I believe expandPath("/") will return it for you.
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Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Hire
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"My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tyler Silcox [mailto:mail4tyler@;gslsolutions.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 2:57 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Referencing component packages
>
>
> > RE from Raymond: Web root (I assume you meant web root, not
> really the
> cfusionmx root)
>
> This is the last time I'll ask, I swear, but is there a way
> to figure out
> what the web root is from CFML? I know ColdFusion must know
> what it is to
> map directories, so couldn't the CF engine just play fair and set some
> variable for us to reference, or at least give us a relative
> path so that we
> can figure it out ourselves...or is this some deeply rooted
> evil idea that
> should be buried and never surface again?
>
> P.S.: I ask because I do not like hard-coding references to other
> directories when I can help it, it keeps my sites nimble, and
> gives me a lot
> more control on shared servers, etc...
>
> Tyler Silcox
> email | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 2:23 PM
> Subject: RE: Referencing component packages
>
>
> Not CF's root dir, but one of these:
>
> Current folder
> Web root (I assume you meant web root, not really the cfusionmx root)
> A defined mapping
>
>
> ==============================================================
> =========
> Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Hire
>
> Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> WWW : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus
> Yahoo IM : morpheus
>
> "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:marlon@;mcmoyer.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 2:21 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: Re: Referencing component packages
> >
> >
> > Make sure that you're referencing from CF's root directory. Another
> > option if you have DWMX is to drag the component into your
> > code from the
> > Application-->Components toolbar
> >
> > Raymond Camden wrote:
> >
> > >Do not use / format. This is the second time I've seen this
> > used - any
> > >reason why? It's not in the docs. You should use foo.goo
> format where
> > >every item till the end is a folder name and the last item
> > is the CFC
> > >itself.
> > >
> > >=============================================================
> > ==========
> > >Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Hire
> > >
> > >Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >WWW : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus
> > >Yahoo IM : morpheus
> > >
> > >"My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: Brook Davies [mailto:brook@;maracasmedia.com]
> > >>Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 1:55 PM
> > >>To: CF-Talk
> > >>Subject: RE: Referencing component packages
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Have you tried just /components/Query.... ?
> > >>
> > >>At 01:45 PM 12/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>Yeah, that's what I would have thought. And that's
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>precisely that all
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>the books and MX documentation say. But it isn't
> working for me...
> > >>>
> > >>>Thanks for the response though!
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>-----Original Message-----
> > >>>From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:marlon@;mcmoyer.com]
> > >>>Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:19 PM
> > >>>To: CF-Talk
> > >>>Subject: Re: Referencing component packages
> > >>>
> > >>>I believe it should be
> > >>>
> > >>><cfinvoke Component="mySite.components.query">
> > >>>
> > >>>Blum, Jason (SAA) wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Forta, New Riders and others all say that you can call
> > put all your
> > >>>>components in one folder and then reference them just as
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>you would an
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>include, style sheet, whatever.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>But I am absolutely stumped on how to do this. Have
> > followed their
> > >>>>instructions very carefully and played with variations but
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>cannot seem
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>to do it.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>If
> > >>>>/MySite/index.cfm
> > >>>>
> > >>>>wants to instate
> > >>>>/MySite/components/Query.cfc
> > >>>>
> > >>>>then <CFINVOKE COMPONENT="components/Query"...
> > >>>>works great.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>But going back up the directory structure, say from:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>/MySite/admin/index.cfm
> > >>>><CFINVOKE COMPONENT="../components/Query"...
> > >>>>
> > >>>>seems to be impossible without setting up a mapping in
> CFAdmin...
> > >>>>
> > >>>>I've tried dot notation, forward slashes, backward
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>slashes, from the
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>>wwwroot, from the root drive, ExpandPath, etc., etc....
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Anybody know what I am doing wrong???
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >
> >
>
>
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