The CFC descriptor uses hint, for example, to add to the documentation displayed. If you were building your own descriptor, you design a set of args that you would use that your descriptor would pick up on.
======================================================================= Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc Member of Team Macromedia Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 1:32 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: > cffunction_arguments_"[undefined_struct_element]"_--_what_the_hell?_ > > > mmm... okay... that's interresting... > > So beyond the syntax in the cffunction tag, how and why would > you reference that information? > > I guess I'm not sure what use the extra meta data is. > > I also noticed that the hint attribute of the cffunction tag > isn't mentioned in the list of attributes or in the example > in the livedocs, but it does appear in the "usage" section. > Is this an example of extra metadata? Iirc the hint appears > in a cfdump of the function right? > > > When it comes to cfcomponent, function, and argument, mx > allows random > > crap that gets appended to the metadata. So, you can do > > stuff like: > > > <cffunction > > name="foo" > > returnType="array" > > weather="sunny" > > use="theforce"> > > > ========================================================== > > ============= > > Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc Member of > > Team Macromedia > > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog > > Yahoo IM : morpheus > > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:51 AM > >> To: CF-Talk > >> Subject: RE: > >> cffunction_arguments_"[undefined_struct_element]"_--_what > >> _the_hell?_ > >> > >> > >> > <cfargument name="no" type="string" defualt="New"> > >> > <cfargument name="yes" type="string" default="Edit"> > >> > >> Is that not still a bug? Should the CF parser not throw > >> an > >> error on the invalid property? > >> > >> > You mispelled default in your second argument - > >> > therefore > >> > a default > >> > value was not created. > >> > >> > ======================================================= > >> > === > >> > ============= > >> > Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, > >> > Inc Member of > >> > Team Macromedia > >> > >> > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog > >> > Yahoo IM : morpheus > >> > >> > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - > >> > Yoda > >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 7:43 PM > >> >> To: CF-Talk > >> >> Subject: cffunction_arguments_"[undefined_struct_eleme > >> >> nt]"_--_what > >> >> _the_hell?_ > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> I'm working with a function that's designed to return > alternative > >> >> values for "yes" or "no" from > >> >> yesnoformat() > >> >> > >> >> I have this code: > >> >> > >> >> <cffunction name="alttext" returntype="string"> > >> >> <cfargument name="itemid" type="string" > >> >> required="true"> > >> >> <cfargument name="no" type="string" defualt="New"> > >> >> <cfargument name="yes" type="string" default="Edit"> > >> >> > >> >> <cfset var istrue = false> > >> >> <cfset arguments["No"] = arguments[2]> > >> >> <cfset arguments.no = arguments[2]> > >> >> <cfdump var="#arguments#"> > >> >> > >> >> <cfif not isnumeric(itemid)> > >> >> <cfset itemid = len(trim(itemid))></cfif> > >> >> > >> >> <cfreturn arguments[yesnoformat(itemid)]> > >> >> </cffunction> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> A couple of those lines were added to see if I could > >> >> work > >> >> around the problem, which is that where the cfdump is executed, > >> >> the value shown for arguments.no is "[undefined > >> >> struct element]" ... What I don't understand is > >> >> -- if the key exists, how is the struct element not > >> >> defined? > >> >> And if it was obviously able to get the value of the > >> >> key > >> >> "no" > >> >> from the cfargument tag, why was it not able to get > >> >> the > >> >> default value "New"? > >> >> > >> >> Incidentally, no exception is thrown when the value is false, > >> >> it just returns an empty string. > >> >> > >> >> Any help greatly appreciated. > >> >> > >> >> s. isaac dealey 954-776-0046 > >> >> > >> >> new epoch http://www.turnkey.to > >> >> > >> >> lead architect, tapestry cms > >> >> http://products.turnkey.to > >> >> > >> >> tapestry api is opensource > >> >> http://www.turnkey.to/tapi > >> >> > >> >> certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer > >> >> http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cf> > >> >> m?ID=21816 > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> > ~~~ > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > >> > 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. 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