Forgive this nagging newbie. But I am still at a loss and my question seems an eye-opening(at least partially) one for a newbie. Michel Pelletier wrote:

You want <!--#var isTRed--> Quoting the var argument makes it be evaluated as an expression. Not quoting it makes Zope use it by name. If you quote a DTML Method or Document, you must *call* it to get it to render the document. In this case however, refering to the document by name will call the document for you: <!--#var isTRed-->

To restate my question, The situation: <!--#var isTRed--> just gives the *string* english.members.test.docTest.TR when called in the DTML Document /korean/members/test/docTest not the *value* of english.members.test.docTest.TR (TR is a string property of docTest DTML Document). So, it does not work. Q0. Is there a way to force an evaluation of the string content of an variable? Q1. <!--#var "isTRed"--> gives me the source of isTRed method. Is this what you mean by "evaluated as an expression"? Q2. If you mean using <!--#call --> tag by *call*, call tag gives nothing to the browser, doesn't it? Q3. <!--#var "isTRed()"--> gives the name error(Traceback is at the bottom), and it seems as expected since the valus of isTRed is just string. Sorry for any vagueness in my writing. Reading/writing about naming, contents and behavior of OO system in English is far more difficult than I expected. LEE Kwan Soo. Traceback (innermost last): File lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 877, in publish_module File lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 590, in publish (Info: /korean/members/test/docTest) File lib/python/OFS/DTMLDocument.py, line 213, in __call__ (Object: docTest) File lib/python/OFS/DTMLDocument.py, line 209, in __call__ (Object: docTest) File lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_String.py, line 513, in __call__ (Object: docTest) File lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Util.py, line 266, in eval (Object: isTRed()) File <string>, line 0, in ? File lib/python/OFS/DTMLMethod.py, line 147, in __call__ (Object: isTRed) File lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_String.py, line 513, in __call__ (Object: isTRed) File lib/python/DocumentTemplate/DT_Util.py, line 266, in eval (Object: 'english.'+ _.string.join( _.string.split(URL0, '/')[4:], '.')+'.TR') File <string>, line 0, in ? NameError: (see above)