[Zope] DTMLMethod Question

[Steve Spicklemire]

How About:

<dtml-var "idOfTheDocument.raw[:sizeOfSlice]">

or maybe:

<dtml-var  "idOfTheDocument(_.None, _)[:sizeOfSlice]">

depending on what you want....

-steve

>>>>> "James" == James W Howe <jwh@allencreek.com> writes:

    James> I've got a folder which contains DTMLMethods which are used
    James> to format a "news" article in a certain way.  One of the
    James> methods is responsible for actually displaying the article
    James> contents, the others are responsible for generating various
    James> navigational components.  I'm now designing a new view
    James> which is also going to display a news article, plus some
    James> other stuff.  The major difference is that this view is
    James> only going to show a subset of information.  I would like
    James> to reuse the article display code but I'm not exactly sure
    James> how to do it.  What I would like to do is retrieve the
    James> first N characters from a news article and then have my
    James> method format it.  Something like:

    James> <dtml-var "formattingMethod(???, <dtml-var articleContent
    James> size=500>)">

    James> I'm not fluent enough in all the nuances of how you call a
    James> DTMLMethod rather than get results via
    James> reference/acquisition.  I suppose I could pass the length
    James> restriction as a parameter and if that parameter didn't
    James> exist the full article would be retrieved.  I would rather
    James> simply pass the article contents and let the method format
    James> what it is given.

    James> Any help would be appreciated.

    James> Thanks.