Re: How to link to a mini-app which is called as a cfmodule?

[Lee Borkman]

Hi John,   When you say that the forums mini-app is "self-contained", what exactly do you mean.  Do you mean that it has its own dedicated space in the portal layout, or does the forums app share a common content space in the portal with other apps, any of which can "take control", so to speak? If you want multiple apps to each have their own independent application flow, all within an integrated layout, then that's quite a task, and you might be better off thinking of frames ;-(  But if you want all of the various apps to share a single common content space, then that's much easier.  See my sample Basic Portal and/or Protal and Frames apps: http://bjork.net/index.cfm/fuseaction/content.display/page/portal_frames.htm In the Basic Portal example, the CFMODULE calls to the various mini-apps are all done from the home circuit's layout file.  That layout file creates the complete HTML wrapper which goes around the common content area, ie around the stuff created by the requested target fuseaction. Hope that helps some, LeeBB ----- Original Message ----- From: John Boyes   I'm working on an FB3 intranet portal (first biggish FB3 app I've built).  Fairly standard; the portal will have global navigation header and footers, and contains many "mini-applications" such as a forum.  Using the forum mini-app as an example, it is self-contained and therefore I think I should call it using cfmodule rather than cfinclude (to ensure that local variables in the portal circuit are not falsely overwritten etc). My question is, where in my code is the most elegant place to put the actual cfmodule call to the forum mini-app? Obviously I can't include the cfmodule call in my href link to the forums app. One option I've thought of is to create a forum fuseaction in my top-level portal circuit which cfmodules the mini-app, and link to this fuseaction from my portal. e.g. on the display page: <a href="#self#?fuseaction=#thisCircuit#.forum">Forums</a> and in the switch: <cfcase value="forum"> <cfmodule template="#self#" fuseaction="forum.display_forums">    </cfcase> The other option I can think of would I be to link straight to the forum circuit from my href on the display page, but I can't see how to cfmodule rather than cfinclude in this case. am I thinking about this along the right lines? thanks John ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================