This isn't an issue as all of the fusebox variables are actually structures, not just variables with a period in their name. "fusebox" is the name of the strucuture.
So, fusebox.thiscircuit is the key "thiscircuit" in the structure "fusebox". Make sense? At 12:48 PM 4/30/2002 +0000, you wrote: >I have read in the cfmx_dev_cf_apps.pdf (page 49) that variables with >points in it are not alowed anymore in CF MX(unless using an array >structure p.51). > >As fuseaction is such a variable, I think fb3 will not work on MX. Am I >wrong? Is there going to be a FB3MX version that deals with this issue? > >I won't be using CF MX any time soon, unless my provider makes the >switch, but I want to be prepared. > >p.49: >With the exception of Cookie and Client scope variables (which must >always be simple variable types), you cannot normally include periods in >simple variable names. However, ColdFusion makes some exceptions that >accommodate legacy and third-party code that does not conform to this >requirement. > >p.51: >You can create a variable name that includes periods by using >associative array structure >notation, as described in �Structure notation,� in Chapter 5. To do so, >you must do the >following: >�Refer to the variable as part of a structure. You can always do this, >because >ColdFusion considers all scopes to be structures. For more information >on scopes, see >�About scopes� on page 58 >�Put the variable name that must include a period inside square brackets >and single or >double quotation marks, >The following example shows this technique: ><cfset Variables ['My.Variable.With.Periods'] =12> ><cfset Request ["Another.Variable.With.Periods"] ="Test variable"> ><cfoutput> >My.Variable.With.Periods is:#My.Variable.With.Periods#<br> >Request.Another.Variable.With.Periods is: >#Request.Another.Variable.With.Periods#<br> ></cfoutput> ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] 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 ==^================================================================
