[Zope] Tree tag and namespaces
Dieter Maurer
dieter@handshake.de
Fri, 2 Mar 2001 21:34:41 +0100 (CET)
Lars Heber writes:
> ...
> He wanted to write an own dtml method for the tree tag which returns a
> user specified list of objects. He had the problem that calling that
> method with the tree tag always raised an attribute error about REQUEST.
> ...
> In the mean time, does anybody have a workaround for that, please?
There is the "branches_expr" attribute to "dtml-tree".
You can use it like this:
<dtml-tree ... branches_expr="yourDTMLmethod(_vars.None,_vars)">
....
</dtml-tree>
> Or do I necessarily have to use Python?
Now, with PythonScripts, it is worth to learn Python (it was before,
but now it is even more rewarding). You should not need more
than a few days.
> I want to know if there is a possibility to let a DTML method return
> such a list or is it absolutely necessary to learn Python?
<dtml-return "any of your favorite lists">
Dieter