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

[Gary Speer]

Thank you Dieter - I have just about all of it working thanks to your
suggestions and the references on your website!
Still stuck on getting a dtml-if inside a dtml-with...only block to work
inside a dtml-in loop without cancelling the sort order of the dtml loop and
without acquiring.  Other than this, the syntax is working fine.
Thanks,
Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dieter Maurer" <dieter@handshake.de>
To: "Gary Speer" <gspeer@cortech.org>
Cc: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope] Newbie Question - DTML syntax for referencing files with
extensions


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