:list value="['file1', 'file2', 'file3']"> (Note: I did the :list type conversion. I also tried tokens, lines, whatever...)

If the user chooses to delete, I finally call my delete document, which is supposed to delete the files in the list. but the call to manage_delObjects(del_list) fails with: Error Value: ['file1', 'file2', 'file3'] does not exist

How do I pass a list object from one document to another? It always somehow becomes a string, breaking everything. There must be a clean way; I do not want to do string magic with split or so.

Anyone help me out, please.

thanks in advance, Heiko

-- heiko.stoermer@innominate.de innominate AG networkingpeople fon: +49.30.308806-0 fax: -77 web: http://innominate.de

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