Did you get it straightened out Rick? Azadi gave you what you need. You need to explicitly call the component using a path from the web root (dot notation).
>From Azadi's email... <cfinvoke component="dot.delimited.path.to.cfc.from.webroot" method="your_cfc_method_name_here" ...> For your situation... <cfinvoke component="c21-ar.components.agent" method="get_agent_info" returnvariable="agent_info" agent_id="url.agent_id" /> -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 11:57 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: cfc question... I looked over the info and I'm sure I'll end up doing that, but I still have to execute the code at some point, which leads me back to the question of how to set up paths for the cfc's. Let's say I've got a root folder of e:\inetpub\webroot\c21ar and a component folder path of e:\inetpub\webroot\c21ar\components How do I set the path when using the cfinvoke function? All the examples I've used have the cfc in the same folder as the calling document, so it hasn't been an issue. Now that it is, I can't figure out how to satisfy the cfinvoke function concerning the path to a cfc other that in the same folder as the calling document. I tried the "source" attribute in the cfinvoke function, but that just returned an error any way I coded it. CF Admin Mappings? IIS Mappings? Virtual Directories? I know this is probably something simple, but I'm just not getting it. Hints, anyone? Thanks, Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerald Guido [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 12:02 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: cfc question... > > >> Anyway, what's lame about putting all the cfc's together in a directory > where I can find them easily? > > There is nothing lame about it (you gotta stick them somewhere). What he > means is that you are going to want to stick them in memory (the application > scope) cuz there is a lot of overhead with firing them up (instantiating or > creating an instance of them) every time you need to use them. Basically you > are caching them. > > You can do the same thing with functions too. It is pretty damn slick. I > blarged on the matter here: > http://www.myinternetisbroken.com/index.cfm/2008/5/24/Caching-Functions- -Creating-variables-that-are - > executable > > G$ > > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Now, Will... all that's a bit complicated for a newbie to cfc's! > > Didja haf'ta make it so hard! I just wanted a path! :o) > > > > Anyway, what's lame about putting all the cfc's together in a directory > > where I can find them easily? > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Will Tomlinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 11:00 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: Re: cfc question... > > > > > > >Another issue I've run into is how to help my calling page find > > > >my cfc's. While learning, I've just placed the cfc in the same > > > >folder as the calling page. But now I'm placing them in a components > > > >folder and the calling page can't find it. > > > > > > Rick, I mostly initialize them in application scope in Application.cfc > > > > > > Like this: > > > > > > <cfset APPLICATION.reportDAO = > > CreateObject("component","cfcs.reportDAO").init(dsn=APPLICATION.dsn)> > > > > > > Then build a constructor in your cfc like so: > > > > > > <cffunction name="init" access="public" returntype="reportDAO" > > output="false" > > > hint="Returns an instance of the CFC initialized with the correct > > settings."> > > > <cfargument name="dsn"> > > > <cfset variables.dsn = arguments.dsn> > > > <cfreturn this> > > > </cffunction> > > > > > > Once you do all that, it's ready to use anywhere in the application. > > > > > > Just refer to it using the application scope: > > > > > > <cfset getReport = APPLICATION.reportDAO.monthEnd()> > > > > > > Puttin it in a cfc's directory is lame, but I'm sure more advice will > > roll in for ya. :) > > > > > > hth, > > > Will > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:307555 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
