Hi You can add a new property to your zope Root Folder object Dragos ----- Original Message ----- From: "Asad Habib" <ahabib@engin.umich.edu> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 6:13 PM Subject: [Zope] Global Variables

Is there a way to declare a global variable in Zope? And is there a way to declare a variable that is available for an entire session? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

- Asad

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Use property fields on a folder (all routines can access these variables - given the correct security settings). Some useful code bits: 1) create a new property on a folder: <dtml-call "temp_folder.manage_addProperty('newtestpropvar', 'initial contents', 'string')"> you can then access the property field just like a normal REQUEST variable: eg. <dtml-var newtestpropvar> note: this code chunk uses the 'temp_folder' folder which is a folder stored in RAM and any content stored in this folder will disappear if zope is stopped/restarted. If you do not want to lose your content, use a regular folder. 2) check to see if property exists on a given folder: <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('ownerid', 'testpropvar')"> <dtml-if "temp_folder.getProperty(ownerid, 'none') != 'none'"> <dtml-var ownerid> exists<br> <dtml-else> <dtml-var ownerid> does not exist<br> </dtml-if> Jonathan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Asad Habib" <ahabib@engin.umich.edu> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: January 20, 2004 11:13 AM Subject: [Zope] Global Variables

Is there a way to declare a global variable in Zope? And is there a way to declare a variable that is available for an entire session? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

- Asad

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