There is nothing wrong with including files in Application.cfm. Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Bridges [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 5:43 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: application.cfm vs. cfinclude > > I can' recall the exact reason either but I have heard also that it is > extrememly bad form to use Application.cfm and OnRequestEnd.cfm to do any > type of cfincludes ... I got reprimanded in an article I wrote for > including > header and footer files that way. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 3:23 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: application.cfm vs. cfinclude > > But if he is already including it at the top of each page, and this is > going > to continue to be the case, then I do not see any reason why you could not > do this. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Costas Piliotis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 4:19 PM > Subject: RE: application.cfm vs. cfinclude > > > > I remember forta strongly advising against it. Don't remember why, but > he > > suggested that all you have in it is the <cfapplication> tag. > > > > With includes, you have full control over when they are included or not. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Austin Govella [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 2:10 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: application.cfm vs. cfinclude > > > > > > I use includes for the DTD at the top of every page. > > > > I was planning on using cfinclude to add the DTDs, but if the > application. > > cfm is automatically stuck at the top of every page, is there a reason > why > > it'd be bad to ask the it to add the DTD? > > > > I was thinking I'd save myself some small bit of server load if it only > > processed te application.cfm, as opposed to processing application.cfm > AND > > a cfinclude. > > > > And then there's the footer and the onrequestend.cfm file... > > > > -- > > Austin Govella > > Grafofini > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.

