Hi Doppelganger,
Yeah, I had a very specific requirement. I was provided with an
already-existing 4000-fuse reasonably standard FB non-XFB B2B application.
The client wants to host multiple versions of this B2B app on one server,
charging each of HIS clients a fair whack, and passing some of this on to me
;-)
Of course, each end-client wants some customisations, mostly cosmetic,
sometimes major.
Obviously, I could have ported the whole thing to an OO architecture, and
all of that customisation stuff would have then been pretty trivial, but the
porting is a VERY substantial task for an app of this size, and I'm doing it
all on my little own. Besides, I feel comfortable in CF, FB and even XFB,
so I'd rather leave the app much as it is.
Answer:
* Port the FB into XFB. Reasonably trivial, breaking some large fuseboxes
up into smaller circuits;
* Make the location of every fuse a variable, set in myGlobals. Use session
scope, or some other smarts so that you don't have to set 4000 variables for
every request (which would otherwise impose about 90ms overhead);
* Replace all calls to fuses within the fuseboxes indirect via the
appropriate variable;
* Make this new "master" application the top-level XFB home app;
To make a clone:
* copy the index.cfm to a new sub-circuit;
* amend circuits.cfm as necessary
* copy and amend the odd fuse where customisation is required;
* use the circuit's myGlobals to override the default location of any
customised fuses.
That's about it. XFB makes it possible to have a hierarchy of
customisations. eg, the master app is "sub-classed" into German and English
versions. Then these are further "sub-classed" into "simple-interface" and
"advanced-interface", etc.
Yeah, works fine. XFB makes it easy, but it's also perfectly possible in
non-XFB.
Oh m'God. I can feel XXFB coming on.
See you later,
Leeb.
>From: "Hal Helms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>That has got to be the dumbest thing I've ever...
>
>Wait--what did you say? "XFB makes this very simple." Um, YES! I planned
>all
>that out...uh, just like Lee says, inheriting the...the...thing that gets
>inherited using inheritance!
>
>Actually, that sounds pretty darned intriguing, Bjorkmeister. And it works
>well, eh?
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