BTW perhaps there's a better way to achieve this that I haven't considered, so please let me know. As for the (as yet non-existent) script I mention below - myParseDTML("3.4","Cheques in System", "RA3_4","NRA3_4", "TOT3_4") I was thinking I'd store a list (of lists) in the directory, where one of the elements of the list would be the above. Can I use an external method to generate the html? How? Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Samir Mishra [mailto:SamirMishra@cbuae.gov.ae] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 12:17 To: 'zope@zope.org' Subject: [Zope] Evaluating Output of Scripts as HTML in DTML Pages Hello all, I'm not even sure where I can look for the answer to this problem. I have a SQL table with a large number of variables. I have a data entry form that uses the following logic about 30 times on a page - ---------------------------- <dtml-let a=RA3_4 b=NRA3_4 t=TOT3_4> <tr> <td /> <td>3.4</td> <td class="row-label"> <dtml-if "a+b==t"><span> <dtml-else><span class="error"> </dtml-if> Cheques in System</span></td> <td><input type="text" dir="rtl" name="RA3_4" value="<dtml-var a>" size="12" maxlength="12" /></td> <td><input type="text" dir="rtl" name="NRA3_4" value="<dtml-var b>" size="12" maxlength="12" /></td> <td><input type="text" dir="rtl" name="TOT3_4" value="<dtml-var t>" size="12" maxlength="12" /></td> </tr> </dtml-let> --------------------------- What I'd like to be able to do is create a Python script that returns the above, AND I need the DTML document to recognise it as part of the code. The above code snippet would be generated by a script, called as - myParseDTML("3.4","Cheques in System", "RA3_4","NRA3_4", "TOT3_4") This script would return the above code. My problem is, I can generate the above code, but it's not evaluated within a DTML Method. As a simple example, I have the following python script - ------------- """ script name - testScript """ text=""" <dtml-var standard_html_header> <dtml-var standard_html_footer> """ return text ------------- How do I get the return value of this script to actually display the above items in a DTML Method? (I hope I've explained this well) Thanks in advance. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Samir. _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - Zope@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )