Actually Mark you can use them on the left side of an assignment if you are
dynamically creating your var names (but that doesn't happen often here) ;-)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark A. Kruger - CFG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 9:12 AM
Subject: RE: Studio MX
> Robert,
>
> Pound signs are used to "output" variables where you want them "display"
or
> (in some cases) to concatenate and create a new variable. They are never
> used on the left side of an assigment statement.
>
>
> ....wrong...
> <cfset #x# = 'blah'>
> ...right....
> <cfset x = 'blah'>
>
> .... wrong....
> <cfif #form.x# IS 'blah'>
> ..... right.....
> <cfif Form.x IS 'blah'>
>
>
> Some folks "might" use them for dynamic evaluation - to determine a
> variable name at run time. For example:
>
>
> <cfif Structkeyexists("#x#")>
>
>
> This is also unnessasary in this case because X can stand alone as in...
>
> <cfif Structkeyexist(x)>
>
> One case where it is "sometimes" acceptable is when you are building an
> entirely new string on the fly for dynamic evaluation. For example:
>
>
> <cfif IsDefined("Form.checkbox_#x#")>
>
> This sometimes comes into play when you have a series of form elelements
> generated from a query and you want access them at runtime without knowing
> in advance how many of them there are - or which items are in the query
etc.
>
> For the most part, pound signs are unnecessary in about 95% of the cases
> INSIDE a CF tag (<cfif> <Cfset> etc.). Typically they are used just to se
nd
> variable values to the output buffer ... .as in <cfoutput>#x#</cfoutput>
>
> -mk
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Polickoski [mailto:rpolickoski@;isrd.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 9:42 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Studio MX
>
>
> I am fairly new to CFML (3 months). You mentioned the "rookie use
> of pound signs." How else do you identify variables?
>
> Robert J. Polickoski
> Senior Programmer, ISRD Inc.
> (540) 842-6339
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> AIM - RobertJFP
>
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Mark A. Kruger - CFG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 09:35:02 -0600
>
> >Rick,
> >
> >Yeah - the file explorer drives me crazy - all the files and
> folders
> >together... If you have a complex directory structure it means
> constantly
> >scrolling over to the right to find the right file.
> >
> >Something else - DWMX has a bunch of wizards to write CF code.
> One I saw
> >one demonstrated that was the "data-entry" wizard. It built a
> form for
> >entering records into a database. You provide the DB and select
> the form
> >elements etc. It was based on a recordset that you create. You
> go through
> >the wizard and it creates code for you - including validation
> code. But the
> >CF code very poor. It actuallly did this on the validation:
> >
> ><cfif #Form.Formname# NEQ "">
> > .... validate blah....
> ></cfif>
> >
> >Notice the rookie use of the pound signs. It made me wonder if
> CF server
> >folks were involved in the creation of the CF wizards at all.
> >
> >-mk
> >
> >P.S. - Studio 5 rocks.
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Rick Root [mailto:rroot@;wakeinternet.com]
> >Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 9:00 AM
> >To: CF-Talk
> >Subject: Re: Studio MX
> >
> >
> >David Adams wrote:
> >> Everyone I know is still using studio and if in a pinch
> Homesite MX. In
> >> our lives we need more simplicity not complexity.
> >
> >I guess I missed the rest of this thread but I thought I'd chime
> in with
> >my opinion.
> >
> >I don't like Dreamweaver MX. We have a Site License for it here
> at
> >Duke, but I simply don't like it. I don't like the new explorer
> layout
> >that they use.. I much prefer the directories on top and the
> files down
> >below.
> >
> >I'm still using Studio 4.5 and will probably continue to use it
> after we
> >upgrade to CFMX in the next few weeks.
> >
> > - Rick
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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