Unfortunately, I'm helping out with a site that another developer at a remote site wrote. We are bouncing files back and forth. I have some stuff dependent on paths and wanted to make it portable so differences on the site's root wouldn't affect functionality. A mapping is about the same as hard coding it.
Thanks though. Matthew P. Smith Web Developer, Object Oriented Naval Education & Training Professional Development & Technology Center (NETPDTC) (850)452-1001 ext. 1245 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Owens, Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 1:35 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: easy path question Have you looked at mappings in the administrator? Here's what I do ... Setting a mapping in the administrator Then set this in the Application.cfm request.cfmapping="/mymapping/" Then in my code: <cfinclude template="#request.cfmapping#"> hth H. > -----Original Message----- > From: Smith, Matthew P -CONT(DYN) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 11:33 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: easy path question > > I'd like to have an expression in Application.cfm that tells me the path > to > the current site, basically the web path to the directory Appication.cfm > is > in. > > So if we are in c:\interpub\wwwroot\subSite\Application.cfm > > And I call > > http://myserver.com/subSite/subdirectory/subsubDirectory/page.cfm > <http://myserver.com/subSite/subdirectory/subsubDirectory/page.cfm> > > I would have a var available in Application.cfm that resolves to: > > /subSite/ > > Hmm, seemed simple but I'm not explaining it well... Basically the web > path > to Application.cfm, so I can set it to a var and append it like: > > #sitePath#subdirectory/subsubDirectory/page.cfm > > As the site may be moved to different directories. > > I know it's doable but mixing all the getBaseTemplateScriptNamePath > functions gets tricky for me. > > Thanks! > > Matthew P. Smith > Web Developer, Object Oriented > Naval Education & Training Professional > Development & Technology Center > (NETPDTC) > (850)452-1001 ext. 1245 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
