Thanks Steve,
I'll let you know when my brain untangles :-)
As always I'm looking forward to your next movie.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 4:12 PM
Subject: RE: Nested Recursive Custom Tags AttributeCollection Nightmare
> <CFASSOCIATE> Is used when associating child tags with a parent tag. For
> example:
> <CF_Menu [some attribs]>
> [some code]
>
> <CF_MenuItem [some attribs[>
> <CFASSOCIATE basetag="CF_Menu" datacollection="data">
>
> Here we are associating the tag CF_MenuItem with the parent tag CF_Menu
> which means we can use the two tags in the following manner:
> <CF_Menu>
> <CF_MenuItem label="label 1" URL="URL 1">
> <CF_MenuItem label="label 2" URL="URL 2">
> <CF_MenuItem label="label 3" URL="URL 3">
> </CF_Menu>
> And the Menu.cfm (aka CF_Menu) template will have access to the attributes
> that were passed into the child tags (CF_MenuItem) as an array of
> structures, e.g.
> data[1].label would contain the value "label 1"
> data[2].url would contain the value "URL 2"
> and so on.
>
>
> ATTRIBUTECOLLECTION is a handy way of passing multiple attributes into a
tag
> there the number of attributes may vary. For example:
> <CF_SomeTag attrib1="value1" attrib2="value2">
> would be equivalent to:
> <cfset MyStruct=StructNew()>
> <cfset mystruct.attrib1="value1">
> <cfset mystruct.attrib2="value2">
> <CF_SomeTag attributecollection=#MyStruct#>
>
> BE WARNED: The way attributecollection works has changed dramatically
> between 4.01 and 4.5:
> You can mix and match attribute collection with normal attributes and
where
> a 'real' attribute has the same name as one of the keys that is being
passed
> in through attributecollection, the 'real' attribute takes precedence in
> 4.01. In 4.5 it would appear that the key held within attributecollection
> takes precedence over the 'real'attribute. Go figure.
>
> Hope this makes sense
>
> Steve
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Hayes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 15:12
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Nested Recursive Custom Tags AttributeCollection Nightmare
> >
> >
> > I have a tag which is going to call itself many times over.
> >
> > I want to be able to create a structure, call the custom tag and be left
> > with a modified structure at the end of it.
> >
> > <cfset myStructure = StructNew()>
> > <cfmodule template="acustomtag.cfm"
AttributeCollection="#menuStructure#">
> >
> > In the module "acustomtag.cfm":
> > Update the stucture with new values and under certain conditions:
> > <cfmodule template="acustomtag.cfm"
> > AttributeCollection="#menuStructure#">
> >
> > This will creat a many-tiered hierachy of nests of the same tag.
> >
> > Upon return to the calling script I should have the modified structure
> > "myStructure".
> >
> > I have read the manual and it left my brain tangled. Can somebody
please
> > clarify the syntax and usage of "AttributeCollection" and "CFAssociate"
in
> > order to get this monster working...
> >
> > cheers in advance
> >
> > Chris
> >
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