thanks nate. now, building that as a method in my cfc. would i just put my cfscript stuff in there, make that a method in the cfc, and call that new method from within the cfc?
thanks. tony ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Nathan Dintenfass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:24:23 -0700 >If you declare a function in Application.cfm you are declaring it in in the >variables scope of Application.cfm, which would then be available to the >variables scope of pages called in the request. However, CFC instances, >similar to custom tags, do not have direct access to the variables scope of >the calling page (in pre-6.1 builds there was a bug that made that statement >not quite true, but that's how it was supposed to be). > >Thus, to have the function declared in your Application.cfm available to the >component instance you will need to do one of the following: > >1) Put the function in a shared scope, such as >request/application/server/session. That is not recommended, however, as it >breaks encapsulation by making the CFC dependent on the outside environment. > >2) Pass the function to the CFC as an argument. You could either do this >directly by making one of the arguments the function itself, or you could >bundle the functions you want to use "globally" into a struct (or even >another component) and pass the entire struct of functions when >instantiating your component. > >3) Build that function into your component as a method. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Behalf Of tony >> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:14 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [CFCDev] >> >> >> >> if I have a udf in my application.cfm file, why doesn�t a cfc in >> the same dir inherit the udf function from it? or does it? >> basically i have this code.... >> >> and its giving me the error that follows....> >> ================================================== >> >> Error Occurred While Processing Request >> Variable DecToBin is undefined. >> >> >> The error occurred in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\permissions.cfc: line 16 >> >> 14 : <!--- step 1 takes the decimal >> value of the feature Bit and using the function from above >> 15 : changes it to 0's and 1's in a >> binary string ---> >> 16 : <cfset Binary = >> #DecToBin(getBit.featureBit)#> >> 17 : <!--- step 2 & 3 put commas >> in between each numeral, so that the binary string, becomes a >> list, with places that we can manipulate ---> >> 18 : <cfset List = >> replace(binary, '1', '1,', 'all')> >> >> >> > >---------------------------------------------------------- >You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email >to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' >in the message of the email. > >CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported >by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). > ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com).
