[Zope] random object with properties

Andy McKay andym@ActiveState.com
Tue, 21 Nov 2000 12:34:30 -0800


Duh what am I saying sequence-item... yep you need a let as per Morten. Too
many dtml-in's...
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  Andy McKay, Developer.
  ActiveState.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy McKay" <andym@ActiveState.com>
To: <zope@zope.org>; "Kevin Worth" <kworth@engin.umich.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope] random object with properties


> You have to actually get the image to display its caption (untested)
>
> <dtml-with expr="_.whrandom.choice(objectValues('Photo'))">
> <dtml-var sequence-item>
> <dtml-if caption><dtml-var caption></dtml-if>
> </dtml-var>
>
> --
>   Andy McKay, Developer.
>   ActiveState.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Worth" <kworth@engin.umich.edu>
> To: <zope@zope.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 11:57 AM
> Subject: [Zope] random object with properties
>
>
> > I'm trying to find/write a method that will choose a random image
> > from a folder (easy, using the random how-to)  But I also want to
> > display the caption for the image, which is a property of that image.
> >
> > This method:
> >
> > <dtml-var expr="_.whrandom.choice(objectValues('Photo'))">
> > <dtml-if caption><dtml-var caption></dtml-if>
> >
> > presents me with a random photo, but no caption.  At one point, I had
> > it pulling out a random photo and a random caption, but I need the
> > associated caption.
> >
> > What am I missing here?
> >
> > Kevin
> > --
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > Kevin Worth <kworth@engin.umich.edu>
> > Computer Systems Specialist II and Adjunct Lecturer
> > Department of Materials Science and Engineering
> > University of Michigan
> >
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