[Zope] Newbie Q: passing parameters to methods/documents

[Sean McMains]

Hi Lindon,

What I've done for a similar problem on my site is to use folder properties.
I assign the root folder a property called "section" with a value of 0,
meaning that the nav bar should be rendered normally. Each of the subfolders
has the "section" property as well, but with a different value which
overrides the 0. Then, all I have to do in my standard_header or
standard_footer is test the value of var section and render appropriately.
Acquisition is neat!

Sean

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Lindon Parker [SMTP:twomoonlp@hotmail.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 20, 1999 7:32 PM
> To:	zope@zope.org
> Subject:	[Zope] Newbie Q: passing parameters to methods/documents
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> I've taken a look through my saved mails, and through the documentation
> but 
> I can't seem to find an answer to this(sorry if it's obvious to everyone):
> 
> How do I pass a parameter to a DTML Method(or a DTML document for that 
> matter)?
> 
> What I want to do is set up a navigation bar once(in say a DTML Method at 
> the root of the site), this allows the user to traverse to any area of the
> 
> site, but it doesn't make much sense to traverse to the area you are
> already 
> visiting, so I'd like to pass the  current "area" in as a parameter and
> then 
> use an #if test to enable/disable the navigation(HREF) part of the code.
> 
> Could someone point me to documetation that outlines what each side of
> this 
> looks like?
> 
> Thanks
> Lindon
> 
> (Oh yeah, great product you Zope guys...)
> 
> 
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