I just have to comment... Saying that "using a function to output isn't
really the done thing in CF" is ridiculous... The CF language has many
features and, used appropriately, they can all be used for just about
anything in a safe, consistent, and understandable way. Good designs do
not have to be constrained by trivially simply rules like that one.
That said, good designs also follow guides such as using naming
conventions, encapsulation, separation of concerns, use of inheritance
where appropriate, etc. These are the practices that people should
strive to improve.
Thanks
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Dominic Watson [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 5:50 PM
To: cf-talk
Subject: Re: Calling functions with cfoutput
Using a function to output isn't really the done thing in CF. Use either
a custom tag, module include or plain cfinclude to modularise your
output logic. If the function performs some action on a string and you
want it output, you should do something like:
<cffunction name="myFunction"...>
.....
<cfreturn "String that has been modified... or something" />
</cffunction>
<cfform...>
.....
<cfoutput>#myFunction()#</cfoutput>
</cfform>
HTH
Dominic
2009/1/14 Gerald Guido <[email protected]>:
> Is it getting rendered out side the cfform?
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Damayanti Gupta
<[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> I have a cfform. From this I call a function, which has cfoutput tags
>> to output text. However this text is not getting printed to the form.
>> Is this expected? Is there a way around this?
>> Thanks
>> NG
>>
>> e.g.
>>
>> <cfform...>
>> This is a form
>> <cfset doPrint()>
>> </cfform>
>>
>> <cffunction name="doPrint"...>
>> <cfoutput>This is data to be printed</cfoutput> </cffunction>
>>
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