Well if you're bonkers, I'm bonkers too! Adrian
-----Original Message----- From: Dominic Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 May 2008 15:50 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: reusable components I'd say this was absolutley fine. I'd put the includes in OnApplicationStart and then put each udf into the application scope to avoid including the files on each request (well I'd actually use Model-Glue 3 but this is what I'd do if I was doing what you're doing); something like: <cffunction name="onApplicationStart"> ... <cfinclude template="theUdfs.cfm"> <cfinclude template="theUdfs2.cfm"> ... <cfset application.udfs = StructNew()> <cfset application.udfs.MyFunction1 = MyFunction1> <cfset application.udfs.MyFunction2 = MyFunction2> <cfset application.udfs.MyFunction3 = MyFunction3> ... </cffunction> Then, to avoid verbosity when calling a udf, I'd add this line in OnRequestStart() <cffunction name="onRequestStart"> ... <cfset variables.udfs = application.udfs> ... </cffunction> This has created a custom 'scope', if you will (its not but hey), called 'udfs' - Model-Glue 3 creates one called 'helpers' which might be another name you'd like. So now, when you need MyFunction1, you can call it cleanly as: <cfset foo = udfs.MyFunction1(bar)> That idea is off the top of my head and probably bonkers but it works for me ;) Nothing wrong with what you are doing. Dominic 2008/5/19 Richard White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > hi, > > just wondering how you guys deal with you reusable functions > > we were thinking that instead if having to look into what reusable functions we have, then decide which functions we need in a page and then including them within a page, that we just build our library and include everything in the application.cfc page > > then we will just need to look at what function we want and then use it. is this the right way to do it? > > thanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:305622 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
