"Hope That Helps" HTH,
Ray :) Johnny Le wrote: > Yep, I am currently using the second method. Thanks, Sean. > > What is HTH? > > Johnny > > >>On 6/17/05, Johnny Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>I have a cfc. I am trying to convert several variables into >> >>attributes variables from inside a method, but of course, these >>variables are not available outside the cfc. I can convert them into >>form or URL variables, but not attributes. Is there a way I can make >>these attributes available outside the cfc? >> >>CFCs are encapsulated to prevent that sort of thing. >> >>However, if you pass in the attributes struct as an argument to your >>method, the method can store values into it via the argument: >> >>In the CFC: >><cffunction name="foo"> > > > >><cfargument name="attributes" type="struct"> > > > >><cfset arguments.attributes.answer = 42> >></cffunction> >> >>In the calling code: >><cfset myObj.foo(attributes)> >> >>Another option would be to create and return a struct in the function >>and have the calling code append that to its attributes: >> >>In the CFC: >><cffunction name="foo" returntype="struct"> > > > >><cfset var attr = structNew()> > > > >><cfset attr.answer = 42> > > > >><cfreturn attr> >></cffunction> >> >>In the calling code: >><cfset newAttr = myObj.foo()> >><cfset structAppend(attributes,newAttr)> >> >>HTH >>-- >>Sean A Corfield -- http://corfield.org/ >>Team Fusebox -- http://fusebox.org/ >>Got Gmail? -- I have 50, yes 50, invites to give away! >> >>"If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." >>-- Margaret > > Atwood > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:209885 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

