But please note Dave Watt's earlier email. I believe you can set the / mapping in CF to something that is not the web root. Therefore, this may not be the best solution.
======================================================================= 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: Dick Applebaum [mailto:dicklacara@;mac.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 5:15 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Referencing component packages > > > Sure does! > > On Tuesday, November 12, 2002, at 01:40 PM, Raymond Camden wrote: > > > I believe expandPath("/") will return it for you. > > > > > ============================================================== > ========= > > 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: 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??? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. 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