> I'm building a CFC which will write a CFC. It will do some > processing, then output to my browser, the code in text form, for me > to copy and paste into my editor to be modified. The idea is for the > CFC i'm building to do a lot of the grunt work I do, then i spend my > time doing the tweaks on the code. > > It's a bit like ORM but I build quite a few CFCs for fairly common > purposes that don't always involve a database. > > Here's my question: how can I write a CFC method, which will output > formatted text? I know there's <pre> and <cfsavecontent> but they > aren't giving me the output with linefeeds etc. What have I > forgotten? I know I did this once, a long time ago but I'm dashed > if I can remember how i got the line feeds and formatting.
Since you're actually writing a non-HTML file, you'll need to include the carriage returns and line feeds yourself, as appropriate: chr(13), chr(10). The HTML PRE tag isn't going to help you here, that just preserves formatting for HTML pages. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, onlin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:332442 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
