[Zope] Dynamically Accessing Subfolders

[Ian Blenke]

On Oct 19, 1999, James W. Howe wrote:

> Is there a method that I can call for a folder which will give me it's 
> subfolder names?  I'm assuming that if there was such a method, I could
use 
> a dtml-in tag to iterate over the results.  If there is such a method,
what 
> does it return and how could I use that information to send a message to 
> each subfolder in turn?

The method is called "objectValues". You can pass it a list of objects you
wish to enumerate within a container (an object manager).

Here's a snippet of code that will do what you want:

	<dtml-with A>
	 <dtml-in "objectValues(['Folder'])">
	  <dtml-with sequence-item>
	   <dtml-var myName><BR>
	  </dtml-with>
	 </dtml-in>
	</dtml-in>

The "with A" ties the list to start from the root - so you will always get
the full list of objects anywhere in the tree.

It's been 4 days, and I'm starting to get the hang of things :)

 - Ian C. Blenke <icblenke@2c2.com> <ian@blenke.com>