[Zope] From ColdFusion to Zope: help with <dtml-if>?

[Tino Wildenhain]

Hi Bob,

may be LocalFS
http://www.zope.org/Members/jfarr/Products/LocalFS/

Is what you want here.
HTH
Tino Wildenhain

--On Mittwoch, 18. Juli 2001 18:51 -0400 Bob Campbell <rcam@psouth.net> 
wrote:

> Hi,
> One of our business line developers is used to working with ColdFusion and
> is struggling, as we all are-:), with Zope. We are literally surrounded
> with piles of documents, e-books, and e-mail messages "explaining" the
> different aspects of Zope. We are slowly "getting it" and liking it...
> However...
>
> The developer (and myself) have been trying to figure this out for two
> days and push is now coming to shove and I'm hoping the list can help.
>
> I asked her write down in plain English what she is trying to accomplish
> and I would post it and see if anyone has a solution or solid direction to
> pursue.
> The  system she developed  publishes hundreds of multipage reports using
> MS Access and Acrobat (pdf). Access holds the links to every report, they
> are dated and published throughout a two week cycle. The reports
> themselves reside on numbered folders on a local drive (e:) In ColdFusion
> she would do something like, IF Fileexists (001delingprt) then .....and
> so on through the reports...
> Here is what she wrote
> _________________________________________________________________________
> __
>
> Ok, here it is in plain English...
>
> I need to determine if a certain file exists.  The filename is located in
> a certain variable.  If it does exist do something, else do something
> else.
>
> For example:
> Say the file is called e:\test.pdf.  This path exists in a variable called
> vartest
>
> If vartest exists then show the current month's file else show last
> month's file.
>
> Hope there's an answer.
>
> Sheree Beaudette, AVP
> Applications Support Analyst
> Banknorth Group, Commercial Services
> sbeaudette@banknorth.com
>
> Thanks,
> Bob Campbell
> Business Line Intranet Development
> Banknorth Group
> 207-761-8595
> bcampbell@banknorth.com
>
>
>
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