You'll want to use dot notation. So, using your example of /gallerycomponents/functions.cfc, you'd do the following:
<cfinvoke component="gallerycomponents.functions" method="foo" /> HTH On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Jenny Gavin-Wear < jenn...@fasttrackonline.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi Ray, > > Thanks for your reply. > > Yes I could use a cfmapping, however .... > > I'm a bit confused as I thought the cfmappings were for accessing files > outside the web root or its sub-directories. > > I read "By default, ColdFusion MX defines a mapping for the web root (/). > You can define additional mappings to allow access to pages outside of the > web root." So I don't understand why I can't use this default mapping- I > realise I can't bit I also realise I need to understand why. > > I created a cfmapping pointing to a directory inside the webroot of the > application called /gallerycomponents. > > Then I tried running the cfinvoke as follows, but it appears I have some > syntax wrong. > > <cfinvoke component="/gallerycomponents/functions.cfc" method="getTags"> > > I read up in your book, CF 7 Construction Kit, that a mapping can be used > when invoking the component, but there wasn't a syntax example using a > mapping. > > Thanks, > > Jenny > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Raymond Camden [mailto:raymondcam...@gmail.com] > >>Sent: 03 May 2012 16:51 > >>To: cf-talk > >>Subject: Re: CFINVOKE - Component Location > >> > >> > >>Can you use a cfmapping? > >> > >>On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Jenny Gavin-Wear > >><jenn...@fasttrackonline.co.uk> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I'm trying to work out how to point to the file location of a > >>> component using cfinvoke. > >>> > >>> I am storing all of the component files for my application in one > >>> directory which is one step off the web root. > >>> > >>> Many thanks in advance, > >>> > >>> Jenny > >>> > >>> -- > >>> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > >>> We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. > >>> SPAMfighter has removed 29195 of my spam emails to date. > >>> Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > >>> > >>> The Professional version does not have this message > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>~~~~~~~~~~~| > >>Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! > >>http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion- > >>Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion > >>Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- > >>talk/message.cfm/messageid:350974 > >>Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm > >>Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- > >>talk/unsubscribe.cfm > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 29195 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350977 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
