just do <cfset thisTag.generatedContent = "" /> in the end tag?
CF has to do one or the other (render the output or suppress the output), and then provide a means to accomplish the other. At least from the perspective of the principle of least surprise, rendering the output seems like the correct default choice. cheers, barneyb On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Mik Muller <ad...@montaguema.net> wrote: > > Hmm.... having never made a custom tag with an open and close pair, I didn't > realize that the contained content will display twice. > > http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/msg29687.html > > No way around this? It seems pretty stupid that CF wouldn't suppress the > initial output, leaving the responsibility of displaying the content to the > tag. > > Mik > > > At 01:25 PM 11/4/2009, Michael Muller wrote: > >>Hey all >> >>I'm trying to make a custom tag for cfmail so I can create a standard From, >>Subject, and HTML layout inside the email that is sent. >> >>I have created the tag and am using the open / close method, but the content >>of the email winds up being displayed on the page, as well as being emailed. >>I'm using THIS.generatedContent inside the custom tag in the body of the >>cfmail tag, and have even tried wrapping the tag inside a cfsilent. >> >>What am I missing? How do I stop the body of the custom tag from displaying, >>or is that not possible. >> >>Mik >> >> >><cf_mailsend to="s...@address.com">yadda yadda</cf_mailsend> >> >>==== >> >><cfsilent> >><cfswitch expression="#thisTag.ExecutionMode#"> >> >><cfcase value="start"> >><cfparam name="attributes.to" default=""> >></cfcase> >> >><cfcase value="end"> >><cfmail to="#trim(attributes.to)#" subject="subject" from="f...@address.com" >>type="HTML"> >><div style="padding:20px; margin:20px; border:2px solid blue;"> >>#trim(thistag.generatedcontent)# >></div> >></cfmail> >></cfcase> >> >></cfswitch> >><cfsilent> >> >> >>-------- >>Michael Muller >>office (413) 863-6455 >>cell (413) 320-5336 >>skype: michaelBmuller >>http://MontagueWebWorks.com >> >>Information is not knowledge >>Knowlege is not wisdom >> >>Eschew Obfuscation >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:328041 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
