Bryan, this doesn't exactly answer your question but here is a simple way to minimise whitespace:
<cfsilent> <cfset nhead = ""> <cfset nhead = nhead & "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC ""-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"">#Chr(13)#"> <cfset nhead = nhead & "<html>#Chr(13)#"> <cfset nhead = nhead & "<head>#Chr(13)#"> <cfset nhead = nhead & "<title>Contract Manager</title>#Chr(13)#"> <!--- javascript files here.... ---> <cfset nhead = nhead & "</head>#Chr(13)#"> <cfset nhead = nhead & "<body>#Chr(13)#"> <p>Testing</p> <!--- lots of cfloops here ---> <cfset nhead = nhead & "</body>#Chr(13)#"> <cfset nhead = nhead & "</html>#Chr(13)#"> <!--- only one set of cfoutput tags required....no whitespace. ---> </cfsilent> <cfoutput>#nhead#</cfoutput> regards, Andrew. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:235108 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