I have am using something similar to the Yihaw Pointer in the Yihaw class to reference objects elsewhere in the folder structure of my site. The pointer has a property on it that stores the absolute url of an object that it is referencing. I cannot figure out how to use the stored absolute url to read elements off the remote object.

From an arbitrary dtml-method, how can I render a variable property on a remote object.

For example in the following site structure /root /x index_html pointer_method (has a property "url" which is "/y/objectZ") /y objectZ The index_html file calls pointer_method and reads the property "url", creating a link to the object that "url" points to (objectZ). This works great. However, I would like to read properties off that remote item (say the title for example) and render them in the index_html file. I have tried this, but it generates a key error: <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('location', _.string.replace(pointer, '/', '.'))"> <dtml-var location.id> If I hard code it as such: <dtml-with y> <dtml-with objectZ> <dtml-var title> </dtml-with> </dtml-with> I can read the title, but I cannot figure out how to convert the absolute url into a with statement or a var. Any help is greatly appreciated. -m