Simplest way I can think of is:

software_type_list = [ {'value': 'OS'}, {'value': 'Applikation'}, {'value': 'Service'} ]

_addSoftwareForm = PageTemplateFile("www/software_form_add", globals())

def manage_addSoftwareForm(self,*args,**kw): kw['software_type_list']=software_type_list return self._addSoftwareForm(*args,**kw)

they can then be used as:

tal:repeat="x options/software_type_list" Just one question more about this:

If you use it inside the class definition, it will work because "self" it's an instance of the class, so it has access to the class attributes, but if it's outside, like the manage_addForm method, it won't: _addFooForm=PageTemplateFile('zpt/Foo_Add',globals()) _addFooForm._owner=None def manage_addFooForm(self,*args,**kw): """manage_addFooForm method""" kw['Kind']='Foo' return self._addFooForm(*args,**kw) class Foo(...): . . . I get this error: Traceback (innermost last): Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 98, in publish Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 39, in call_object Module Products.Foo.Foo, line 82, in manage_addFooForm AttributeError: _addFooForm I think the cause is that "self" doesn't reffers to the class module here. It reffers to the object from which it was called. On the other hand, if I remove self and just return _addFooForm: def manage_addFooForm(self,*args,**kw): """manage_addFooForm method""" kw['Kind']='Foo' return _addFooForm(*args,**kw) I get this error: Traceback (innermost last): Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 98, in publish Module ZPublisher.mapply, line 88, in mapply Module ZPublisher.Publish, line 39, in call_object Module Products.Foo.Foo, line 81, in manage_addFooForm Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 252, in __call__ Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 281, in _bindAndExec Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 1, in ? Module Shared.DC.Scripts.Bindings, line 232, in _getTraverseSubpath AttributeError: other Watching the Shared/DC/Scripts/Bindings.py code, you can see that the offending code is in the method _getTraverseSubpath: return self.REQUEST.other.get('traverse_subpath', []) How can I get this working? Any ideas? Thanks in advanced, Josef