Richard Ettema wrote:

Hi,

How do I get a dtml-method to render its html prior to publishing the page?

I have a dtml-method which normally is inserted into another page i.e. <dtml-var some_dtml> inside index_html. This inserts the dtml of some_dtml into index_html, then index_html is published, right? But I have a single occasion where I need to get the rendered html some_dtml would create, prior to index_html being published. I need to retrieve some of the html using _.string.split etc. How do I grab the html in such away that I can manipulate it??

I have tried variations of <dtml-var some_dtml html_quote> which gives me the html I need, but I cant workout how I can put this into a <dtml-let ...> or similar to manipulate. I have tried other ideas but they all return the dtml in some_dtml rather than its html, giving me errors.

Your help on a simple solution (I am sure!!!) will be much appreciated.

Thanks

Richard

You need to call it separately and maniplulate the result like so: <dtml-let rendered="DTMLDoc(_.None, _)" lines="_.string.split(rendered)"> ... </dtml-let> the key here is he (_.None, _) which is how to call a DTML object from another object. It's ugly, but it works. This would be better implemented as a Python script though... -- | Casey Duncan | Kaivo, Inc. | cduncan@kaivo.com `------------------>