Yes, but if your CFC is supposed to output HTML why would you want to call it from Flash? There are many different valid uses of CFCs and calling their functionality from Flash is only one of them and certainly isn't a requirement.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 12:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFC output > > I disagree. It's certainly not the 'end of the world', but using direct > output from a method automatically means you won't be able to use the > result remotely via Flash (or as a WS). > > Again - this isn't horrible - but it's something you should bear in > mind. (And don't forget the lovely bug with CFCs stored in app/session > scopes - which will be fixed of course.) > > ======================================================================= > Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc > > 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: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 11:16 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: CFC output > > > > > > It is certainly not a rule or a best practice to avoid > > directly outputting from a CFC method. There are plenty of > > good reasons for doing so and making blanket statements like > > yours only lead to confusion. For example... > > > > WriteOutput(someCFC.someMethod()); > > > > Where someMethod() returns a string of HTML as you specified > > is significantly more expensive than the following. > > > > someCFC.someMethod(); > > > > Where someMethod() directly outputs the HTML. > > > > Matt Liotta > > President & CEO > > Montara Software, Inc. > > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > > 888-408-0900 x901 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 12:05 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: RE: CFC output > > > > > > You should not directly output from the method, but should instead > > > return a string with your output. If you are generating a complex > > > result, which it sounds like you are, you would probably > > want to use > > > cfsavecontent... > > > > > > <cfsavecontent variable="result"> > > > <b>#title#</b><br> > > > #foo# > > > </cfsavecontent> > > > > > > <cfreturn result> > > > > > > > > ============================================================== > > ========= > > > Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc > > > > > > 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: Cutter (CF_Talk) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:46 AM > > > > To: CF-Talk > > > > Subject: CFC output > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have an example of a CFComponent with a function that > > > > returns HTML formatted output. Trying to write a function that > > > > performs a query based on specific arguments then outputs > > a select > > > > box based upon > > > > the query results as well as some of the other arguments. I'd like > > to > > > > make it a web service but not sure if possible. > > (Documentation for > > > > this stuff seems kinda limited on MM, though I might just be > > > > looking in the > > > > wrong places.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
