[Zope] Global Variables

[Small Business Services]

Use property fields on a folder (all routines can access these variables -
given the correct security settings).

Some useful code bits:


1) create a new property on a folder:

<dtml-call "temp_folder.manage_addProperty('newtestpropvar', 'initial
contents', 'string')">

you can then access the property field just like a normal REQUEST variable:
eg. <dtml-var newtestpropvar>

note: this code chunk uses the 'temp_folder' folder which is a folder stored
in RAM and any content stored in this folder will disappear if zope is
stopped/restarted.  If you do not want to lose your content, use a regular
folder.



2) check to see if property exists on a given folder:

<dtml-call "REQUEST.set('ownerid', 'testpropvar')">
  <dtml-if "temp_folder.getProperty(ownerid, 'none') != 'none'">
    <dtml-var ownerid> exists<br>
  <dtml-else>
    <dtml-var ownerid> does not exist<br>
  </dtml-if>



Jonathan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Asad Habib" <ahabib at engin.umich.edu>
To: <zope at zope.org>
Sent: January 20, 2004 11:13 AM
Subject: [Zope] Global Variables


> Is there a way to declare a global variable in Zope? And is there a way to
> declare a variable that is available for an entire session? Any help would
> be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> - Asad
>
>
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