DDX is the way to go, when you need a higher level of control bringing these things together. CF 10 and below do not give you complete DDX functionality, but there is quite a bit available. It's all a lot of trial and error.
Steve 'Cutter' Blades Adobe Community Professional Adobe Certified Expert Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer ____________ http://cutterscrossing.com Co-Author "Learning Ext JS 3.2" Packt Publishing 2010 https://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js-3-2-for-building-dynamic-desktop-style-user-interfaces/book "The best way to predict the future is to help create it" On 2/11/2014 3:20 PM, John Drake wrote: > I seem to be hitting a brick wall here. I am merging PDFs, and when I set > package="yes", it creates a PDF package/portfolio/whatever they are calling > it this week. > > It is the barebones portfolio, which defaults to the "files" view with the > listing of the filenames of the included PDFs sitting at the top of the > browser, and a frame of the file(s) below it. > > The PDF portfolio format appears to be very customizable, and skinnable and > there are some very nice layouts available. > > However, all my attempts to start with a blank one with a custom layout and > merge/add my PDFs to the portfolio are coming to naught. > > I can add to it - but then it treats the empty PDF portfolio as a separate > PDF in a new PDF portfolio. > > It looks like I might have to learn DDX or get out the Applescript hammer and > do it on the desktop - but I can't believe that simply adding a few PDFs to > an existing portfolio isn't possible in CF. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:357660 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
