When using CustomTags, the CF server will always search the directory of the calling template first, before then moving to the app and server level defined paths.
Steve "Cutter" Blades Adobe Certified Professional Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer Co-Author of "Learning Ext JS" http://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js/book _____________________________ http://blog.cutterscrossing.com On 6/24/2009 12:58 PM, Dawson, Michael wrote: > On a single CF8 web server, I have a legacy web site that uses > Application.cfm along with a single global mapping and single global > custom tag path. > > The server directory location for this web site is: > > D:\Inetpub\AceLink > > The mapping is: > > / = D:\Inetpub\AceLink > > The custom tag path is: > > D:\Inetpub\AceLink > > I have an error handling component located at: > > D:\Inetpub\AceLink\cfc\Utility\ErrorHandler.cfc > > On this same web server, I have another web site that uses > Application.cfc and per-application settings. Per-app settings is > enabled in the CF administrator. CF is running as a single instance. > > This site's directories are as follows: > > E:\WebSites\applybeta.evansville.edu > E:\WebSites\applybeta.evansville.edu\Extensions > E:\WebSites\applybeta.evansville.edu\Extensions\Components > E:\WebSites\applybeta.evansville.edu\Extensions\CustomTags > > I have a component at: > > E:\WebSites\applybeta.evansville.edu\Extensions\Components\ErrorHandler. > cfc > > That does it for the OS files. > > Now, my simple Application.cfc contains the following code: > > <cfcomponent output="false"> > <cfset this.name = "applybeta.evansville.edu"> > <cfset this.customTagPaths = > "E:\WebSites\applybeta.evansville.edu\Extensions\CustomTags,E:\WebSites\ > applybeta.evansville.edu\Extensions\Components"> > <cfset errorHandler = createObject("component", > "ErrorHandler").init()> > <p><cfdump var="#this#" label="this scope"></p> > <p><cfdump var="#errorHandler#" label=""></p> > <cfabort> > </cfcomponent> > > When I execute this code, CF actually finds the component in the AceLink > directory rather than in the directory I have specified in the > this.customTagPaths variable. I have proved this because a dump of the > "errorHandler" variable points to: cfc.Utility.ErrorHandler. This leads > me to believe that CF is first looking in the global custom tag paths > directory before it looks in the per-application custom tag paths. > > When I removed the global custom tag path that points to > D:\Inetpub\AceLink, the page breaks with the error that the component > cannot be found. Now, this leads me to believe that I have a coding > error, but I have double- and triple-checked all of the paths. The > paths, above, are copied and pasted into this message. The same goes > for the Application.cfc code. > > If anyone can see my problem, I would certainly appreciate it. I'm so > close to this I probably can't see it right in front of me. However, I > am expecting that this is a bug because I have several other web sites, > on this same server, that work as expected with Application.cfc and > per-application settings. > > Thanks > > Michael Dawson > Manager of Web Applications > Office of Technology Services > University of Evansville > > Each time you send an email message with a background pattern > or loud background color, an endangered tree dies. > Please help us save a tree. Just say "NO" to email backgrounds. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:323883 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
