Thanks, that gave me a shove in the right direction. I ended up using the ApplicationProxy.cfc method, which is working fine.
Pete On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Nathan Strutz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pete, including is one way, but it's messy. Check into the application > proxy > pattern. It works like this > > /Application.cfc -> extends com.ApplicationProxy, otherwise empty > /com/ApplicationProxy.cfc -> contains your real application's methods > /virtual/Application.cfc -> extends com.ApplicationProxy, usually otherwise > empty > > The (file & folder) names are made up, but the problems are real. It works > pretty well, and is made for just this type of situation. > > nathan strutz > [Blog and Family @ http://www.dopefly.com/] > [AZCFUG Manager @ http://www.azcfug.org/] > > > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Pete Ruckelshaus <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > CF8 on Win2K3. > > > > I have some core software written in CF8 that I use for web site basics > -- > > content management, security, etc. The directory for this software is > set > > up in IIS as the web root -- let's say this path for this is > > c:\inetpub\wwwroot\app\core. If the customer requires any custom > > functionality, I put that code, along with any other site-specific code > > such > > as layout templates, stylesheets, etc. in a separate directory that is > then > > mapped as a virtual directory in IIS to "/site" -- let's call this > > c:\inetpub\wwwroot\sites\site_name > > > > The problem that I'm having is that I'm using an application.cfc file in > > the > > web root (c:\inetpub\wwwroot\app\core\application.cfc); all of the core > > site > > functionality that is under this path works 100% correctly. However, the > > CF > > files in the /site virtual directory (c:\inetpub\wwwroot\sites\site_name) > > are not finding the application.cfc file in the web root. > > > > This is pretty much a show-stopper for me, and I need a way to resolve > this > > -- many of the files in /site need access to the variables that I'm > setting > > in the application.cfc file. The site is hosted on a shared server, so I > > don't have access to the CF administrator. Other than putting a copy of > > the > > application.cfc file in the /site root (which I don't want to do, since I > > don't want to duplicate code), is there a solution for this problem? Can > I > > create a shell application.cfc file and call each of the methods from the > > root application.cfc file? How would I do this in a way that wouldn't > > cause > > issues? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Pete > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:320078 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
