[Zope] Re: Getting at third-party modules in dtml?

[Axel Straschil]

Hi!

> Say I have a function that I want to make callable in
> my UI. It needs to be globally available, i.e. it needs to
> be callable *without* having an instance of my product yet.
> (This has to do with listing information about all acquirable
> instances of the product, so the user can choose from those
> available.)

In a Product's __init__.py:

def theSecret(self):
	return "A hobbit!"
	
methods = {
	'whatIsFrodo':	theSecret
}


Save that i.E. in MyInstance/Products/MyFancy/__init__.py, restart Zope
And than <dtml-var whatIsFrodo>. 

Lg,
AXEL.
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