[Zope] Re: PARENTS solved - nesting question

Chris Cooke-Johnson chriscj@gocarib.com
Wed, 29 Sep 1999 19:25:16 -0400


Great Phil - that worked perfectly :-)

Any thought on my nesting question?

> > Also, is it possible to nest calls? I.E. How can I make:
> >
> > <!--#var <!--#var id--><!--#var_another_method--> --> or similar
> >
> > In other words how can I make a compound call based on path (or other)
> > variables?

Thanx again and in advance,

Chris

Phil Harris wrote:
> 
> How about (untested)
> 
> <dtml-var "PARENTS[1].id">
> 
> Phil
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Cooke-Johnson [mailto:chriscj@gocarib.com]
> Sent: 30 September 1999 00:03
> To: Phil Harris
> Cc: zope@zope.org
> Subject: Newbie PARENTS question - <Folder instance at 8577a18>
> 
> Thanx Phil,
> 
> but that substitution is giving me "<Folder instance at 8577a18>" not
> the id of the parent folder...
> 
> any ideas?
> 
> Phil Harris wrote:
> >
> > Hi Chris
> >
> > Have you tried
> >
> > <dtml-var "PARENTS[1]">
> >
> > Might work ;¬)
> >
> > Phil
> > phil@philh.org
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Chris
> > Cooke-Johnson
> > Sent: 29 September 1999 22:27
> > To: zope@zope.org
> > Subject: [Zope] Newbie PARENTS question
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I'm trying to reference the folder above from a DTML method. Basically
> > what I'm looking for is an equivalent to the the <!--#var id--> which
> > will give the id of the parent folder. In the DTML reference I found an
> > explanation of the PARENTS attribute with seems to be what I want but
> > I'm getting errors with both:
> >
> > <!--#var PARENTS[1]-->
> > and
> > <!--#expr PARENTS[1]-->
> >
> > How do I do this?
> >
> > Also, is it possible to nest calls? I.E. How can I make:
> >
> > <!--#var <!--#var id--><!--#var_another_method--> --> or similar
> >
> > In other words how can I make a compound call based on path (or other)
> > variables?
> >
> > Thanx in advance.
> >
> > Chris
> >
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