complaw@hal-pc.org wrote:

Is there any way for the addForm DTML Method for a ZClass to know what folder it was called from so that some DTML logic can be implemented to load certain data (for properties) into the input elements of the HTML form used to load the initial data into the soon-to-be created object instance?

Is the context object available in the standard ZClass addForm?

I want to make a generalized ZClass that references other class instances that exist within the calling folder (and no where else). The references, preferrably, would be stored in a list property of the object.

The alternative is to make ZClasses for each specific folder (with boolean properties relating indicating relationship with the other object(s) in the folder). I would like to avoid the alternative because it is more maintenance.

Does anyone use a mechanism for maintaining relationships between some (but not all) objects in a folder in some object for dynamic referencing?

When you think about it, there is a lot of utility if someone can work out this trick.

Thanks in advance,

Hi, Ron, The DTML factory form is called in the context of a "factory dispatcher", atop the "product dispatcher, atop the folder. You can get to the real folder with PARENTS[1], e.g.:: <h3> Siblings: </h3> <dtml-with expr="PARENTS[1]"> <dtml-in objectIds> <dtml-if sequence-start> <ul> </dtml-if> <li> <a href="&dtml-sequence-item;">&dtml-sequence-item;</a> </li> <dtml-if sequence-end> </ul> </dtml-if> </dtml-in> </dtml-with> Hope that helps. Tres. -- =============================================================== Tres Seaver tseaver@digicool.com Digital Creations "Zope Dealers" http://www.zope.org