As I understand it.... CFEXIT is used to end processing of a "sub" page but continue with the calling page. Yes, it can end processing outright, but that's kind of a bonus. If you are using the tag in a custom tag, you can end processing of the CT and return to the calling page seamlessly.
Now, in your case, using CFEXIT in an include file sounds wrong. I'm not perfect, so could be off on this, but I beleive the default method of CFEXIT is the EXITTAG option. Your include files are not custom tags, but become part of the parent template before being processed. So, the ExitTag option will end processing of the current template, and return control to the calling template. There is no calling template in this case, so processing halts. Therefore, it seems reasonable that you end up with partial HTTP headers and such, depending on where you place the EXIT tag. If you simply want to halt processing, use the CFABORT tag. But to conditionally process an include file, then you either need the CFINCLUDE command within an IF block, or the contents of the include file need to be contained in an IF block. (the if blocks for your particular logic). HTH Shawn Grover -----Original Message----- From: Gyrus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 4:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: CFEXIT problems Just got to wondering if some problems I'm having are something to do with using CFEXIT. I've always been slightly confused by the METHOD attribute. I've often wanted to, and do, use it in a file that's being CFINCLUDEd. I just leave the METHOD off and it seems to work. BUT!! 1. Carefully reading the documentation for it seems to suggest that it should only be used in custom tags. Does it matter to CFEXIT if a file is included, not called as a custom tag? How should it be used properly to exit an include? If not, how can you return to the 'parent' template of an include at a certain point in processing the include? 2. A presentation I found using Google (http://www.cfconf.org/2001CF_Odyssey/talks/CF2001Hosting.ppt) says "Avoid CFEXIT as there is no guarantee that it will ever resolve." What does this mean? How do you exit a template without it? Any light on these things much appreciated! - Gyrus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: http://www.tengai.co.uk play: http://www.norlonto.net - PGP key available ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.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
