[Zope] Why doesnt' this work?

Fri Dec 8 13:47:13 EST 2006

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- --On 8. Dezember 2006 19:43:52 +0100 Andreas Jung <lists at zopyx.com> wrote:

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> - --On 8. Dezember 2006 10:38:25 -0800 Javier Subervi
> <javier_subervi at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> <html>
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>> But when I try to make it work in an External Method like this:
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>>   stuff = '<html>\n'
>>   stuff = stuff + '<body>\n'
>>   stuff = stuff + '<table width="100%" align="center" class="text"
>> border="3" cellspacing="5" bgcolor="#E694FE" bordercolor="#D24BFA"
>> bordercolorlight="#DD77FB" bordercolordark="#C512FA"><tr><td>\n'   stuff
>> = stuff + '<span
>> metal:use-macro="here/en-us/Quotes/10/macros/quote"></span><br />\n'
>> stuff = stuff + '<div align="center"><span class="text">\n'
>>   stuff = stuff + ' <a href="All_Quotes.pt" target="_top"><b>Show me all
>> the quotes!</b></a>\n'   stuff = stuff + '</span></div>\n'
>>   stuff = stuff + '</td></tr></table>\n'
>>   stuff = stuff + '</body>\n'
>>   stuff = stuff + '<html>\n'
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> An external method is not a ZPT. The external method returns just HTML.
> Why  and how should Zope treat interpret *something* inside the HTML
> generated  by the external method as macro? If you want a macro, the
> called object has  to be a ZPT - nothing else.
>
> - -aj

If you want something different: you must instantiate a Pagetemplate inside
your external method, add the content through the related API and let the 
pagetemplate render the content. But there is usually no need for such an 
approach. Somehow you're trying to do something the wrong way round.

- -aj
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