JEBUS save me!
Nat.... why are we such lunkheads?!
btw, for anyone that cares.... I just finished a pretty slick tool for
importing data from my backend database into Microsoft Money (accounting
package). I'm pretty sure the same thing could work with Quicken and/or
Quickbooks.
Steve Nelson
http://www.SecretAgents.com
Tools for Fusebox Developers
(804) 825-6093
Hal Helms wrote:
>
> Ah, yes, I've got it now! Just a little slow on the upbeat...
>
> Anyway, if you place this in your myGloblals.cfm file, then #images# will
> point to a directory called images below the nested fusebox:
>
> <cfset images = "#GetDirectoryFromPath( GetCurrentTemplatePath() )#images\">
>
> Hal Helms
> == See www.ColdFusionTraining.com <http://www.ColdFusionTraining.com> for
> info on "Best Practices with ColdFusion & Fusebox" training, Jan 22-25 ==
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 1:30 PM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: Re: the dot notation
>
> Hal,
>
> the problem Nat is having is if all requests go through the root
> index.cfm file, then calling an image in a local circuit app with:
>
> <img src = "images/localImage.jpg">
>
> would always point to the /images directory under the root directory,
> not a /images under the circuit directory.
>
> make sense?
>
> Steve
>
> Hal Helms wrote:
> >
> > Nat,
> >
> > It seems to me you have two situations: one where the images are
> > application-wide and the other where they are specific to a circuit app.
> The
> > application-wide one I do with a request.images variable set to a specific
> > directory. The "local" images are just in a directory beneath the circuit
> > app, so calling them is like this:
> >
> > <img src = "images/localImage.jpg">
> >
> > I'm not sure what the problem is, or am I missing something?
> >
> > Hal Helms
> > == See www.ColdFusionTraining.com for info on "Best Practices with
> > ColdFusion & Fusebox" training, Jan 22-25 ==
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nat Papovich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 11:52 AM
> > To: Fusebox
> > Subject: RE: the dot notation
> >
> > I got no question with using directory names instead of dots, but my real
> > questions lie in the situation where someone uses purely cfinclude to call
> > circuit apps. Is there anyone out there that does that? If you use
> > cflocation to direct to circuit apps, or even cfmodule, I don't wanna hear
> > about it - only cfincludes.
> >
> > As for the request.images_dir - it's a great plan because it will work
> > whether you have images in the circuit, or in the root images dir, or even
> > on a different server like you mention, Alan.
> >
> > Namaste,
> >
> > Nat Papovich
> > Webthugs Consulting
> > ICQ 32676414
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: McCollough, Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 7:47 AM
> > > To: Fusebox
> > > Subject: RE: the dot notation
> > >
> > >
> > > I've got my images stored on a separate box, and use an
> > > #request.images_dir#
> > > to refer to the actual location of these guys. Its worked
> > > like a champ. Fer
> > > example, once upon a time the box with the images had to go
> > > down for a day,
> > > so I just copied the images to a different webserver, and
> > > edited the value
> > > of request.images_dir in app_globals.cfm. Worked slick and I
> > > didn't even
> > > have to restart CF or nuthin'.
> > >
> > > As for the dot notation and what not, I tend to avoid it. I
> > > normally mark up
> > > any calls for page elements as "#request.website_dir#/{the
> > > subfolder}/whatever.cfm". I've found it keeps things easier
> > > to manage when
> > > I'm looking for what came from where...
> > >
> > > Alan McCollough
> > > Web Programmer
> > > Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
> > > Alaska Native Medical Center
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Nat Papovich [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 10:25 PM
> > > > To: Fusebox
> > > > Subject: RE: the dot notation
> > > >
> > > > Well well well.
> > > >
> > > > > <cfset request.imagesroot="http://images.funkynat.com">
> > > > > <cfoutput>
> > > > > <img src="#request.imagesroot#/products/156.gif">
> > > > > </cfoutput>
> > > >
> > > > If I'm building the products app as a standalone, I don't
> > > think that I'm
> > > > at
> > > > http://images.funkynat.com/products. I think I'm a
> > > images.funkynat.com.
> > > > Requiring any given app to know where it lives in the
> > > "rest" of the app I
> > > > believe defeats the purpose of the dot notation and
> > > cfincluding indexes.
> > > > To
> > > > allow an index to be cfincluded willy-nilly, it cannot rely
> > > on anything
> > > > outside it's own relative self. Am I right here? Can
> > > someone who's built
> > > > one
> > > > of deez suckers step up and explain?
> > > >
> > > > Namaste,
> > > >
> > > > Nat Papovich
> > > > Webthugs Consulting
> > > > ICQ 32676414
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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