[Zope-dev] Acquisition problems with XMLDocument?

[Martijn Faassen]

Amos Latteier wrote:
> 
> At 03:43 PM 7/26/99 +0200, Martijn Faassen wrote:
[snip my acquisition troubles which keep biting me]
> 
> Hmm, why not <!--#var text_content-->
> 
> >DTML method - viewText:
> ><!--#var standard_html_header-->
> ><!--#var "doc[0].renderText()"-->
> ><!--#var standard_html_footer-->
> 
> Hmm. You are calling a DTML Method with no arguments. In general if you
> call a DTML Method explicitly you should provide a client and a mapping
> argument.

Right -- I knew vaguely about this actually, but that doesn't stop me
from butting my head into it anyway.

> Even better, don't call it explicitly, let DTML render it,
> 
> <!--#with "doc[0]"-->
> <!--#var renderText-->
> <!--#/with-->

Yeah, that's easiest. I'll try that. Thanks!

[snip]
> >Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?
> 
> I think that you are doing something wrong.

You are right.

> Check out the advanced DTML How-To, on DTML Method calling subtleties.
> 
>   http://www.zope.org/Documentation/HowTo/DTML

I'll take a look at that.

Regards,

Martijn