In CF9, there is the ApplicationStop() method which will restart the application on the next request, thus reinitializing the application scope.
Ben Nadel wrote up an investigation of this awhile back: http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1667-Learning-ColdFusion-9-Resetting-Applications-With-ApplicationStop-.htm One thing to note is that calling ApplicationStop() does not reset the Session scope. This could be viewed as either a bug or a feature. So if you are ok with restarting the application while leaving the session scope in place, I'd place the smtpserversettings in your OnApplicationStart() method and make a call to whatever service you have that knows what the currently valid server settings should be. Of course you still have to figure out how to trigger the fact that you need to reset the application because of a downed smtp server. Hope this helps, Judah On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Brook Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > > So I have something like this at the top of application.cfc: > > <cfset this.smtpserversettings = { > server="mail.yourmama.com", > username="[email protected]", > password="issofat" > }> > > But I want to be able to change these settings when I (somehow) detect that > the server is down. From what I have read the only way to do this would in > onRequestStart or onRequestEnd. So I can set up a request scoped flag that > triggers the update, fine, but is that really the only way? Is there no way > to call a method of application.cfc within the scope of the application? > > Broo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:348981 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
