[Zope] Dynamically Accessing Subfolders

[James W. Howe]

At 06:14 PM 10/19/99 -0400, you wrote:
>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>

This works like a charm.  Thanks.  Now here's a slight complication.  I 
want to iterate over the folders in a particular order.  The order isn't 
based on the name or id of the folder, rather it would probably be based on 
a particular property value.  For example, I might have three sub folders 
A, B, C but I might want to iterate over the collection in the order B, A, 
C.  I could fudge things by naming the folders in a particular sort order 
but I would rather not go that route if there is an alternative.

Thanks for the help.

James Howe			internet: mailto:jwh@allencreek.com
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