[Zope] works in method but not document?

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Dan Jacobs wrote:

>Hi All,
>
> Here's the problem...
>
>We have a sidebar component called "submenu" that calls objectIds() to get
>the list of object ids in the containing folder. It's included in content
>pages.
>
> If submenu is called on its own, objectIds works fine.
>If it's called from within a DTML Method, objectIds works fine.
>If it's called from within a DTML Document, objectIds returns None.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Dan
>
>
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a dtml document creates its own namespace
but it cant contain any other objects - only properties
so objectIds returns none

a dtml method is a method of the containg object eg a folder
so objectIds is called on the folder and therefore returns the 
subobjects of the folder