--- versionedFile/extVersionedFile.py	2008/06/26 18:01:05	1.21
+++ versionedFile/extVersionedFile.py	2008/06/27 18:20:40	1.24
@@ -613,6 +613,13 @@ class extVersionedFileObject(ExtFile):
         self.time = time
         self.author = author
 
+    security.declareProtected('manage','changeObject')
+    def changeObject(self,**args):
+        """modify any of the objects attributes"""
+        for arg in args:
+            if hasattr(self, arg):
+                logging.debug("changeObject %s: %s=%s"%(repr(self),arg,args[arg]))
+                setattr(self, arg, args[arg])
 
     security.declarePublic('getTitle')
     def getTitle(self):