I have run into the same problem with using #application.root# or whatever
variable you have in CF tags. For that reason I suggest that people always
use relative paths in CF tags and absolute paths in HTML tags. This would
make sure that applications are compatible on any CF server.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Terhorst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 5:02 AM
Subject: RE: Fusebox without Admin access
> This is my experience as well...
> if one sets variables as:
>
> <cfset request.cfroot = "/myapp">
>
> *without* also creating a CFAS mapping to the root directory of the
> application as "/" (or some other thing like "/myapp"), then statements
> like:
>
> <cfinclude template="#request.cfroot#/blocks/dsp_showit.cfm">
>
> kick back such gems as:
>
> "Detail: The logical path you have specified
(/myapp/blocks/dsp_showit.cfm)
> could not be resolved to an actual filename because you have not specified
a
> root template directory."
>
> One is then forced to either *make* the mapping or resort to relative
> mappings, a la "../myapp/blocks/dsp_showit.cfm"...
>
> I, personally, don't see how it can work otherwise.
>
> my dos centavos,
> pts
>
>
> ~~ -----Original Message-----
> ~~ From: Marc Funaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> ~~ Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 9:20 AM
> ~~ To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ~~ Subject: RE: Fusebox without Admin access
> ~~
> ~~
> ~~ Please let me know if I have this right or not:
> ~~
> ~~ The CFAS Administrator mappings are specifically for CFMODULE
> ~~ and CFINCLUDE.
> ~~ They allow you to specify where templates are located by starting at
the
> ~~ "root" of the application, using "/". Without these mappings,
> ~~ you must use
> ~~ relative pathing and perhaps some twisted variable assignments like
> ~~ "someroot = "../../../" in order to call template using those tags.
> ~~
> ~~ Therefore, even though you have specified "request.cfroot" to by
> ~~ "/myapp",
> ~~ this is not the equivalent of mappings. Without a CFAS Admin
> ~~ mapping, this
> ~~ may very well point to the directory named "myapp" UNDER
> ~~ whatever CFAS Admin
> ~~ "thinks" is your root. This may be different depending on how your
host
> ~~ sets up the servers.
> ~~
> ~~ Comments and non-derogatories?
> ~~
> ~~ Marc
> ~~
> ~~
> ~~ -----Original Message-----
> ~~ From: Fred T. Sanders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> ~~ Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 10:14 PM
> ~~ To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ~~ Subject: Re: Fusebox without Admin access
> ~~
> ~~
> ~~ Chris,
> ~~
> ~~ No you don't need access to the development mappings in the CFAS
> ~~ administrator. I believe if you look closer you'll see that they were
> ~~ talking about using variable mapping.
> ~~
> ~~ i.e
> ~~
> ~~ <cfset request.cfroot = "/myapp">
> ~~ <cfset request.webroot = "/">
> ~~ <cfset request.imgroot = "/images/">
> ~~
> ~~ or whatever you need them to be.
> ~~
> ~~ <cfinclude
> ~~
template="#request.cfroot#/actions/act_MySuperDuperStudlyActionFile.cfm">
> ~~
> ~~ I'm sure you get the idea. They're there to save typing, and
> ~~ make migrating
> ~~ from dev boxes to production boxes a little easier.
> ~~ Typically they'd go in an app_Server.cfm where each box gets its own
> ~~ proprietary app_server.cfm file.
> ~~
> ~~ Fred T. Sanders
> ~~ Charlottesville, VA
> ~~ -------------------------------------------
> ~~ Managing Programmers is like herding Cats
> ~~
> ~~ ----- Original Message -----
> ~~ From: "Chris Lott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ~~ To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ~~ Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 8:59 PM
> ~~ Subject: Fusebox without Admin access
> ~~
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> ~~ > Can I use the Fusebox architecture without having access to set
> ~~ > development mappings in the Cold Fusion administrator? A post at the
> ~~ > fusebox site implied that I would need to have that ability, though I
> ~~ > could be interpreting it wrong.
> ~~ >
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