[Zope] dtml-with semantics

Tony McDonald tony.mcdonald@ncl.ac.uk
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 11:12:40 +0100


At 4:21 pm -0500 23/10/99, John Goerzen wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a situation like this.  I am in a subdirectory ("subfolder" I
>guess) a  few levels deep.  I want to call a DTML method in /Boxes
>(that is, from the top).  So, I first think, hmm, <dtml-var
>/Boxes/MyMethod>.  No dice.  Then I try:
>
><dtml-with Boxes>
>  <dtml-var MyMethod>
></dtml-with>
>
>However, this dtml-with overrides some things from my document -- most
>importantly, id in this case.
>
>How can I solve this problem?

There's a good discussion at
http://www.zope.org/Members/michel/HowTos/NameSpaceHow-To


maybe you can use
<dtml-with Boxes only>
</dtml-with>

? - untested...
hth
tone
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