Another thing you can do, not sure if Im using it right, but the effect is good... <dtml-unless first_name> <dtml-raise type=ValidationError> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#000000"><b>You must specify a <font color="red">First Name</b></font>. </font> <dtml-var tableSeparate> <dtml-var SupportCallForm> </dtml-raise> </dtml-unless> I have a support call form that is filed and submitted, and after the button is pressed, a seperate validate method is called (can be in any document) which will stop the processing if something isnt there and will show a red error text at the top of the form that still contains the information.] Its nice becuase the info stays there and doesnt take you off to a blank screen with a few words. -- Paz Oratrix Development BV http://www.oratrix.com GRiNS SMIL Editor - Stephan Goeldi wrote:

I want to select from a select menu, 3 amounts: 1000, 5000 or 10000. After this, the form action method should reply:

- "this is not much" if 1000 was selected, - "this is ok" if 5000 was selected, - "this is very much" if 10000 was selected

Now my form method looks like this:

<form action="form_action"> How many money? <select name="money"> <option>1000 <option>5000 <option>10000 </select> <input type="submit" value="checkit"> </form>

and the form_action method is this:

<dtml-in money> <dtml-if "1000"> This is not much! </dtml-if> <dtml-if "5000"> This is ok! </dtml-if> <dtml-if "10000"> This is very much! </dtml-if> </dtml-in>

I am sure that there is an error in my thinking of these tags.

TIA -goe-

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HI!

I want to select from a select menu, 3 amounts: 1000, 5000 or 10000. After this, the form action method should reply:

- "this is not much" if 1000 was selected, - "this is ok" if 5000 was selected, - "this is very much" if 10000 was selected

Now my form method looks like this:

<form action="form_action"> How many money? <select name="money"> <option>1000 <option>5000 <option>10000 </select> <input type="submit" value="checkit"> </form>

and the form_action method is this:

<dtml-in money> <dtml-if "1000"> This is not much! </dtml-if> <dtml-if "5000"> This is ok! </dtml-if> <dtml-if "10000"> This is very much! </dtml-if> </dtml-in>

I am sure that there is an error in my thinking of these tags.

The <dtml-in> is not right. Use dtml-in if you want to iterate over lists. So in your case you should try: <dtml-if "money=='1000'"> This is not much! </dtml-if> <dtml-if "money=='5000'"> This is ok! </dtml-if> <dtml-if "money=='10000'"> This is very much! </dtml-if> (or use <dtml-elif> in this case) This now makes a string compare as usually form parameters will be passed as strings if you don't tell Zope to do it different. In order to e.g. let it pass integers, you might try in the form: <select name="money:int"> ... Then you can say <dtml-if "money==1000">, etc. More information about this "type casting" feature can be found at http://classic.zope.org:8080/Documentation/Reference/ORB cheers, Christian -- COM.lounge http://comlounge.net/ communication & design cs@comlounge.net