I wrote an exhaustive explanation of how paired custom tags work in Advanced
Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Application Development (Ben's book). It goes over
just about everything you'll need to know about advanced use of paired custom
tags.
Respectfully,
Adam Phillip Churvis
Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer
BlueDragon Alliance Founding Committee
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jennifer Dodson
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 6:05 PM
Subject: Paired Custom Tags
Can anyone point me at a good resource for learning about writing a Paired
custom tag? I'm having a little trouble with the one I started on
yesterday.
Basically what we're trying to do is "overload" the cfmail tag so that we
can make it work differently on different servers.
I have created a tag with a start and stop which I think is pretty good.
When you call it it does generate an email like you'd expect, but the
content of the mail tag also displays on the screen which is a little less
than ideal. If anyone's got some pointers on how to get this working right
I'd appreciate it. I think it will work out pretty nice once I get over
this learning hump.
Jennifer Dodson.
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Here's how I'm calling it:
<cf_infonetEmail_2
to="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
from="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
subject="did this work?">
Just wanted to see if this worked or not.
#CGI.PATH_INFO#
#DateFormat(Now(),"mm/dd/yyyy")#
</cf_infonetEmail_2>
And here's the code I'm using (keep in mind this is just the rough starting
point).
<!---Determine if you're in the start tag or the end tag--->
<cfif ThisTag.ExecutionMode EQ "Start">
<!---Parse apart the attributes and set them to the correct
values--->
<!---Mail template to allow for "shutting" off the mail tag on
development machines--->
<cfparam name="Attributes.Type" default="plain">
<cfparam name="Attributes.cc" default="">
<cfparam name="Attributes.bcc" default="">
<cfparam name="Attributes.attachment" default="">
<!---If the Server is not live then send to the User--->
<cfif CGI.Server_Name is not "InfoNet">
<!--- the session.associateusername is not defined for
scheduled tasks--->
<cfif isDefined("Session.AssociateUserName")>
<cfset Attributes.To =
Session.AssociateUserName&"@pioneerservices.com">
<cfif Attributes.cc is not "">
<cfset Attributes.cc =
Session.AssociateUserName&"@pioneerservices.com">
</cfif>
<cfif Attributes.bcc is not "">
<cfset Attributes.bcc =
Session.AssociateUserName&"@pioneerservices.com">
</cfif>
<cfelse>
<cfset Attributes.To =
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]">
<cfif Attributes.cc is not "">
<cfset Attributes.cc =
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]">
</cfif>
<cfif Attributes.bcc is not "">
<cfset Attributes.bcc =
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]">
</cfif>
</cfif>
</cfif>
<!--- If we're at the end tag, then go ahead and send the email--->
<cfelse>
<cfif Attributes.attachment is "">
<cfmail
to="#Attributes.To#"
cc="#Attributes.cc#"
bcc="#Attributes.bcc#"
from="#Attributes.From#"
subject="#Attributes.Subject#"
type="#Attributes.Type#">#ThisTag.GeneratedContent#</cfmail>
<cfelse>
<cfmail
to="#Attributes.To#"
cc="#Attributes.cc#"
bcc="#Attributes.bcc#"
from="#Attributes.From#"
subject="#Attributes.Subject#"
mimeattach="#Attributes.attachment#"
type="plain">#ThisTag.GeneratedContent#</cfmail>
</cfif>
</cfif>
Jennifer Dodson
Sr. Development Analyst
Pioneer Services
4700 Belleview Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64112
Phone 816-448-2391
Fax 816-756-0942
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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