The scope of the variable you've specified would be variables, so use:
<cfoutput>#variables.message#</cfoutput>
or just:
<cfoutput>#message#</cfoutput>
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Chen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 5:12 PM
Subject: <cffile action="read"...>
> Hi, Everyone,
>
> I am having a problem with <cffile action="read"...> tag trying to read
> a text file and display the file content. I basically copied the syntax
> from CFML Language Reference book as follow:
> <cffile action="read" file="c:\temp\myfile.txt" variable="message">
>
> When I did <cfoutput>#file.message#</cfoutput>, I got
> "Error resolving parameter FILE.MESSAGE
> Before you can access any file status variables you must execute at
> least one CFFILE tag."
>
> I put <cffile...> and <cfoutput> in the same page. I thought I already
> executed the tag. Does anyone have any idea? I am using CF 4.5.
> Thanks.
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