[Zope] Reading parameter from DTML

[Maik Jablonski]

hi,

have you read the whole zope-book? from first to last page? this was my
bible!!! after that: read the source, luke...;-)

-maik

HT wrote:
 > Hi Maik,
 >
 > thanks for your reply.
 > Yes, it is weird.
 >
 > Basically I'm fumbling around with DTML document.
 > The intro inside the Zope Book is just too simple and the API description
 > doesns't give me good understanding.
 >
 > As a newbie, I try to understand the concept of object (instead of 
HTML) in
 > Zope. But I've found many difficulties due to limited documentation.
 > Is there anything you can recommend me to get started?
 >
 > thanks,
 > Heri
 >
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Maik Jablonski" <maik.jablonski@uni-bielefeld.de>
 > To: "HT" <htan@gmx.de>; <zope@zope.org>
 > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 8:54 PM
 > Subject: Re: [Zope] Reading parameter from DTML
 >
 >
 >
 >>HT wrote:
 >>
 >>>Hi,
 >>>
 >>>I need help on why my dynamic page reading doesns't work.
 >>>As an example below, I have a DTML-Method called dtml_action.
 >>>this dtml_action will read the parameter from page (from the same
 >>>directory) that invoked it.
 >>>
 >>>dtml_action document:
 >>>--------------------------------------------------
 >>><dtml-var standard_html_header>
 >>>         <dtml-var page>
 >>><dtml-var standard_html_footer>
 >>>-------------------------------------------------
 >>>As an example, my index_html need to diplay history_html document by
 >>>using dtml_action.
 >>>
 >>>
 >>>index_html document:
 >>
 >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 >
 > --
 >
 >>><dtml-if page>
 >>>   <dtml-var dtml_action?page=history_html>
 >>></dtml-if>
 >>
 >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 >>
 >>>The code inside index_html definitely doesn't work because there isn't
 >>>such variable like 'dtml_action?page=history_html'
 >>>But I just don't know the syntax.
 >>>
 >>>Can anyone help?
 >>>
 >>
 >>hi,
 >>
 >>seems a little bit wired to me! maybe you should think of calling your
 >>documents directly with an url...
 >>
 >>but maybe you should try something like this to pass your parameter in
 >>your index_html:
 >>
 >><dtml-if page>
 >>     <dtml-var "dtml_action(None,_,page='history_html'">
 >></dtml-if>
 >>
 >>and you must modify your dtml_action to include the document_src into
 >>your dtml_action:
 >>
 >><dtml-var standard_html_header>
 >><dtml-var "_.getattr(this(),page).document_src()">
 >><dtml-var standard_html_footer>
 >>
 >>greetings maik
 >>
 >>--
 >>Maik Jablonski                 __o
 >>www.zfl.uni-bielefeld.de     _ \<_    Deutsche Zope User Group
 >>Bielefeld, Germany          (_)/(_)               www.dzug.org
 >>
 >
 >

-- 
Maik Jablonski                 __o
www.zfl.uni-bielefeld.de     _ \<_    Deutsche Zope User Group
Bielefeld, Germany          (_)/(_)               www.dzug.org