The documentation is in lib/python/AccessControl/DTML.py :) > From: Chris Withers [mailto:chrisw@nipltd.com] > <dtml-var "_.SecurityGetUser().getUserName()"> as for simplifying _.SecurityGetUser().getUserName(), BasicUser defines __str__ to return getUserName(), so <dtml-var SecurityGetUser> should result in the same output as <dtml-var expr=3D"_.SecurityGetUser().getUserName()"> -Randy