Won't that just make it null instead of undefined when the "url:" line of
the included .js file runs? Not that I have a better answer.
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Michael Grant <mgr...@modus.bz> wrote:
>
> Define your var outside of the function.
>
> <script type="text/javascript">
>
> var jsActiveWebrootDirectory;
>
> $(document).ready(function() {
>
> jsActiveWebrootDirectory = '#cfActiveWebrootDirectory#';
>
> });
>
>
> </script>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Rick Faircloth <r...@whitestonemedia.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm trying to set a js var using cf in the head of a file, then use
> > that js var in an externally called js file...
> >
> >
> > If I'm using this in the head of a .cfm page to set a js var with cf:
> >
> > <cfset cfActiveWebrootDirectory =
> > application.activeWebrootDirectory>
> >
> > <cfoutput>
> >
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> >
> > $(document).ready(function() {
> > var jsActiveWebrootDirectory =
> > '#cfActiveWebrootDirectory#';
> > });
> >
> > </script>
> >
> > </cfoutput>
> >
> > and the following in the js file, "01-processEmailProperty.js":
> >
> > url: '' + jsActiveWebrootDirectory +
> >
> >
> '/modules/emailProperty/00-propertyEmailProcessing.cfc?method=mEmailProperty
> > &returnFormat=json'
> >
> > The line "url" line immediately above is part of the js file that is
> > referenced in the .cfm
> > mentioned at the top of this message as an external js file like this:
> >
> > <script type="text/javascript"
> > src="modules/emailProperty/01-processEmailProperty.js"></script>
> >
> > Why would the var, "jsActiveWebrootDirectory", always be "undefined" in
> the
> > file containing the "url" line above when the 01-processEmailProperty.js
> > function is called?
> >
> >
> > Does the question make sense?
> > I can reword it if it's not clear...
> >
> > Rick
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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