Re: [CFCDev] "Variables" scope....tearing out hair

[Darcey Spears]

Okay, this change to the "more" method worked:

    <cffunction name="more">
        <cfset var localVar = "Different to example localVar" />
                <cfset example()>
        <cfset x = variables.nonPublicVar & " set in 'example' above" />
   </cffunction>
I had to take the X variable out of the var scope (otherwise it has to be 
at the top, before the 'example' function is called) and then call the 
example() function and then use variables.nonPublicVar.

So.......variables in the "variables" scope are available *after 
instantiation* to other methods in the component....probably sounds 
self-evident but I wasn't getting it!

(I did test the pseudo-constructor area and figured out that if 
variables.nonPublicVar was set there it would work, but I'm trying to work 
with variables inside methods....)

Thanks for your help!
Darcey
At 10:20 AM 12/17/2003 -0800, you wrote:


<cfobject name="someVarTest" 
component="wherestom_working.dirPackage.standards_var_example">
<cfinvoke
 component="#someVarTest#"
 method="more">
</cfinvoke>
...
and no matter what I do with variables.nonPublicVar it just doesn't seem 
to be defined or available outside the method where it's created. I get 
an error saying "nonPublicVar is not defined in Variables" every time I 
try to use it.


You define Variables.nonPublicVar in the function "example", so you need 
to call that function before you call "more". Or you can define 
Variables.nonPublicVar when the component instantiates by placing it in 
the pseudo-constructor area, which is my preference.

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