Yeah, my main intrigue with it is that you could have different mini-functions within the CFC that could do formatting and arranging and stuff and could be used for a lot of data display. That way, even more than with a custom tag, you could reuse the CFC for all kinds of displays and such.
John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web Developer -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Rouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:38 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: (OO) UI in CFCs A datagrid as you refered to it is exactly the example I am thinking of. We just use custom tags here to do what you are describing. Now our system was developed long before CFCs were even available. I could see how maybe it would be easier using some Set/Get functions over potentially a lot of attributes. Although we actually do not run into a problem with a lot of attributes as is. I have been wanting to redo a form builder tag we have here for awhile and have often debated if I would benifit any over doing it in a CFC instead. On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:28:04 -0500, Burns, John D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Someone I work with uses CFCs for UI. For instance, something he did > is make a CFC that runs a query and returns a recordset. He then > passes the recordset to a UI CFC and it formats the results in a datagrid fashion. > I believe the default action is to take the column names and make them > table headers with a specific look and sorting functionality and then > display the data in cells below the header. There's also > functionality to map a "display name" to a column and also to limit > which columns are displayed. This is used on a reporting site that > uses these datagrid displays all over. So now, he can control the UI > on the majority of the site within 1 simple CFC. I haven't used it > yet or looked into it at great length, but in theory it sounds like a pretty good idea. > > John Burns > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | > Web Developer > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:197294 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
