PARENTS is part of REQUEST so: def test(self, REQUEST): msg = '' for parent in REQUEST.PARENTS: msg = msg + str(parent.absolute_url()) + '<br>' return "%s" % msg Is a convoluted way of listing parents urls... -- Andy McKay, Developer. ActiveState. ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael angelo ruberto" <michaelangelo@webmind.com> To: "Max M" <maxmcorp@worldonline.dk>; "Zope@Zope. Org" <zope@zope.org> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 3:19 PM Subject: RE: [Zope] Finding PARENTS in an external method.

hi, Max

i tried this and it works. the output is pretty ugly if you return it to Zope though. maybe someone knows how to clean it up.

def index(self, PARENTS, REQUEST): n = PARENTS[0].objectItems(['File','DTML Document','Folder','ListMate','DTML Method'])

n.sort() #n.reverse() return n

this example just sorts the list and sends it back. you can remove the sorting code. i named this method index_list and called it as such:

<dtml-var "index_list(PARENTS, REQUEST)">

Michael Angelo Ruberto Webmaster, Webmind Inc. www.webmind.com

ps: if you run this example look at the HTML source for results page. you should see something interesting like this:

('C_document', <DTMLDocument instance at 012E44E0>),

-----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Max M Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 5:50 PM To: Zope@Zope. Org Subject: [Zope] Finding PARENTS in an external method.

I have an external Method. How do I call PARENTS[-1] from it? in dtml it would be: <dtml-in "PARENTS[-1].objectValues('Folder')">

I have tried something like: self.PARENTS[-1].objectValues('Folder')

I have also checked if PARENTS get passed to the method like: myMethod(self, PARENTS=None):

To get a list of the root's Folder's, but no luck.

Regards Max M

Max M. W. Rasmussen, Denmark. New Media Director private: maxmcorp@worldonline.dk work: maxm@normik.dk ----------------------------------------------------- Specialization is for insects. - Robert A. Heinlein

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