[Zope] PropertyIds

RC Compaan roche@up-front.co.za
Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:11:21 +0200


Thanks Rik it works.

I've noticed in some cases that one puts empty brackets at the end of
certain zope object methods.  Is that there for methods that can take
parameters?

Roché

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rik Hoekstra [mailto:rik.hoekstra@inghist.nl]
> Sent: 19 June 2000 12:54
> To: RC Compaan
> Cc: Zope
> Subject: Re: [Zope] PropertyIds
>
>
>
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> >
> > I have a very simple documentclass in very simple structure in
> method that
> > should return the properties of the document:
> >
> > <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('tid', REQUEST.cookies['careermanid'])">
> > <dtml-with RESULTS>  // RESULTS is a ZClass Object Manager
> >   <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('tmp', _.getitem(_['tid']))">  // tmp is a
> > document with an id equal to the cookie
> >   <dtml-return "tmp.propertyIds">
>
> this line should read:
>
>     <dtml-var "tmp.propertyIds()">
>
> Two things going wrong:
>
> 1. the dtml-return tag is for DTML Methods that should just return
> something. You want dtml-var.
> 2. you call propertyIds in an expression (the line is shorthand for
> <dtml-var expr="tmp.propertyIds()"> - in that case you have to call it
> as a function.
>
> > </dtml-with>
> >
> > During the application i add properties to the document and
> want to display
> > them with the above method.  The Property ids does not get shown though.
> > I've tried:
> >   <dtml-with tmp>
> >     <dtml-var propertyIds>
> >   </dtml-with>
>
> this should get you a list, like ['title', 'prop1, ...]
>
>
> > and also:
> >   <dtml-in "tmp.propertyIds">
> >     <dtml-return sequence-item>
> >   </dtml-with>
>
> this doesn't work for reasons outlined above.
>
>
> Rik
>