Although there are several really big advantages to an external 'javascript' file being a static file, who said that your external file must end with .js? You can put a .cfm file in the src attribute of a script tag, serving a dynamic document through. Just make sure that the generated JavaScript is valid, and use the cfcontent tag to tell the browser that it's a javascript file.
Steve "Cutter" Blades Adobe Certified Professional Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer Co-Author of "Learning Ext JS" http://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js/book _____________________________ http://blog.cutterscrossing.com On 8/3/2009 1:52 PM, Asaf Peleg wrote: > I'm looking for a way to attach an external javascript sheet that includes > dynamic coldfusion code. Obviously, a ColdFusion file must end with the .cfm > extension to be processed by the server and as I have found out through > research an external javascript sheets needs to end with a .js extension. > > The reason I need to do this is because I have a javascript heavy page that > builds a separate dynamic javascript array for each user (for a user specific > chain-select). > > I came up with the idea of compiling all the javascript in a<cfsavecontent> > and then writing that output to a specific .js file but I quickly realized > this would lead to race conditions if two users accessed the page at the same > time. > > There must be an elegant solution to this. Can anyone give me some advice? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325187 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
