Hi Chris,
Try putting your structure that is declared outside the methods in the
"this" scope.
Something like <cfset this.instance = structNew() />
then
<cfset this.instance.test = "ChrisRocks" />

Ahmed El-Rasheedy

On 9/13/07, Christopher Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Okay,
>
> So I'm trying to implement *some* of what I saw the other night, and it's
> not working. I've got a CFC called LienApplication.cfc and it contains an
> init function that takes a loan number, runs three queries, and then sets
> several instance variables with values returned from each of the queries.
> I'm using all the setters I wrote to set those values. Then I return 'this'
> (without the quotes... you know what I mean).
>
> The problem is that if I try to instantiate the cfc and then dump the
> subsequent object it's empty! No methods, no properties.. nothin'! However,
> if I view it through the CFC introspection stuff (like Dave showed us the
> other night), I can see all my methods.
>
> I'm at a loss! I'.ve done this sort of thing before (once or twice)
> without any problems, but now I'm trying to use the getters and setters
> idea. I should also mention that I tried shortening up my init function to
> just:
>
>     <cffunction name="init" access="public" returntype="LienApplication">
>         <cfset instance.test = "ChrisRocks">
>         <cfreturn this>
>     </cffunction>
>
> (yes, instance is a structure declared outside of the function just below
> the cfcomponent tag)
> I still get nothing! :o(
>
> If instead of trying to just do a <cfdump var="#myobj#"> I try to do
> something like <cfdump var="#getCustomerFirstName()#"> I get an error
> telling me that "Element Instance.CustomerFirstName is undefined in
> Variables". :o(
>
> I'll reprint my entire cfc here (and attach it as well) for anyone who
> thinks they'd like to take a look at it and could help me out. I've got to
> run home and celebrate my mother's birthday, but I'll be online later this
> evening to see if anyone has responded.
>
> Thanks so much everyone!
> Chris
>
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