[Zope] Problem with passing <input type=hidden value='<dtml-v ar nbMenu>' name=nbMenu> from an external Method

[servel yannick]

-----Original Message-----
From: Casey Duncan [mailto:cduncan@kaivo.com]
Sent: 22 March 2001 23:45
To: servel yannick
Cc: zope@zope.org
Subject: Re: [Zope] Problem with passing <input type=hidden
value='<dtml-var nbMenu>' name=nbMenu> from an external Method


servel yannick wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Source code of SaveMenu.html
> 
> <dtml-var "SaveMenu(REQUEST=REQUEST)">
> 
> Source code of the external method SaveMenu
> 
> def SaveMenu(self, REQUEST=None):
>         s=""
>         i = 1
>         s = s +"<input type=hidden value='<dtml-var nbMenu>' name=nbMenu>"
>         return s
> 
> And here is the code returned when SaveMenu is executed:
> 
> <input type=hidden value='<dtml-var nbMenu>' name=nbMenu>
> 
> instead of value='<dtml-var nbMenu>' I should have value=(an integer)
> 
> Is there an alternative solution to fix that problem?
> 
> Many Thanks,
> 
> Yannick
> 

try:

        s = s +'<input type=hidden value="%s" name=nbMenu>' %
REQUEST.nbMenu

Assuming nbMenu is in REQUEST.

-- 
| Casey Duncan
| Kaivo, Inc.
| cduncan@kaivo.com
`------------------>

It works perfectly, 

Thanks a lot

Yannick