[Zope] aquiring objects upward in DTML

[Andy McKay]

Just use the object's name in a variable. If do <dtml-var
standard_html_footer> DTML will find the "closest" standard_html_footer in
the stack, going up to the root folder if need be.
--
  Andy McKay
  Agmweb Consulting
  http://www.agmweb.ca


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Jacobs" <dan@caliginous.com>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 12:36 PM
Subject: [Zope] aquiring objects upward in DTML


> Hi,
>
> Is there an easy way within a DTML method to acquire a named object that
> may be anywhere upward.
>
> At the moment I'm looking at the parent by doing
> aq_parent['name']
> but that only looks one level up.
> I tried
> aq_acquire('name')
> and
> aq_parent.aq_acquire('name')
> but they don't work.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
>
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