-----Original Message----- From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@philh.org] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 3:30 AM To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] ZClasses and default documents, and COM objects.

Hi all,

I'm just starting to look at zClasses again and am having some difficulty in setting up default documents within the zClass.

Let's say that I create a CD Product and want that CD to have a 'index_html' so that it can render itself.

Where would I put the document so that it appears as a default and alos is editable by the user at a later date?

You would need to make the object an ObjectManager, and have it's constructor instantiate an index_html DTML Object in each instance of your ZClass. This is a point of confusion alot of people make. They think that the things they put in the 'Methods' tab should show up in instances of their objects like subobjects in a folder. This is not the case. Objects in the Methods view are methods of the object. If you want a user to be able to edit a method, you either have to build your own editing interface (using methods) or make the object an ObjectManager to contain editable objects (like DTML Documents). -Michel