+1 On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'll +1 that. I generally only use CF to set js vars at the top of the head > too. That way your js can stay pure js. > > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Rick Faircloth <[email protected] >> wrote: > >> >> Interesting approach, Carl! >> Haven't thought about that. >> I'll definitely give that a try! >> >> Thanks for the tip! >> >> Rick >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Carl Von Stetten [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 11:19 AM >> To: cf-talk >> Subject: Re: Question about using javascript in .cfm files... >> >> >> Rick, >> >> I have shared CF variables with JavaScript too. What I usually do is this: >> >> If I have to do any processes to define the CF variables, I put them at the >> top of the document, above the <head> section. Then, in the <head> section >> of my CFM page, I add a <cfoutput> inside a <script> tag and pass all of >> the >> desired CF variables into JavaScript variables. I make sure this is >> defined >> before I load any external JavaScript files and call any JavaScript >> functions. >> >> This way my JavaScript files retain their ".js" extension. >> >> HTH, >> Carl >> >> >I've been using js files as .cfm files >> >so I can intermix cf variables in the js. >> > >> >i.e., naming myJSFile.js, "myJSFile.js.cfm", instead. >> > >> >This seems to work fine, but I've run into an issue >> >that makes me wonder if this works in all cases as >> >a regular js file would. >> > >> >Here's the question: >> > >> >If I have a js function in a .cfm file, would the >> >declared function be defined by the browser >> >upon first entering a page as it would if the function >> >were in a .js file? >> > >> >e.g., should the function "checkUserFavorites": >> > >> >function checkUserFavorites(USERID) { >> > >> > blah, blah, blah >> > >> >be defined if the js were in a .cfm file as readily >> >as it would in a .js file? >> > >> >I keep running into a "checkUserFavorites is not defined" >> >for which I cannot track down the problem. >> > >> >I'm reaching for an answer at this point, because I can't >> >otherwise explain the error message otherwise, yet. >> > >> >Thanks for any feedback. >> > >> >Rick >> >> >> >> > >
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