Just to drop a spanner in your works -
It's generally considered a 'bad thing' to use CFC's to output html,
as they are better placed in the logic tier of an application, rather
than in the output.
There has been many past discussions on why that is (check out the
macromedia site, lots of articles there).
Just as a side note (came into this a bit late) there was a
'discussion' over learning OO with ColdFusion, and the general
consensus was to learn OOP with something like Java, C++, C#
(whatever) and then come back to CF and apply the theory of it.
Unfortunatley CF is not the best language to learn these concepts
with, as it is missing some ingredients.
But good luck on your journey!
Mark
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:35:00 +1000, Jamie Lawrence Jenner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> gareth
>
> The method i have now finished, uses cfcs to output the form field. the
> cfc is in the application scope, and when i want a form field i use the
> following, and pass it the type and the relevant arguments for that
> element
>
> #application.elementbuilder.basicElement(type="text",name="address2",ID="Addess2",ClassName="maintext",Size="",Maxlength="50",value="")#
>
> #application.elementbuilder.basicElement(type="checkbox",name="check1",ID="check1",ClassName="formelements",value="terms")#
>
> and for selectors
> #application.formbuilder.selectElement("DOBDay","Date of
> birth",IDList="01,02,03,04,05",ValuesList="a,b,c,d,e")#
>
> the cfc then returns the html needed for the field. it will output any
> form field you give it (using the type argument) by using a switch
>
> Using this method i can have whatever form fields, by whatever name, with
> whatever attributes but still use the same cfc and not have to add to it.
>
> Taco, by using your method, if you needed a field for say chickens, would
> you have to add to the xml file a new object called chicken?
>
> Ive binned the prefix for validation, and instead, i pass an xml string
> with the form,
>
> <string>
> <element>name<element>
> <element>address<element>
> <string>
> <numeric>
> <element>phone<element>
> </numeric>
> <whateverelse>
>
> This then refrences the relevant form fields and passes them to the
> validation obj, which if there is a fault, creates the errorobj
>
> I suppose this is one of those things for which their is no right or wrong
> way. I do prefer to write things like this myself though cos thats what i
> do!
>
> chow
>
> jamo
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