[Zope] method marshalling

[Steve Spicklemire]

Hi Tommy, 


You are using this every day! Check out the HTML produced by Zope's own
management interface (i.e., view source on a zope folder listing). 

It starts like this:

<form action="http://your.server.com/your/path/" name="objectItems" method="post">
.
.
.

It ends like this:

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0">
<tr>
  <td align="left" valign="top" width="16"></td>
  <td align="left" valign="top">
  <div class="form-element">
    <input class="form-element" type="submit" name="manage_renameForm:method" 
   value="Rename" />
  <input class="form-element" type="submit" name="manage_cutObjects:method" 
   value="Cut" /> 
  <input class="form-element" type="submit" name="manage_copyObjects:method" 
   value="Copy" />
        <input class="form-element" type="submit"
name="manage_delObjects:method" 
   value="Delete" />
      <input class="form-element" type="submit" 
   name="manage_importExportForm:method" 
   value="Import/Export" />

Which shows that you just use <input type="submit" name="yourmethod:method" ... >

There's lots of useful stuff right in the ZMI itself!
-steve

Tommy Johnson wrote:
> 
> I seem to remember someone telling me that I could marshal methods from form
> submit buttons. Currently, I use JavaScript to change the form's action
> property. So based on what button you press, you will go to the
> corresponding method.
> 
> Example: I have a form that has three submit buttons that need to do
> different things: update, remove, or continue. I want each button to go to a
> different action method. With javascript, it's easy, based on what button I
> press, I just change the form's action property, and then immediately submit
> the form.
> 
> But how do I do that with Zope's marshalling technique? I heard
> something:methodName, but what property of the submit button do I append the
> :methodname to?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Tommy
> 
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