for this type of thing you can simply save the dynamic content as a file and cfinclude it between your cfmail tags. No need to evaluate anything then.
Russ -----Original Message----- From: Charles Sheehan-Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:42:01 -0400 Subject: Re: Evaluate vs ? > Sometimes I send out emails through my system which dynamically > generate the > content from variables: > > example: > > Last year you gave $#lsnumberformat(lastyear, "9.99")# to support our > work. > This year we hope you'll give $#lsnumberformat(lastyear*2, "9.99")#. > > My mailer routine uses evaluate against the string to parse out those > values, then it is sent out via cfmail inside a loop. If Evaluate() > isn't > recommended, is there a better way to do this? Typically this type of > mailing might go out to 10 or 12 thousand emails at once. > > > On 4/18/06 1:29 PM, "Nick de Voil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Is there a time when evaluate should be used? > > > > If you want to dynamically build an unpredictable string which > contains > > logic, rather than just variable names, then afaik you can only > invoke the > > logic using Evaluate(). But then again, that's not something that > people > > need to do very often. > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:238030 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
