Phil,
You need an absolute file path (as in C:\blah\blah.txt) to use CF File. What you may be looking for is "CFHTTP". Try <cfhttp url="http://www.applewoodcommunity.com/index.cfm"/> <cfset content = cfhttp.filecontent> -Mark Mark A. Kruger, CFG, MSCE www.cfwebtools.com www.necfug.com http://blog.mxconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: Phillip Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 10:07 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: cffile error confusion. Hi, Does anyone know why i'm getting this error? It's coming from my local machine... Error Occurred While Processing Request An error occurred when performing a file operation READ on file C:\CFusionMX\runtime\servers\default\SERVER-INF\temp\wwwroot-tmp\http://www. applewoodcommunity.com/index.cfm. The cause of this exception was: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\CFusionMX\runtime\servers\default\SERVER-INF\temp\wwwroot-tmp\http:\www.a pplewoodcommunity.com\index.cfm (The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect). This is my cffile example.. <cffile ACTION="READ" FILE="http://www.applewoodcommunity.com/index.cfm" VARIABLE="content"> Thanks Phil ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187551 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54