[Zope] Passing variables to a DTML method ...

[Martijn Pieters]

At 17:41 23-9-99 , Michel Pelletier wrote:


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Darran Edmundson [mailto:Darran.Edmundson@anu.edu.au]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 11:03 AM
> > To: zope@zope.org
> > Subject: [Zope] Passing variables to a DTML method ...
> >
> >
> >
> > Could someone explain how to pass variables to a
> > DTML method?  For example, if I have the following
> > in a DTML method:
> >
> >  <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('testvar', 'value')">
> >  <dtml-var "calledmethod(REQUEST)">
>
>Due to some hysterical, I mean historical reasons you cannot simply
>"call" a DTML Method unless you pass in a few things.
>
>A DTML object needs a context in which to render itself.  This context
>can be passed in one of three ways, as a 'client' object, a 'REQUEST'
>mapping (any mapping) or as keyword arguments to the method.  For
>example:
>
><dtml-var "calledmethod(_.None, _, testvar=value)">
>
>is one way to do what your looking for.  _.None is the client (None), _
>is the current namespace stack (thus the method will render itself in
>the current context) and 'testvar=value' is a keyword argument for your
>variable.

In this case, because all variables arei in the REQUEST object, you can 
just do:

   <dtml-var calledmethod>

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