Define your var outside of the function.
<script type="text/javascript">
var jsActiveWebrootDirectory;
$(document).ready(function() {
jsActiveWebrootDirectory = '#cfActiveWebrootDirectory#';
});
</script>
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Rick Faircloth <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> I'm trying to set a js var using cf in the head of a file, then use
> that js var in an externally called js file...
>
>
> If I'm using this in the head of a .cfm page to set a js var with cf:
>
> <cfset cfActiveWebrootDirectory =
> application.activeWebrootDirectory>
>
> <cfoutput>
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
>
> $(document).ready(function() {
> var jsActiveWebrootDirectory =
> '#cfActiveWebrootDirectory#';
> });
>
> </script>
>
> </cfoutput>
>
> and the following in the js file, "01-processEmailProperty.js":
>
> url: '' + jsActiveWebrootDirectory +
>
> '/modules/emailProperty/00-propertyEmailProcessing.cfc?method=mEmailProperty
> &returnFormat=json'
>
> The line "url" line immediately above is part of the js file that is
> referenced in the .cfm
> mentioned at the top of this message as an external js file like this:
>
> <script type="text/javascript"
> src="modules/emailProperty/01-processEmailProperty.js"></script>
>
> Why would the var, "jsActiveWebrootDirectory", always be "undefined" in the
> file containing the "url" line above when the 01-processEmailProperty.js
> function is called?
>
>
> Does the question make sense?
> I can reword it if it's not clear...
>
> Rick
>
>
>
>
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