I guess you had no luck finding an instance of jsStringFormat(). Does the value ever hit a scope covered by global script protection before it gets set to the app scope?
You could easily rule it out by making sure it is off or turning it off long enough to test. On 3/14/13 12:25 AM, "Kym Kovan" <dev-li...@mbcomms.net.au> wrote: > >Rick, > >how are you returning this structure? You haven't got some funny format >turning on as the return from the CFC function by accident have you? > >Kym > >On 14/03/2013 15:49, Rick Faircloth wrote: >> >> The application.temp_images_directory is being set in application.cfc: >> >> <cfset application.temp_images_directory = 'e:\tempImages' /> >> >> The last part of the example below, the >>#newImageFileName#.#originalImageExt# >> is being set in news.cfc, after an image has been uploaded. It's done >>this >> way to be able to manipulate the filename part before the extension, >>such as: >> >> #newImageFileName#_400.#originalImageExt# >> >> I'm checking it right now by setting struct variables >> in a cfc such as, >> >> <cfset saveNewsItemStruct.APPTEMP = >> >>'#application.temp_images_directory#\#newImageFileName#_400.#originalImag >>eExt#' /> >> >> then, just returning the struct to the calling page: >> >> <cfreturn saveNewsItemStruct /> >> >> The saveNewsItemStruct.APPTEMP would end up looking like: >> >> e:\\temp_images\\duck_400.jpg >> >> And when I tried Dave's solution of using forward slashes, /, >> instead of back slashes, I'd end up with: >> >> e:\/temp_images\/duck_400.jpg >> >> I'm not sure what is inserting the backslashes. I don't believe >> I've ever run into this before. >> >> Rick >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jerry Milo Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 10:18 PM >> To: cf-talk >> Subject: Re: Why is this happening?????? >> >> >> how are you displaying it when the \ are appearing doubled? (something >>like >> a js alert, or a cfoutput to an html page, or some other mechanism?) >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:08 PM, Rick Faircloth >> <r...@whitestonemedia.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> If I use this on a test page: >>> >>> <cfoutput>#application.temp_images_directory#</cfoutput> >>> >>> it comes out fine: e:\inetpub\webroot\tempImages >>> >>> I just don't see why (or how) it could be happening. >>> >>> Thanks for the feedback! >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jerry Milo Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 9:34 PM >>> To: cf-talk >>> Subject: Re: Why is this happening?????? >>> >>> >>> what happens if you display the value INSIDE the cfc before you return >>>it? >>> what happens if you set the same variable OUTSIDE the cfc and display >>>it? >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Rick Faircloth >>><r...@whitestonemedia.com >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> This has been driving me crazy for two days and I GIVE UP! AHH! >>>> >>>> >>>> If I create this variable in application.cfc: >>>> >>>> <cfset application.temp_images_directory = >>> 'e:\inetpub\webroot\tempImages' >>>> /> >>>> >>>> >>>> and use it in news.cfc like this: >>>> >>>> <cfset saveNewsItemStruct = structNew()> >>>> >>>> <cfset saveNewsItemStruct.ATID = >>>>'#application.temp_images_directory#' /> >>>> >>>> >>>> why in the WORLD would I get this: >>>> >>>> e:\\inetpub\\webroot\\tempImages >>>> >>>> >>>> when I return the struct and display saveNewsItemsStruct.ATID????? >>>> >>>> Why are the path lines doubling? >>>> >>>> >>>> I don't think I've seen this in 15 years of CF programming! >>>> >>>> (I'm getting too old for all this aggravation...) >>>> >>>> Thanks for any help! >>>> >>>> Rick >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:355016 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
