If you are writing back to the file using CFFILE, you need to make sure the
ADDNEWLINE attribute is set to no.
DC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Malcolm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 12:35
Subject: Extra carriage returns when writing file?
> Background:
> My company uses a javascript file to create faux-banners (really a
> banner-sized table) that have form elements tying into our articles
> database. The point is to allow others to simply include the js file in
> their html, and be able to offer searches against our articles.
>
> Simple, right? Yes. An added wrinkle is that we use a content management
> system that allows our editors to modify the various categories articles
can
> be filed under. The faux-banner uses a dropdown select list of our
> categories.
>
> Since the categories change rather infrequently, the js files are hard
coded
> with our categories list, and I've written a cf file that will trip when a
> category change is made. This file reads in the old js file, uses RegExp
to
> replace the old category list with the new one, then writes out the new js
> file over the old one.
>
> The Weirdness:
> It all works fine, if a bit clumsily (something about using 2 <cffile>'s,
> one to delete the old file, and another to write the new strikes me as
> inelegant - I'm open to ideas on that).
>
> The trouble is that ~something~ is adding extra hard returns in between
the
> lines of code I am not modifying. Example:
>
> Original file:
> line of code
> line of code
> line I'm changing
> line I'm changing
> line of code
> line of code
> ----------------------------------------
> After first time through:
> line of code
>
> line of code
>
> line I'm changing
> line I'm changing
>
> line of code
>
> line of code
>
> ---------------------------------------
> After second time through:
> line of code
>
>
> line of code
>
>
> line I'm changing
> line I'm changing
>
>
> line of code
>
>
> line of code
> ---------------------------------------
>
> What is going on here? I must be doing something wrong, but damned if I
can
> spot it. Here is the code that does the processing. Any help would be
> appreciated. I mean, technically it works now, but it sure is ugly.
>
> ---------------------------------------
>
> <cfquery datasource="articles" name="allcats">
> SELECT * FROM categories
> ORDER BY cgyname
> </cfquery>
>
>
> <CFSET cr='
> '>
> <cfset abpath = "[removed for posting]">
>
> <cflock timeout=15>
>
> <!--- Wrap javascript around the form Select code --->
> <CFSET currentcats="">
> <CFSET currentcats="<!-- start dynamic -->" & cr>
> <CFLOOP QUERY="allcats">
> <CFSET currentcats=currentcats & "document.write('<OPTION>#cgyname#');" &
> cr>
> </CFLOOP>
> <CFSET currentcats=currentcats & "<!-- end dynamic -->" & cr>
>
> <!--- Read in the Search.js file, and replace old category list with
> new --->
> <cffile action="read" file="#abpath#\Search.js" variable="oldjsfile">
> <cfset newjsfile=#REReplaceNoCase(oldjsfile,'<!--
> start([[:alpha:]]|[[:space:]]|[[:punct:]])+end
> dynamic -->','#currentcats#')#>
>
> <!--- Delete the old file --->
> <cffile action="delete" file="#abpath#\Search.js">
>
> <!--- and write the new one --->
> <cffile action="write" file="#abpath#\Search.js" output="#newjsfile#">
>
> </cflock>
>
> ---------------------------------------
>
>
> Thank you!
>
> Douglas Malcolm
>
>
>
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