[Zope] best way to define variables for form parameterization?

[Tino Wildenhain]

Hi Mitchell,

--On Freitag, 17. August 2001 13:36 -0400 Mitchell L Model <mlm@acm.org> wrote:

> What's the best way to define variables to be used in a parameterized
> DTML document?
...
> One thought I had was to subclass ObjectManager (either in Python or
> as a ZClass) and add a mechanism that looks in a dictionary stored in
> a "variables" instance variable, then if the desired variable wasn't
> there, look at the parent, etc.
>
> Before I launch off into this escapade, please tell me if (a) there's
> a straightforward way to define variables like this; (b) the whole
> idea is confused; or (c) there's an available Product for this.

Even better. There are Propertiesheets already on every zope object :)
Their purpose is exactly what you want here :)

Regards
Tino