Asad Habib wrote:

Hi. I was wondering whether any of you know if it is possible to create properties for Folder objects using a Zope Python script

The answer is yes, and applies more generally. In other words, you can write a Script to do just about anything that can be done through the ZMI. Here's how: Go to the Properties tab of some Folder in the ZMI. Use your browser's "View Source" ability, and examine the form at the bottom of the page. Its action is the path to the Folder plus "manage_addProperty". The fields submitted are "id", "type", and "value". The "type" select box lists the values that it accepts. The ":string" and similar modifiers on the field names indicate the types that the method is expecting. From this, you can guess that the following code will probably add an integer property with the value 42: folder.manage_addProperty(id='foo', type='int', value='42') ...as, in fact, it does. Also, now that you know the method name, you can look it up in the API reference at: http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/current/AppendixB.stx ...for more information. Cheers, Evan @ 4-am

On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 19:52, Asad Habib wrote:

Hi. I was wondering whether any of you know if it is possible to create properties for Folder objects using a Zope Python script that can then be invoked from a DTML method. I know that this is possible using Zope's management interface, but this procedure is not scalable. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.

In your PythonScript, call theFolder.manage_addProperty(id=<property-id>, value=<property-value>, type=<property-type>) later on, when you need to change a property, you can call: theFolder.manage_changeProperties(<property-id>=<property-value>) For more information on managing properties, read the file <your zope>/lib/python/OFS/PropertyManager.py Cheers, Leo -- Ideas don't stay in some minds very long because they don't like solitary confinement.