You could of course steer away from using <cf_myCT> and instead just use the <cfmodule file="myCF"> tag... Not as eloquent, but if that's the only real rule breakdown, then you can disregard that feature...
-----Original Message----- From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:57 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: XML-type Syntax with CF Tags On Monday, Jan 13, 2003, at 19:31 US/Pacific, Dave Carabetta wrote: > On the one hand, since CFML looks so much like HTML's tag-based > syntax, I'm > guessing people do it for consistency to comply with XHTML standards. Yes, I do it so that my source files look consistent with XHTML. > Further, in certain instances (i.e., custom tags), does > the trailing slash cause the tag to be executed twice? For example, > would > the following syntax cause myCT to be run twice? Yes, invoking a custom tag with a closing tag like this: > <cf_myCT /> is equivalent to invoking it with an empty body: <cf_myCT></cf_myCT> My custom tags - few in number - are coded to be called like that and behave correctly. Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4