No, there is nothing inheritently wrong with it (though there are articled reasons for not doing it: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/extreme/bforta_cfc.html). I don't think there are any good reasons for doing it over using modules/includes/custom tags either.
But anyways, the OP seemed to be having trouble with a simple problem and the language used (ie. "not getting printed to the form") suggested that perhaps he had come from another coding language and was not aware of the other options, hence my hint. I may be wrong in those assumptions but being aware of standard practice is no irrelevent thing. Dominic ps. I am not confused with best practice / convention! :p 2009/1/15 Dave Watts <dwa...@figleaf.com>: >> Custom tags, cfmodule and cfinclude all exist for good reason, they >> are designed for modularising output. If you fully understand their >> use, you most likely would not desire to use a function to modularise >> your output though, of course, you are perfectly free to do so. >> >> While you are free to do what you will in any language, learning >> established practice is far from trivial or ridiculous. Things are >> usually done for good reason. > > It is a mistake to confuse conventions, no matter how common they are > or how widely they're shared, with best practices. There is nothing > inherently wrong with generating output from within a CFFUNCTION, and > it has an OUTPUT attribute for exactly this reason. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:317995 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
