We just discussed this very subject yesterday on the list. If you read the archive from yesterday, you will see that Andreas pointed me to the README file in /lib/python/Products/PythonScripts/ where you will find instructions on what to do to make your modules available to python scripts within Zope. The short version is this: 1. Create a new directory within /lib/python/Products, e.g., mkdir MyModules so that you now have /lib/python/Products/MyModules. 2. Copy the file module_access_examples.py into your new subdirectory and call it __init__.py. E.g. (from MyModules) cp ../PythonScripts/module_access_examples.py __init__.py 3. Using your favorite text editor, edit __init__.py and look for the allow_module examples. In my case (for example) I added the file fpformat.py to the MyModules directory. Then I edited __init__.py so that it included: allow_module('fpformat') ModuleSecurityInfo('fpformat').declarePublic('fpformat', 'fix') The latter statement allows the python script to use the fix method. When you are done, restart Zope. That should do it. Hope that helps. Ron

I new to Zope. I'm attempting to access Python modules from within Zope. These modules are programs we've written, that import stuff like wxWindows or our .py modules. The "Extensions" folder is not the thing to use, apparently. I'm not clear if adding an "External Method" or "Script" is the thing to do. None of the books we have talk clearly about how to do this. I need some step-by-step directions with this. Any suggestions?

Thanks! Mark