i've had my head buried in this code since my last post but now i'm encountering something that i may be able to solve with a function in the CFC
basically i have four different layouts for one set of data. Each layout has one or more cfscript tags that convert the raw text into formatted paragraphs of one type or other. And this is FINE except for one thing. Within four days i've gotten the cfscripts to end up so much differently from each other that i'm not sure i can get them aligned. It occurred to me that if i just fed the data to an object that does the work for me i could only have to keep one script for formatting and update only it. (yay reuse) (yes, i am able to put that in a cfm and call it into the page if it comes down to that, but i'd rather do it 'right-ish') But I am having trouble using UDFs in model glue (which is just fine by me) however i'm at a complete loss how to use model glue to format the text. I considered doing it in the master controller, just instantiating another object and doing it there, but that will only format one db record, the rest will be unformatted, so it seems like the smart place to do it is in the cfoutput in each page. Once upon a time i used Java and JSP and this made sense, but i've mostly been a linear programmer for ten years, and so OO is giving me headaches. So i have two questions - can i use objects in my code that are instantiated in the controller but functions are not run on them? if so, how do i do that OR - do i need to instantiate within the cfm page as per how one did it before one put a framework around one's cold fusion? I am going to poke at it and hope i get it working tonite, but since i have the delay anyway, i might as well ask for your advice since you guys all rock and all. And examples would really rock, however i didn't find anything searching the example directory view cfms for function calls. (though that could just be my relative lack of search fu) -- Miki Tracey Administrator Ice and Fire USA [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "model-glue" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/model-glue?hl=en For more about Model-Glue, check http://www.model-glue.com . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
