tav writes:

.... i have a dtml method called "parseit", and i have three dtml documents, called "tav", "noa" and "Bill". .... however i get stuck when in parseit, as i dont know how to do <dtml-var Bill>, i tried to set Bill in the namespace by using <dtml-with Bill><dtml-var parseit>, and then tried to call <dtml-var id> within "parseit" but that doesn't work :/ It does not work, because <dtml-with Bill> renders "Bill" (leading to a string which does not have an attribute "id"). It will work, when you use:

<dtml-with "Bill">...</dtml-with> Note the "...". They prevent automatic rendering.

and, again, i want this to be done automatically, so i dont want to have to manually list Bill, tav, noa, etc.... This is an FAQ. You want computed variable access. You use "_.getitem(...)" (if you want the object itself) or "_[...]" (if you want a rendered result) for this.

Thus, if you want to process all owners, you could do: <dtml-in owners> <dtml-let owner=sequence-item> <dtml-with "_.getitem(owner)"> <dtml-var parseit> </dtml-with> </dtml-let> </dtml-in> Dieter