Oh great FuseMaster, bestow upon us some of thine cool
goodies for MS Money!
-Mike G
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Fusebox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: the dot notation
> 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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