The primary one is that you can't set variables in the page's variables scope without using onRequest, which breaks remote calls. You can use the request scope from onRequestStart, of course, but there are different semantics for that (like being shared across CFCs/custom tags). Less troubling, but still annoying, is that the property names used to configure the application are not enforced at all, so a typo there can be very difficult to track down.
Of course, with Application.cfm you can't have per-application mappings or session events and you have to manage your application startup manually, but I do the last with Application.cfc so I don't have to cycle CF all the time. cheers, barneyb On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Qasim Rasheed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Barney, > > I would be interested in knowing what are the weaknesses in Application.cfc > based on your expertise. > > Thanks > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > As long as you use the same application name, the application has no > > awareness of an Application.cfm/cfc distinction. Only the > > Application.* file itself is different. Both have strengths and > > weaknesses. > > > > cheers, > > barneyb > > > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Jeff Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > This is not a question about the structure of an Application.cfc, I've > > got that down. No problem. > > > > > > This is about taking a bunch of apps that use the same application > > scope but different Application.cfm files, and converting them one by one > to > > Application.cfc. > > > > > > All of these have the same Application scope of "MyApp" so the user > > only has to log into one app, and they are thus logged into them all. > > > > > > tools/calc/Application.cfm > > > tools/time/Application.cfm > > > apps/funstuff/Application.cfm > > > > > > Now, my question is...what happens if I change one those to use > > Application.cfc and leave the others at Application.cfm. Am I asking for a > > world of hurt and hidden consequences? or will everything play nicely > > together. I would still have to worry about values being overwritten and > > other enjoyable bugs like that. :) > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > -- > > Barney Boisvert > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.barneyb.com/ > > > > Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:303122 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
