[Zope] Cloning objects to a ZClass instance

[Rik Hoekstra]

Joachim Werner wrote:
> 
> I'd like to repeat a question to the list that seems to be more complicated
> than I thought:
> 
> What I want to do is have a template folder with default images etc. in a
> container ZCLass. The item ZClasses in the container (e.g. preconfigured member
> homepages of a portal site) should not just be able to use the templates by
> aquisition, but the template folder should be physically copied to the ZClass
> instances at creation time so that the template content can be easily
> customized within the instance.
> 
> I tried manage_clone and other ways, but with no success so far.
> 
> It must work in principle because I can do simple copy&paste in the
> management interface, and I guess everything that can be done there can be done
> programmatically, too ...
> 

wouldn't

<dtml-call "<ZClassinstance>.manage_clone(....)">

or just calling the clone from the zclass instance work?

Rik