Hm. As far as error handling goes, I've not had problems.
IN my index.cfm, line number 1 is <CFTRY>. Line 2 is the include for
app_globals; thus encasing everything in a CFTRY. Works for me so far. What
particular errors were you having that escaped your CFTRY?
Alan McCollough
Web Programmer
Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
Alaska Native Medical Center
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> In many ways, app_globals.cfm equals to application.cfm. But they are =
> different in that application.cfm IS GURANTEED to run before a =
> ColdFusion template but app_globals.cfm is not. You might think of =
> application.cfm as a system controlled cfinclude, where app_globals.cfm =
> is just a manual cfinclude. There are certain scenarios where codes in =
> a ColdFusion template will get processed first before app_globals.cfm.
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> This was confirmed by my attempt to implement CF 4.5's CFERROR tag in =
> app_globals.cfm for a site wide error handler. I noticed that there =
> are certain errors that would abort the entire execution before =
> app_globals.cfm even got called, so CFERROR tag was not processed and CF =
> did not know how to handle the error, but simply defaulted to the Cold =
> Fusion error page.
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> The workaround we are experimenting was to use application.cfm at the =
> home level in addition to app_globals.cfm and place CFERROR tag in =
> application.cfm. However, errors in custom tags still don't get caught =
> by the CFERROR template because application.cfm does not get executed =
> with custom tags.
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> Does anyone have better ideas ?
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> Thanks.
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> Jie-hong
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> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>In many ways, app_globals.cfm equals =
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> GURANTEED to run before a ColdFusion template but app_globals.cfm is=20
> not. You might think of application.cfm as a system =
> controlled=20
> cfinclude, where app_globals.cfm is just a manual cfinclude. =
> There=20
> are certain scenarios where codes in a ColdFusion template will get =
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> first before app_globals.cfm.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>This was confirmed by my attempt to implement CF =
> 4.5's CFERROR=20
> tag in app_globals.cfm for a site wide error handler. I =
> noticed that=20
> there are certain errors that would abort the entire execution before=20
> app_globals.cfm even got called, so CFERROR tag was not processed and CF =
> did not=20
> know how to handle the error, but simply defaulted to the Cold Fusion =
> error=20
> page.</FONT></DIV>
> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>The workaround we are experimenting =
> was to use=20
> application.cfm at the home level in addition to app_globals.cfm and =
> place=20
> CFERROR tag in application.cfm. However, errors in custom =
> tags still=20
> don't get caught by the CFERROR template because application.cfm does =
> not get=20
> executed with custom tags.</FONT></DIV>
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> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Does anyone have better ideas =
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> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Jie-hong</FONT></DIV>
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