thanks for all your comments, i also read that in the documentation but it didn't even register that this.name and application.name wouldn't be equivalent... but it does make sense
thanks again for the help > > thanks for your comments it is now seperating the 2 but the names > were different the only > > thing we changed was: > > > > <cfcomponent> > > <cfset application.name = "Project1"/> > > > > to > > > > <cfcomponent> > > <cfset this.name = "Project1"/> > > > > why would changing it from 'application' to 'this' rectify this > conflict > > Within Application.cfc, "this.name" is how you name an application, > and "application.name" is how you refer to a variable called "name" > from within the Application scope. That variable is not the > application name, it's just a variable called "name". Without > "this.name", your application doesn't have a name. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:321681 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

