Try the template below for your classes. You can create objects of classes you write like this and return them via external methods to ZPTs and Scripts inside of Zope. from AccessControl import ClassSecurityInfo from OFS.ObjectManager import ObjectManager import Globals class Class1(ObjectManager): security = ClassSecurityInfo() def __init__(self): pass security.declarePublic('Func1') def Func1(self): return self.somedata Globals.InitializeClass(Class1) -----Original Message----- From: nwingfield@dixon-hughes.com [mailto:nwingfield@dixon-hughes.com] Sent: Wednesday, 17 March 2004 8:44 AM To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] classes in external methods Since Zope's Python Scripts will not allow me to import the csv module, I wrote my own little class within an External Method. My class opens a CSV file and returns a dictionary representation of each line, one at a time. Now Zope pops up an authentication dialog when I try to call my External Method. Is there some way around this? Can someone also explain why Zope does this? I thought an External Methods was a failsafe way to write unrestricted Zope code without going all out and writing a product (which just doesn't make sense in this instance). Nathaniel