[Zope] Not quite getting server side include type behaviour on items in child folders. child folders.

[Jeff Hoffman]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Jules wrote:

> Hello Zopistas.
> 
> I'd like to be able to organize some content in logical child folders and
> then include that content in a parent DTML method. I'm having a hard time
> figuring out how to get it just right.

No problem.

> For instance, the DTML document "foo" simply contains the following:
> 
>     <p>I am foo.</p>
> 
> If I include this DTML document in the same or parent folder as my method
> and reference it, no problems. Typing
> 
>     <dtml-var foo1>
> 
> spits out the contents of foo with the HTML paragraph tags intact. God bless
> Acquisition!
> 
> Child folders is where I'm bumping in to things. If I create a "bar" child
> folder and cut/paste "foo" in there, no luck.
> 
>     <dtml-var bar.foo>
> 
> barfs with a KeyError traceback. Putting quotes around it grabs the file but
> turns things like "<p>I am foo.</p>" into "&lt;p&gt;I am foo.&lt;/p&gt;".
> And foo doesn't work as a method rather than a document, either.

Try:

  <dtml-var expr="bar.foo(this(), _)">

The "expr=" is optional, but Chris Petrilli bludgeoned me into using it at
IPC8. :-)

> I'm obviously doing something wrong. Any ideas?

Hope this helps! I think we've all tried to figure this out at one point
or another. For a (slightly) more detailed discussion of related topics,
check out Issue #1 of Zope Guru of the Week at:

  http://209.67.167.7/demos/ZGotW/1

> Cheers,
> Jules

--Jeff

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