On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 03:46:41PM -0700, Takahashi, Michael wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm trying to write a function that checks to see if the current object > is a 'Folder'. > > I am using this tutorial as a reference: > > http://plone.org/documentation/how-to/pre-populated-folder > > To create a new content object, the following command is used: > > parent.invokeFactory(id=id, type_name='Folder') > > Is there a function that can check what type this newly created object > is? Obviously its 'Folder' in this example, but I'd like to be able to > get the type_name of an object returned anywhere in my site to see if it > is a 'Folder'.
This is really a CMF question and belongs on the zope-cmf mailing list; invokeFactory() is a method of CMFCore.PortalFolder. But to answer your question: someobject.portal_type -PW -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
