Douglas Knudsen wrote: > relative paths? Where you have to have an absolute path, you could have a > var storing teh root pat, say appliction.rootdir.
I already have a variable storing the document root. But you can't use CFINCLUDE with anything other than a logical path. CFINCLUDE only looks in the "current" directory or a specified mapped directory. - Rick > > DK > > On 5/3/05, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I have pretty much consistently used mappings in my applications to >>include things from the document root, regardless of where the file >>being accessed is located. I often do it for UDFs and template files. >> >>Ie, >> >><cfinclude template="/rickroot/udf.cfm" >> >>or >> >><cfinclude template="/rickroot/above.cfm"> >><!--- body content ---> >><cfinclude template="/rickroot/above.cfm"> >> >>What are my options if I choose NOT to use mappings? For example, my >>blog application dynamically creates files in subdirectories, and >>currently includes the root index.cfm using a <cfinclude> tag with the >>mapping. >> >>The index.cfm will not always be in the document root, but it will >>always be 3 directories ABOVE the specific file in question. >> >>The index.cfm itself also uses <cfinclude> to include the template >>files, as exampled above. >> >>Thanks! >> >>Rick Root >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:205391 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
