At 11:43 AM 1/5/2003 +0100, you wrote:

beno wrote:

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Hi; I would like to do the equivalent of this: <dtml-call "manage_addProduct['OFSP'].manage_addFolder(id, title)"> in ZPT to create a page on-the-fly. Can it be done? TIA, beno

Hi,

this should do it for you:

manage_addProduct['PageTemplates'].manage_addPageTemplate(id, title=None, text=None, REQUEST=None)

So I try this in a ZPT page: <p tal:replace="structure python:path(manage_addProduct['PageTemplates'].manage_addPageTemplate(id, title='testing', text=None, REQUEST=None))" /> but the error says *manage_addProduct is not defined*. What am I missing? TIA, beno

At 12:24 PM 1/5/2003 +0100, you wrote:

beno wrote:

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At 11:43 AM 1/5/2003 +0100, you wrote:

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beno wrote:

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Hi; I would like to do the equivalent of this: <dtml-call "manage_addProduct['OFSP'].manage_addFolder(id, title)"> in ZPT to create a page on-the-fly. Can it be done? TIA, beno

Hi,

this should do it for you:

manage_addProduct['PageTemplates'].manage_addPageTemplate(id, title=None, text=None, REQUEST=None)

So I try this in a ZPT page: <p tal:replace="structure python:path(manage_addProduct['PageTemplates'].manage_addPageTemplate(id, title='testing', text=None, REQUEST=None))" /> but the error says *manage_addProduct is not defined*. What am I missing? TIA, beno

Your path(...) is not a valid TAL-path-expression. You should do something like:

<p tal:replace="structure python: here.manage_addProduct['PageTemplates'].manage_addPageTemplate(id, title='testing', text=None, REQUEST=None)" />

I tried that first...it didn't work. And yes, the above *does* work in other contexts.

All in all your approach seems very strange to me!

I'm being fancy here and this is a luxury.

I wouldn't mix business logic into a PageTemplate... This is hard to maintain and read. Factor it out into a python-script and you will be happier... especially in 4 month or so...;)

I'll go with that. Here's what I'm doing: Redirect the browser to a script with a value such as *index.pt* The script determines if *index.pt* exists. If it does not, it creates it and writes standardized content to the page template. That page template then calls another page template that *does* exist which has the real content of the page. Why? I build sites with inline frames. I want the content of the page to appear *both* in the inline frame *and* within a noframes tag to satisfy search engine spiders. I only want to write the content once. There is no need to write the calling page (*index.pt*) explicitly when I can do it programmatically. The page will be called from a navigation widget I create. So...How do I build it? TIA, beno

At 12:29 AM 1/6/2003 +0100, you wrote:

Hi benno,

--On Sonntag, 5. Januar 2003 06:25 -0400 beno <zope@thewebsons.com> wrote:

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Hi; I would like to do the equivalent of this:

<dtml-call "manage_addProduct['OFSP'].manage_addFolder(id, title)">

in ZPT to create a page on-the-fly. Can it be done? TIA,

Although it _could_ be done, it schould not be done. Unlike DTML, ZPT was created for strict as possible diversion of logic and content. Since manage_add* is logic, you should put it into a python script and call it during template publishing (if it outputs something essential as content) or before you call the template.

Indeed, I intend to do just that...I'm only testing things and learning now. beno