>iif(isdefined('myVar'),"de('')","setvariable('myVar',myDefaultValue)");
The following requires less typing (and is more intuitive to me). It
is equivalent, isn't it?
if (NOT isdefined('myVar')) { myVar = "MyDefaultValue"; }
Thanks for your reply,
Jamie
On Fri, 18 May 2001 11:19:09 +1000, in cf-talk you wrote:
>Dear Jamie,
>
>Please try the below code to emulate a 'cfparam' from within a 'cfscript'
>block
>
>
><!---begin test code---->
><!---
>Try the following code with
> 1. the //myVar =2; line commented out, result should be myVar has a
>value of '1'
> 2. the //myVar =2; line uncommented, result should be myVar has a
>value of '2'
>--->
>
><cfscript>
> //myVar = 2;
>
> mydefaultValue = 1;
>
>iif(isdefined('myVar'),"de('')","setvariable('myVar',myDefaultValue)");
>
></cfscript>
>
><cfoutput>
> #myVar#
></cfoutput>
><!---end test code---->
>
>Good luck,
>Jared Clinton
>Software Engineer
>Maxi Multimedia
>NEC Australia.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Patricia Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Friday, 18 May 2001 7:34
>> To: CF-Talk
>> Subject: RE: EnableCFoutputOnly not cutting the mustard in Custom Tag
>>
>>
>> 1) Nope... as of yet no way to do a cfparam inside of
>> cfscript. That whole
>> limitation of only function calls valid from within cfscript
>> and all. As of
>> my knoweldge this still is the case in cf 5.
>>
>> 2) I also believe this is nope. Check my post (came in just
>> after your
>> self-posted solution).
>>
>> |-----Original Message-----
>> |From: Jamie Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> |Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 4:40 PM
>> |To: CF-Talk
>> |Subject: Re: EnableCFoutputOnly not cutting the mustard in Custom Tag
>> |
>> |
>> |Actually, if I modify the code as follows, I can get rid of the space
>> |(smash all the preceding and following tags together). However, this
>> |brings up another question that I asked a while ago: Is
>> there still no
>> |slick way to do a <cfscript> version of <cfparam>? Also, is the
>> |smashing together of tags (a bit messy) the only way to
>> accomplish my
>> |original goal?
>> |
>> |Here is the working code:
>> |
>> |<cfsetting enableCFoutputOnly="yes"><cfparam name="1"
>> |default=""><cfparam name="2" default=""><cfparam name="3"
>> |default=""><cfscript>
>> |FinalValue = result_of_a_bunch_of_processing;
>> |writeOutput(FinalValue);
>> |</cfscript><cfsetting enableCFoutputOnly="no">
>> |
>> |Thanks,
>> |Jamie
>> |
>> |On Thu, 17 May 2001 16:01:09 -0400, Jamie Jackson
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> |wrote:
>> |
>> |>I've got a custom tag which returns a small string, but I can't get
>> |>rid of the extra spaces around the string when it's called. This has
>> |>screwed me up several times, and I haven't found a solution yet.
>> |>EnableCFoutputOnly gets rid of most of the garbage
>> whitespace, but it
>> |>leaves a space to the left and right of the desired output string.
>> |>
>> |>####### Custom Tag ########
>> |><cfsetting enableCFoutputOnly="yes">
>> |><cfscript>
>> |>FinalValue = result_of_a_bunch_of_processing;
>> |>writeOutput(FinalValue);
>> |></cfscript>
>> |><cfsetting enableCFoutputOnly="no"
>> |>
>> |>####### Calling Script ########
>> |>FinalValue = "<cf_MyCustomTag>"
>> |>
>> |>###### Results in Browser ######
>> |>FinalValue = " result_of_a_bunch_of_processing "
>> |>
>> |>But, I would like to see:
>> |>FinalValue = "result_of_a_bunch_of_processing"
>> |>
>> |>See those spaces that show up? What's causing them? How do I get rid
>> |>of them?
>> |>
>> |>Obviously there are workarounds, such as:
>> |>*Send the string back to the calling script with caller.FinalValue
>> |>
>> |>However, I would like to know if this can work without going the
>> |>caller-scope route.
>> |>
>> |>Thanks,
>> |>Jamie
>> |>
>> |>
>> |
>>
>
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