[Zope] aquiring objects upward in DTML

[Andy McKay]

That didnt help, maybe explain what you are trying to do, rather than how
you are doing it...
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  Andy McKay
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Jacobs" <dan@caliginous.com>
To: "Andy McKay" <andy@agmweb.ca>
Cc: <zope@zope.org>; <yoz@yoz.com>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 2:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Zope] aquiring objects upward in DTML


> Andy,
>
> I'm not explaining the problem properly...
>
> we're iterating through a sequence of object names
>
> so
>
> aq_parent[ _.getitem('sequence-item')]
> but that only looks one level up.
> I tried
> aq_acquire( _.getitem('sequence-item'))
> and
> aq_parent.aq_acquire( _.getitem('sequence-item'))
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Andy McKay wrote:
>
> > Just use the object's name in a variable. If do <dtml-var
> > standard_html_footer> DTML will find the "closest" standard_html_footer
in
> > the stack, going up to the root folder if need be.
> > --
> >   Andy McKay
> >   Agmweb Consulting
> >   http://www.agmweb.ca
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan Jacobs" <dan@caliginous.com>
> > To: <zope@zope.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 12:36 PM
> > Subject: [Zope] aquiring objects upward in DTML
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is there an easy way within a DTML method to acquire a named object
that
> > > may be anywhere upward.
> > >
> > > At the moment I'm looking at the parent by doing
> > > aq_parent['name']
> > > but that only looks one level up.
> > > I tried
> > > aq_acquire('name')
> > > and
> > > aq_parent.aq_acquire('name')
> > > but they don't work.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > >
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