[Zope] Adding attributes to PageTemplateFile

[Josef Albert Meile]

--- In zope at yahoogroups.com, Chris Withers <chrisw at n...> wrote:
>Carsten Gehling wrote:
> > I have a product in which I have the following constructor
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> > software_type_list = [
> >     {'value': 'OS'},
> >     {'value': 'Applikation'},
> >     {'value': 'Service'}
> > ]
> >
> > manage_addSoftwareForm = PageTemplateFile("www/software_form_add",
> > globals())
>
>
> > Any ideas? TIA
>
>Simplest way I can think of is:
>
>   software_type_list = [
>       {'value': 'OS'},
>       {'value': 'Applikation'},
>       {'value': 'Service'}
>   ]
>
>   _addSoftwareForm = PageTemplateFile("www/software_form_add",
>   globals())
>
>   def manage_addSoftwareForm(self,*args,**kw):
>     kw['software_type_list']=software_type_list
>     return self._addSoftwareForm(*args,**kw)
There is one even much simpler. I've used it on my JMZPTMacros
product and it worked perfect:

manage_addSoftwareForm.software_type_list = [
  {'value': 'OS'},
  {'value': 'Applikation'},
  {'value': 'Service'}
]

You don't have to define the method manage_addSoftwareForm as
previously suggested. You just create the attribute on the fly.

Then you can call it as an attribute of your ZPT. I have tested
it with simple types, but I think with a dictionary should work
too.

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