[Zope] Newbie Question - DTML syntax for referencing files with extensions

[Dieter Maurer]

Gary Speer writes:
 > I've been through the books and searched howtos, but can't find the trick.
 > 
 > In short, I'm looking for the sytax to use to reference a file name that has
 > an extension so that the extension is treated as a continuation of the
 > filename and not treated as an attribute of a resulting non-existant object
 > due to truncating the extension.

Depending on how you want to use it:

	  <dtml-var  image.gif>
	  <dtml-var "_.getitem('image.gif')">
	  <dtml-var "_['image.gif']">
	  <dtml-var "_.getattr(someObject,'image.gif')">
	  <dtml-var "someFolder['image.gif']">

 > I am also trying to manage acquisition selectively
Search the mailing list archives for "aq_explicit" or "aq_base".

BTW, your code is very difficult to read. You might consider
indentation to improve readability.

You should read about the effect of "dtml-with" (e.g. in

  <http://www.dieter.handshake.de/pyprojects/zope/book/chap3.html>

). Apparently, your current conception is not right.


Dieter