[Zope] External methods, DocumentTemplate and EPSF

[Pavlos Christoforou]

On Wed, 5 May 1999 raver@box.dust.za.net wrote:

> Hello all!
> 
> I have some questions conserning external methods...
> 
> First: 
> In an external method ( def ex_meth(self) ) self is reffering to the folder 
> object containing the method that actually does the call? (this is how I
> understand the documentation) 

Yes - but remember there is a distinction between DTML Methods and
DTML Documents.

- how can I access the variables in the
> calling methods namespace?

normal python convention:
self.title
self.navbar
etc


> Third:
> How can I pass variables made in an external method back to the calling
> method so that it'll be available there?

just 'return' the variables. For instance:

def test(self):
	return [1,2,3]

<!--# in test -->
...
<!--#/in-->


I am not sure I inderstand your second question.

Pavlos