Ironically, this tag has exactly the problem I illustrated, and consequently will usually end up rendering a bunch of extra whitespace itself.
cheers, barneyb On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:34:08 -0400, Andrew Grosset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >CF5/IIS5 > > > >I have a CFML tag constructed to produce as little white space as > >possible - > > another way is to use this custom tag: StripWhiteSpace.cfm > > <!--- ===================================================================== > ---> > <CFSETTING ENABLECFOUTPUTONLY="YES"><!--- Suspend whitespace output ---> > <CFPARAM NAME="Attributes.StrengthMode" DEFAULT="Maximum"> > > <!--- Make sure a closing tag exists in calling template ---> > <CFIF NOT ThisTag.HasEndTag> > <CFABORT SHOWERROR="You need to supply a closing <CF_FileWriteText> tag."> > </CFIF> > > <!--- When the closing tag is encountered... ---> > <CFIF ThisTag.ExecutionMode is "End"> > <!--- Replace multiple whitespace characters with a single space ---> > <CFSWITCH EXPRESSION="#Attributes.StrengthMode#"> > <CFCASE VALUE="Maximum"> > <CFSET ThisTag.GeneratedContent = REReplace(ThisTag.GeneratedContent, > "[[:space:]]{2,}", " ", "ALL")> > </CFCASE> > <CFCASE VALUE="Literate"> > <CFSET ThisTag.GeneratedContent = REReplace(ThisTag.GeneratedContent, > "([#Chr(13)##Chr(10)#][^[:graph:]]*[#Chr(13)##Chr(10)#])", > "#Chr(13)##Chr(10)#", "ALL")> > <CFSET ThisTag.GeneratedContent = REReplace(ThisTag.GeneratedContent, > "[ #Chr(9)#]{2,}", "", "ALL")> > </CFCASE> > <CFCASE VALUE="Medium"> > <CFSET ThisTag.GeneratedContent = REReplace(ThisTag.GeneratedContent, > "([#Chr(13)##Chr(10)#][^[:graph:]]*[#Chr(13)##Chr(10)#])", > "#Chr(13)##Chr(10)#", "ALL")> > <CFSET ThisTag.GeneratedContent = REReplace(ThisTag.GeneratedContent, > "[ #Chr(9)#]{2,}", " ", "ALL")> > </CFCASE> > <CFCASE VALUE="Light"> > <CFSET ThisTag.GeneratedContent = REReplace(ThisTag.GeneratedContent, > "([#Chr(13)##Chr(10)#][^[:graph:]]*[#Chr(13)##Chr(10)#])", > "#Chr(13)##Chr(10)#", "ALL")> > </CFCASE> > <CFCASE VALUE="Off"> > </CFCASE> > <CFDEFAULTCASE> > <CFABORT SHOWERROR="Error in CF_StripWhitespace tag. Invalid MODE > attribute."> > </CFDEFAULTCASE> > </CFSWITCH> > </CFIF> > > <CFSETTING ENABLECFOUTPUTONLY="NO"><!--- Re-enable whitespace output ---> > <!--- ===================================================================== > ---> > > I'm not sure who originally wrote it, but it works well. > > If you place it in the same directory as the calling template you can call it > like this: > > <CF_StripWhitespace StrengthMode="maximum"> > <!--- your code goes here ---> > </CF_StripWhitespace> -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 50 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:199707 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54