yes, that is possible: let's say you have a variable named obj_to_show which holds the name of the object to show then you simply type <dtml-var _[object_to_show]> note the slight difference between the above and <dtml-var _['object_to_show']> the last one would render the variable oblject_to_show. Andy Pahne, ap@net22.net net22 GmbH Bad Meinberger Strasse 1 32760 Detmold 0 52 31 - 580 640 http://www.net22.net