[Zope] Re: Newbie: Listing filesystem objects?

[Jonothan Farr]

> NewbieQ of the moment:
>
> So there's a folder on my server, call it \\server\files\logos.  I want
> to list its contents in a drop-down listbox in a form; something like
>
> <select name="logo_filename">
>    <option selected value="default.jpg">default.jpg
>    <option value="file1.jpg">file1.jpg
>    ...
> </select>
>
> Needless to say, I've installed the local filesystem product and
> created a localfs object called "logos" that maps to the correct
> folder.  And now I'm mired in the docs.  I'm thinking that I can just
> use dtml-in to iterate through the file ids of the objects in that
> folder, but I'm damned if I can see *how* to do that.  Any tips?



You can also refer to the DTML with LocalFS how-to at
http://www.zope.org/Members/jfarr/HowTo/DTML_with_LocalFS

I just added a section covering this topic. I will be adding more LocalFS/DTML
examples over the coming weeks.

--jfarr

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