I found that when we updated from CF 4.01 to MX and I turned on the server setting to
remove whitespace my javascript started to break as well. In this case it was due to
bad coding practice. I was neglecting to put ';' at the end of each statement so when
the server removed the whitespace I would end up with several statements on 1 line.
So I went through and put the ;'s in and everything started working.
What made me think of this was the javascript code you gave. Basically the 2 lines:
// return message
return this.lang_data[_block][arguments.message];
Could end up as
// return message return this.lang_data[_block][arguments.message];
causing it to treat it as a comment.
Just my $.02 worth.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mauricio Giraldo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 5:44 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: whitespace is breaking my javascript
>
>
> hello
>
> thanks for all the input on different issues i have presented
> in this list.
> this is really THE place for CF stuff.
>
> right now i am having a really particular issue with
> coldfusions whitespace.
> i will try and explain as much as i can:
>
> 1- i have a few CFCs (calling each other, extending each other)
> 2- one CFC function is a wrapper to another (a shorthand
> version) and their
> object is returning texts for dialog boxes and javascripts
> 3- more or less the cf:
>
> <cffunction name="m" hint="shortcut for showMessage">
> <cfargument name="message" type="string">
> <cfargument name="block" type="string" default="">
> <cfreturn this.showMessage(arguments.message, arguments.block)>
> </cffunction>
>
> <cffunction name="showMessage" hint="return message">
> <cfargument name="message" type="string" default="">
> <cfargument name="block" type="string" default="">
> <cfscript>
> // return message
> return this.lang_data[_block][arguments.message];
> </cfscript>
> </cffunction>
>
> theres more CFML (especially in showMessage) but just so you
> get an idea.
>
> i am outputting texts using something like:
> <cfoutput>#obj.m("special_string")#</cfoutput> where
> "special_string" is
> some string i use in showMessage to detect stuff (it is a
> multi-language app
> with a lot of parametrization)
>
> the problem:
>
> i am getting A LOT of whitespace. whenever i use those (and
> other) functions
> it breaks all javascript (that is also dynamically created
> with CF and those
> functions). tried using CFSETTING but i simply cannot put that many
> cfoutputs all over the place (tried also combining m and
> showMessage in
> one). one way i "solved" it was using <cfset myvar =
> obj.m("special_string")> someplace before the javascript and
> then just
> outputting #myvar# in the javascript. the problem is i have A
> LOT of CFC
> invocations (a single page can have 60+ and i have a few
> dozen pages) and it
> just would not make sense. i am looking for a way to
> minimize/eliminate
> whitespace generated when invoking functions.
>
> i really need this to work (will share the app as soon as i have it
> finished... its actually finished but the javascript is breaking...
> whitespace solved EQ app finished)
>
> i will appreciate any help on this issue
>
> thanks a lot
>
> - mga
>
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