[Zope] string to objectname conversion ?
Curtis Maloney
curtis@umd.com.au
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:40:16 +1000
On Tue, 08 Aug 2000, Gijs Reulen wrote:
> Hi
>
> I would like to list all objects in a folder. No problem there. However, I
> want to use the function/method universely so I need to pass the name of
> the target folder; as a string is the only way I can think of (formatted as
> a url).
> I tried several things in DTML and studies the DTML Ref, the mailinglist
> and the How-To's very hard but did not have the Enlightment yet :-(
> Is it possible ?
You looked in almost all the right references. (o8
The one more that you will find indispensible from now on is the Zope Quick
Reference. Go now, read it, save it, love it. (o8
>
> Example:
> <dtml-in "PARENTS[0].objectValues()">
> <dtml-var icon>
> <dtml-var id>
> <dtml-var title>
> <dtml-var meta_type>
> <dtml-var bobobase_modification_time fmt="%m/%d/%Y">
> </dtml-in>
>
> But then instead of PARENTS[0] some parameter, for example:
> /method?folder=foo
>
You want the getitem method of _
<dtml-in "_.getitem(sObjectName).objectValues()">
...
</dtml-it>
> Gijs Reulen
>
Have a better one,
Curtis Maloney