PageTemplateFile¶
Just as the DTMLFile class can be used to create object UI pages from
DTML on the filesystem, the PageTemplateFile class allows you to make
UI from filesystem Page Templates. For example:
from Products.PageTemplates.PageTemplateFile import PageTemplateFile
class FooClass(SimpleItem):
# stuff
manage_main = PageTemplateFile('www/manage', globals())
When this class is created, the file ‘manage.zpt’ will be read from the ‘www’ subdirectory of the package in which the class is defined. The ‘.zpt’ extension is always added to the name that you specify.
Unlike DTMLFiles, PageTemplateFiles operate under the Zope security restrictions.
If you use the same PageTemplateFile object under more than one name
in a class, you should pass the keyword argument __name__ to specify
the name to use for security declarations. For example:
class FooClass(SimpleItem):
...
security.declareProtected('View Management Screens', 'manage_main')
manage_main = PageTemplateFile('www/manage', globals(),
__name__='manage_main')
foo_view = manage_main
...