[Zope] HowTo Search for a property

[Daniel G. Rusch]

Hey all, 

If you ever wished you could find an object that has a specific property
in your site, the following code does the trick. It consists of two
methods. Put them in the root folder and "view" FindAProperty. Simply
type in the name of the property and 


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DTML Method FindAProperty:
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<dtml-var standard_html_header>

<h1><dtml-var document_title></h1>


<dtml-if property>
<FORM  METHOD="POST">
<table>
<tr><input type="BUTTON" name="Back" value="Back"
onClick="history.back()"></tr>
</table>
</form>
Property: <dtml-var property><br>
<dtml-in "propertyItems()">
	<dtml-if "_['sequence-key'] == property">
		Root: <dtml-var sequence-item><br>
	</dtml-if>
</dtml-in>
<dtml-let path="''">
<dtml-var Recurse>
</dtml-let>
<dtml-else>

<h3>Type the property name you wish to locate</h3>

<P><form action="FindAProperty" method="post" name="GetInfo">

<table>
<tr><th colspan=4 align="left"><b>Item: </b></th></tr>
	<tr><td align="right"><b>Property:</B></TD><td align="left"><input
type="text" maxlength=50 size=20 name="property" value=''></td></tr>
        <tr><td align="right"><input type="submit" name="FindProp"
value='Submit ID'></td>
    <td align="left"><input type="BUTTON" name="Back" value="Back"
onClick="history.back()"></TD>
</table>
</form>
</dtml-if property>

<dtml-var standard_html_footer>


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DTML Method Recurse:
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<dtml-in "objectItems(['Folder'])">
<dtml-let path="path + '/' + _.str(id)">
  <dtml-with sequence-item>
	<dtml-in "propertyItems()">
              <dtml-if "_['sequence-key'] == property">
		<dtml-var path>: <dtml-var sequence-item><br>
	</dtml-if>
        </dtml-in>
    <dtml-var Recurse>
  </dtml-with>
</dtml-let>
</dtml-in>