Brian, good idea. I'll give that a shot. I "assumed" that putting them in the VARIABLES scope would have ensured they were visible inside any other page that included them. App.cfc must not follow that rule.
M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Brian Kotek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 12:07 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Chicken or Egg? Config File to Set Application Variables When I test this I can reference the variables in the included file as long as the included file's variables don't specify the variables scope (which I assume forces them to be local to the included template). So just do: Config.cfm ---------- <cfset constants.sessionTimeout = createTimeSpan(0,0,1,0)> <cfset constants.applicationTimeout = createTimeSpan(0,0,2,0)> And reference them as variables.constants.sessionTimeout in the Application.cfc. On 7/26/07, Michael Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can use relative references, however, there appears to be a bug in > CF8 that won't allow you include a file in the Application.cfc's "constructor" > area. Well, that's not entirely correct. You can include a file, > however, you can't refer to any variables within that included file. > That makes it pretty useless. > > What I want to do is very basic: > > I want an Application.cfc that is exactly the same for development, > testing and production. I want that Application.cfc to get its > settings from a Config file that is unique to each site (development, > testing and production). > > Here is a requirement: > > I want to dynamically set the sessionTimeout and applicationTimeout > variables in the THIS scope. I want to pull these values from a > config file located anywhere on the server (under the web root or outside of it). > > Theoretically, it should work like this: > > Config.cfm > ---------- > <cfset variables.constants.sessionTimeout = createTimeSpan(0,0,1,0)> > <cfset variables.constants.applicationTimeout = > createTimeSpan(0,0,2,0)> > > > Application.cfc > --------------- > <cfcomponent> > > <cfinclude template="../Config/Config.cfm"> > > <cfset this.sessionTimeout = variables.constants.sessionTimeout> > <cfset this.applicationTimeout = > variables.constants.applicationTimeout> > > </cfcomponent> > > > When running this simple code, the CFINCLUDE tag does not throw an > error, however, you can't refer to the variables set within the included file. > > I would just like a solution to this simple problem. > > Thanks > M!ke > > >> I have structured my web site (CF8) so that my config > > > >Use a relative reference to get to the parent directory or to > >siblings, > etc. > >Obviously, something will have to be hard-coded - the relative > >location > of > >the config file, or perhaps the name of the config file if you wanted > >to mimic the behavior of CF when it's looking for Application.cfc/cfm. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:284723 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
