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I asked fsimport (mostly unmodified -- I added a couple MIME TYPES) to bring in a directory of images and vrml files and just display the tree

<!--#tree branches=objectValues--> <IMG SRC="<!--#var SCRIPT_NAME-->/<!--#var icon-->"> <!--#var id--> <!--#/tree--> ...

fsimport reads the file structure. The strange thing is that is shows each file with the file/image icon, but gives a + like its a directory. When you click on the file, it gives the ENTIRE tree again as a subdirectory. Are we using #tree incorrectly?

I think I know what's happenning here. You are not really using #tree incorrectly - you are just being bitten by the interaction of acquisition with the tree tag. Files and Images inherit Acquisition.Implicit. This means that when the tree tag asks an Image or File for its objectValues method, it will get the objectValues method acquired from the parent object of the Image or File (ad infinitum). You don't see this problem with Documents because Documents inherit Acquisition.Explicit, so it doesnt automatically acquire the objectValues method. The solution is for non-collection items like Images and Files to provide their own objectValues which returns an empty sequence, preventing the recursion. I've added a fix for the next Zope release so that non-collection objects will do the right thing. Brian Lloyd brian@digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com