[Zope] organizational questions

[Martin Dougiamas]

Martijn Faassen wrote:
> 
> Probably some mild level of Zope Zen is needed to realize fully that
> *folders* are acquired by subfolders too -- recently I faced similar
> organizational issues as well, and used this to good effect.
> 
> I had the same setup with a root folder and a number of sub folders, and
> common SQL methods in the root folder so that they were acquired. As I
> had quite a few SQL methods this started to get messy. So I made a
> subfolder called 'sql' and moved all SQL methods to that place. Now I
> have a nice and clean root folder.
> 
> Zen: All the sub folders acquire this SQL folder.
> 
> Of course I had to adapt my DTML documents in the subfolders from things
> like:
> 
> <!--#call "insert_whatever(REQUEST)"-->
> 
> to:
> 
> <!--#call "sql.insert_whatever(REQUEST)"-->
> 
> so it's easier to set this up the right way in the beginning.
> 
> You can use the same strategy for any common documents.


I really like the sound of this, and I've been re-organising my
Zope application organisation, but I've hit a snag.

I used to call DTML documents with

  <!--#var myfunction-->

so now, since they are in a sibling folder under the root folder,
(eg /myapp) I tried:

  <!--#var myapp.myfunction-->

But it doesn't work any more - keeps giving KeyErrors.

The funny thing is that 

  <!--#var "myapp.myfunction"-->

correctly returns all the raw content of the DTML document,
so it *can* find it OK.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Martin

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