[Zope] From ColdFusion to Zope: help with <dtml-if>?

[Andy McKay]

Dtml has no access to the filesystem. Either put your records into Zope, or
write an external method in Python / Perl to do this.

Cheers.
--
  Andy McKay.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Campbell" <rcam@psouth.net>
To: <Zope@zope.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:51 PM
Subject: [Zope] From ColdFusion to Zope: help with <dtml-if>?


> Hi,
> One of our business line developers is used to working with ColdFusion and
> is struggling, as we all are-:), with Zope. We are literally surrounded
with
> piles of documents, e-books, and e-mail messages "explaining" the
different
> aspects of Zope. We are slowly "getting it" and liking it... However...
>
> The developer (and myself) have been trying to figure this out for two
days
> and push is now coming to shove and I'm hoping the list can help.
>
> I asked her write down in plain English what she is trying to accomplish
and
> I would post it and see if anyone has a solution or solid direction to
> pursue.
> The  system she developed  publishes hundreds of multipage reports using
MS
> Access and Acrobat (pdf). Access holds the links to every report, they are
> dated and published throughout a two week cycle. The reports themselves
> reside on numbered folders on a local drive (e:) In ColdFusion she would
do
> something like, IF Fileexists (001delingprt) then .....and so on through
the
> reports...
> Here is what she wrote
>
___________________________________________________________________________
>
> Ok, here it is in plain English...
>
> I need to determine if a certain file exists.  The filename is located in
a
> certain variable.  If it does exist do something, else do something else.
>
> For example:
> Say the file is called e:\test.pdf.  This path exists in a variable called
> vartest
>
> If vartest exists then show the current month's file else show last
month's
> file.
>
> Hope there's an answer.
>
> Sheree Beaudette, AVP
> Applications Support Analyst
> Banknorth Group, Commercial Services
> sbeaudette@banknorth.com
>
> Thanks,
> Bob Campbell
> Business Line Intranet Development
> Banknorth Group
> 207-761-8595
> bcampbell@banknorth.com
>
>
>
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