your best friend will be &debug=1 the best thing about programming is that you can crash the application and nobody gets hurt. Follow the debugger - what is the worst that can happen?
disclaimer: you are working in a development environment and all your code and database is backed up :-) On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:43:58 -0500, Jaci Chesnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well I'm sure I'll have more questions but I guess I have no other > alternative but to dive in and see where it takes me. There so much > that I can mess up...how exciting ;-) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew > Mercer > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:22 AM > To: FarCry Developers > Subject: [farcry-dev] Re: Custom Types > > When building a new type (component) I find the closest match from the > farCry components, eg dbNews, copy it to my application packages / > types directory. You also need to copy the webskins directory. Then > rename folders and files to what ever you want to cal the object, eg > myNews and _myNews. The edit each cfc and cfm - watch out to paths > that refer to the farcry_core directory and change to your application > directory. > > in the cfc, remove ad add arguements (table fields) as required. Then > (this is maybe were you are getting stuck), in the edit part, your > need to create a form field for each argument you added in the cfc. > > the display methods will need to be change to to look for display*.cfm > in your webskin dirctory. > > Wow - there is sooo much that needs to be done. I will stay online a > while longer if I have missed the question or you need further > clarification. > > {please excuse typos - just got back from end of year P&C, drinks > included} > > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:08:47 -0500, Jaci Chesnes > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Ok I've finally hit a wall with FarCry. I've discovered that I can't > make > > system do what I want it to do without building a custom type. I've > gone > > through the tutorial/walkthrough like 10 times and always get stuck at > the > > same spot...creating the edit handler. I'll probably be needing a > custom rule > > as well but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. > > > > > > > > Here's what I need to do in a nutshell... > > > > > > > > I need to create a type similar to the News type but I need to added a > > couple columns in the table, one to designate month and one to > designate > > current (yes/no). Every time I get to the edit handler I get > confused. It > > just doesn't seem like there is enough info on how to write it to > include > > whatever new columns that you've added to the table. > > > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Jaci > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia > Developers: > > http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > --- > You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > > --- > You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > --- You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
