[Zope] Howto access an Object not in the hierachy.

Michel Pelletier michel@digicool.com
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 13:10:32 -0500


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felipe Alvarez Harnecker [mailto:felipe@qlsoft.cl]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 11:37 AM
> To: zope@zope.org
> Subject: [Zope] Howto access an Object not in the hierachy.
> 
> 
> 
> Suppose this scenario
> 
> 
>    /--|
>       |-foo-|
>       |     |- DTML Object 1
>       |
>       |-bar-|
>       |     |- DTML Object 2
> 
> 
> 
> I need to access Object1 from Object2.
> 
> Something like     <dtml-var foo.Object1> in Object 2

You're close, <dtml-var "foo.Object1"> will work (because it's a python
expression with the "", and Zope acquires 'foo') or:

<dtml-with foo>
 <dtml-var Object1>
</dtml-with>

Is similar, Zope acquires 'foo', then sees object1.

-Michel