Well, even when I cfcontent a normal file name like temp.txt, it is naming the file the calling template's file name rather than temp.txt in the save as dialog. Very weird??
Eric J Hoffman Home of Vikings fans Worldwide! http://www.purplepride.org -----Original Message----- From: Douglas L. Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 2:04 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Am I a crackhead? I am assuming that when you write the file, you are storing the path to the new file in your DB. If you are and each file has a file ID then I would say that you run a query and get the file path from your DB SELECT fileID FROM fileArchives WHERE fileID = #fileID# cfcontent type="text/plain" file="#fileID#" deletefile="No" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric J Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 11:43 AM Subject: RE: Am I a crackhead? > One more goofy thing. Maybe I need more beer. > > The file is written just like it should. I am using cfcontent to fire off > the download of this txt file....it starts the download, but it names the > file on download the name of the calling page (goldmine_action.cfm), not the > actual filename of the file. When I open it on my desktop, it is actually > the text file meant to be downloaded. Did I do something wrong? > > cfcontent type="text/plain" > file="filepath\clientapps\marcon\archives\#form.newname#" deletefile="No" > > I suppose its because of the dynamic file name there...this happens after > archiving a file and renaming the archived file to what the user > demands...after the rename, this cfcontent fires... > > Eric J Hoffman > Home of Vikings fans Worldwide! > http://www.purplepride.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric J Hoffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 1:29 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Am I a crackhead? > > > Why yes I was a crackhead. In the file read (which occurs right after a > cffile upload), I used form.formfieldname and it went crazy. When I used > file.clientfile in the file read, it worked just like I wanted it to, oh, > about 90 minutes ago. *sigh* :-) > > Thanks for the responses all. > > Eric J Hoffman > Home of Vikings fans Worldwide! > http://www.purplepride.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 1:17 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Am I a crackhead? > > > On 11/10/01, Eric J Hoffman penned: > >I am attempting to read a text file and assign it to a variable as > required, > >and then cffile append it to another with the variable contents. Is there > >another way I should be doing this or what gives? The text file itself is > >fairly small. > > It sounds like maybe you are trying to name the file with the > contents or something. Otherwise, you're naming it too long. Can we > see some code? > -- > > Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.twcreations.com/ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
