Why not use the Catalog for this? e.g. in the CMF, there's 'Topic' which does basically that.
> From: "brian.r.brinegar.1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:04:36 -0500 (EST) > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Zope-dev] Product Icon > > > I am currently working on a product which has the sole purpose of > referencing other objects. One of the properties is the path to > another Zope object. Then methods are defined like getObject(), > getPath(). We use it as a way to manage news and events that show > on several sites that opperate on our Zope server. It allows one > group to add a news document in their folder and if another group > would like that news item to show on their site they can create a > reference to it. > > Anyway, what happens from time to time is an object is referencing > another object when it gets deleted/renamed/moved and that breaks the > reference. The product handles this gracefully, however I would like > to have the icon change from our standard icon to a broken icon. > > Any hints? > > --Brian Brinegar > ECN Web Technician > MSEE 104 A 494-3106 > http://www.geeksoft.net/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ) _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )