A better way to achieve what you want is to password protect certain folders on your site so that the files cannot be access until a user has logged in. Using CF to do this only works to secure cfm files, so if you want to secure PDF's and the likes then simply use .htaccess files instead. This is native to Apache and can be done on IIS using Helicon APE. Once the user is authenticated via the .htaccess you can capture the username to CF for further granular control.
Using only CF and not .htaccess the usual method to secure files is to store them outside the webroot and use CFCONTENT to deliver them to authenticated users. This however does have issues as it can easily result it hung native java requests if the file fails to download for any reason or the user closes his browser, which means CF needs restarting in order to free up that hung request. Once you reach your max number of concurrent requests then CF will stop processing. HTH Russ On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Andrew Scott <andr...@andyscott.id.au>wrote: > > Do you mind me asking what need would require this? I am struggling to even > think of one. > > > Regards, > Andrew Scott > http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Claude Schnéegans <schneeg...@internetique.com> [mailto:=?ISO- > > 8859-1?Q?Claude_Schn=E9egans <schneegans@interneti=71?= =?ISO-8859- > > 1?Q?ue.com=3E?=] > > Sent: Thursday, 23 June 2011 12:33 AM > > To: cf-talk > > Subject: application.cfm > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I've noticed that application.cfm is indeed run before the template > called > in > > the url, but the template itself is compiled BEFORE application.cfm is > called. > > I need to have the ability in application.cfm to run some code and NOT > > compile the template. > > > > Is it possible ? > > CF 9 > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345528 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
