I remember, way back in the day, building my first e-comm application for a client. I used an open source javascript cart called Nopcart. It was fairly easy to implement and adjust, and part of the beauty of it was the ability to place a small line of code [showCart()] on any page and it laid everything out for me. I included it's .js file in dozens of sites, dropped in my method where I need it, and there she was.
I am a firm believer in OO principals, separating the view from the logic and data manipulation, but there are times where it can and does make sense. Paul's suggestion is how I would handle it, use cfsavecontent and return the display as a string: i.e. myPollObj.showResults(). I personally would have these types of functions at the bottom of a CFC, grouped together, so that anytime you have to make adjustments they are always in the same place. Or, possibly, a collection of CFC's. Bean/DAO/Gateway objects, service layer, display layer type set up. Document your code well, scope your vars, and have fun with it. No one way is the right way, and every new challenge is a learning experience. Steve "Cutter" Blades Adobe Certified Professional Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer _____________________________ http://blog.cutterscrossing.com Richard Cooper wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been using CFC's for a short while now and I'm really liking them. I can > really speed up developments now by reusing code. > > Thing is I know I'm not supposed to put any presentation stuff in them. But > say for example I had a poll cfc. I can run all of the actions through the > CFC fine, but why not add some optional basic html (i.e. form & results) so > that if wanted, the whole poll could be encapsulated within the one file and > in theory could be added to any site with just a couple of lines of code. If > the basic form & results didn't suit I could then go for a tailored option > for the sites that needed it but all would still be based on the one cfc. > > So would this a bad thing and why? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:271996 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
