[Zope] eval() in dtml?

[Jim Fulton]

Alex Rice wrote:
> 
> Is eval() not available in DTML?

Yes, eval is not available as a function in DTML.

> What am I doing wrong here? 

You are using eval. ;)

> You can
> probably tell I'm new this
> 
> <!--#comment--> Create a new Folder, then a Doc in the new Folder.
> folderName and text are string which are submitted to this script.
> <!--#/comment-->
> 
> <!--#call "items.manage_addFolder( folderName )"-->
> <!--#call "eval('items.'+folderName+'.manage_addDTMLDocument(text)')"-->

You can use getattr here:

 <!--#call "_.getattr(items, folderName).manage_addDTMLDocument(
     id='something',
     file=text)"-->

Note that manage_addDTMLDocument requires you to specify an id.

Jim

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