Sure does!
On Tuesday, November 12, 2002, at 01:40 PM, Raymond Camden wrote:
> I believe expandPath("/") will return it for you.
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tyler Silcox [mailto:mail4tyler@;gslsolutions.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 2:57 PM
>> To: CF-Talk
>> Subject: Re: Referencing component packages
>>
>>
>>> RE from Raymond: Web root (I assume you meant web root, not
>> really the
>> cfusionmx root)
>>
>> This is the last time I'll ask, I swear, but is there a way
>> to figure out
>> what the web root is from CFML? I know ColdFusion must know
>> what it is to
>> map directories, so couldn't the CF engine just play fair and set some
>> variable for us to reference, or at least give us a relative
>> path so that we
>> can figure it out ourselves...or is this some deeply rooted
>> evil idea that
>> should be buried and never surface again?
>>
>> P.S.: I ask because I do not like hard-coding references to other
>> directories when I can help it, it keeps my sites nimble, and
>> gives me a lot
>> more control on shared servers, etc...
>>
>> Tyler Silcox
>> email | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 2:23 PM
>> Subject: RE: Referencing component packages
>>
>>
>> Not CF's root dir, but one of these:
>>
>> Current folder
>> Web root (I assume you meant web root, not really the cfusionmx root)
>> A defined mapping
>>
>>
>> ==============================================================
>> =========
>> Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Hire
>>
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>> WWW : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus
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>>
>> "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:marlon@;mcmoyer.com]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 2:21 PM
>>> To: CF-Talk
>>> Subject: Re: Referencing component packages
>>>
>>>
>>> Make sure that you're referencing from CF's root directory. Another
>>> option if you have DWMX is to drag the component into your
>>> code from the
>>> Application-->Components toolbar
>>>
>>> Raymond Camden wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do not use / format. This is the second time I've seen this
>>> used - any
>>>> reason why? It's not in the docs. You should use foo.goo
>> format where
>>>> every item till the end is a folder name and the last item
>>> is the CFC
>>>> itself.
>>>>
>>>> =============================================================
>>> ==========
>>>> Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Hire
>>>>
>>>> Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> WWW : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus
>>>> Yahoo IM : morpheus
>>>>
>>>> "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Brook Davies [mailto:brook@;maracasmedia.com]
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 1:55 PM
>>>>> To: CF-Talk
>>>>> Subject: RE: Referencing component packages
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you tried just /components/Query.... ?
>>>>>
>>>>> At 01:45 PM 12/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, that's what I would have thought. And that's
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> precisely that all
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> the books and MX documentation say. But it isn't
>> working for me...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for the response though!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:marlon@;mcmoyer.com]
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:19 PM
>>>>>> To: CF-Talk
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Referencing component packages
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe it should be
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <cfinvoke Component="mySite.components.query">
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Blum, Jason (SAA) wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Forta, New Riders and others all say that you can call
>>> put all your
>>>>>>> components in one folder and then reference them just as
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> you would an
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> include, style sheet, whatever.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But I am absolutely stumped on how to do this. Have
>>> followed their
>>>>>>> instructions very carefully and played with variations but
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> cannot seem
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> to do it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If
>>>>>>> /MySite/index.cfm
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> wants to instate
>>>>>>> /MySite/components/Query.cfc
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> then <CFINVOKE COMPONENT="components/Query"...
>>>>>>> works great.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But going back up the directory structure, say from:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /MySite/admin/index.cfm
>>>>>>> <CFINVOKE COMPONENT="../components/Query"...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> seems to be impossible without setting up a mapping in
>> CFAdmin...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've tried dot notation, forward slashes, backward
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> slashes, from the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> wwwroot, from the root drive, ExpandPath, etc., etc....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anybody know what I am doing wrong???
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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