Shannon, In some ways you are right, but for code reuse I still believe the custom tag is the way to go.
Say you put the code in /webroot/myIncludes/myReusableCode.cfm. Someone working in /webroot/Application1/SubApp1/report would have to use either <cfinclude template="../../myIncludes/myReusableCode.cfm" /> or <cfinclude template="/webroot/myIncludes/myReusableCode.cfm" /> if the /webroot is mapped correctly. Using the custom tag method you can put in <cf_myReusableCode /> and it works even if you move the cfm files that reference that tag. If you use the ../.. method however when you move files around, each file would then have to be edited. The mapping method would still work. Another advantage of using this method is if they needed to override your custom tag with one similar all they have to do is create a file of the same name in the current directory. Also, it's not hard at all to add a directory to use as custom tags. You make the directory and tell them to add it to the list of directories to search. For the administrators, that's just a few characters typed into a field in the CF Administrator. Very simple. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Shannon Rhodes [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 10:54 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Which code reuse method? <snip> I somewhat disagree. The easiest way to deal with a straightforward code snippet that takes no input parameters is a simple cfinclude. I can copy/paste the code directly from the page for which it was originally written, and then done. With a custom tag, there is a tiny bit extra to consider (scope issues are different, handling the lack of an end tag). It's not that it's a big deal, I'm just wondering what the advantage would be. In this case, the advantage may well be simply the need to demonstrate code reuse to other developers who may use includes inappropriately---that is a compelling case.</snip> <snip> I'm unclear here...developers do not have access to the Administrator (only management), so I guess I'd need to make the case that they need to create a custom tags folder for us?</snip> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:333646 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
