[ZPT] Re: How Do I Use ZPT Output In Python Code?

[Shane McChesney]

Hi all,

I got to talk with Michael Bernstein today, co-author of 
The Zope Bible, and together he and I (okay, mostly he, 
thanks, Michael) came up with this solution to my problem:

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def setQuestionUI(self, REQUEST =3D None):
    """
    Generate the appropriate XHTML representation for 
    this question and store it in a string property for 
    manual editing and later use in end-user-facing ZPTs.
    """

    self.thePTFile =3D PageTemplateFile('www/viewQuestion', 
globals(), __name__ =3D 'thePTFile')
    self.QuestionUI =3D self.thePTFile()

    if REQUEST is not None:
        return self.manage_main(self, REQUEST)
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Initial tests get me exactly the result I want, dynamically 
generated XHTML in an object property so I can edit it 
freely in the ZMI and then include it in the final ZPTs 
later.

Hopefully there are no other unseen hurdles here.

Sorry if my tabs and equals signs all end up getting 
escaped as in the previous email. Not sure what's up with 
that.

Thanks for your time,

Shane McChesney
http://www.skippingdot.net

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