An update on this...
Despite the new jar file that Vince sent this morning - Thanks Vince.
I was still running into lots of issues, so I wrote a dumpVar() function
that works in both BD and CFMX. It allows you to dump the value of a
variable and abort regardless of the output supression level.
Please feel free to use, test, redistribute etc.
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<!---
Description: Generic dump function for CFMX 6.1 or BlueDragon 6.1 that
allows you to dump the value of a variable regardless of the output
supression settings.
Author: Spike - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Usage:
Typical usage is when debugging complex apps that have debug supression
turned on.
e.g.
Just after the function declaration
request.dumpvar = dumpvar
Somewhere inside a nested CFC method
<cfset request.dumpVar(arguments)>
--->
<cffunction name="dumpVar" access="public" returntype="void" output="true"
hint="Dumps any variable regardless of output supression settings.">
<cfargument name="variable" type="any" required="true" hint="The
variable to dump" />
<cfargument name="reset" type="boolean" required="false" default="false"
hint="Indicates whether or not to discard the output up to this point">
<cfargument name="abort" type="boolean" required="false" default="true"
hint="Indicates whether or not to abort processing once the variable has
been dumped." />
<cfsavecontent variable="dump">
<cfoutput>
<cfdump var="#arguments.variable#">
</cfoutput>
</cfsavecontent>
<cfif arguments.reset>
<cfcontent reset="true" />
</cfif>
<cfset
getPageContext().getResponse().getWriter().print(JavaCast('string',dump))>
<cfset getPageContext().getResponse().getWriter().flush()>
<cfif arguments.abort>
<cfabort showerror="Processing aborted after dumping variable">
</cfif>
</cffunction>
<cfset request.dumpVar = dumpVar>
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Spike
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Stephen Milligan
Code poet for hire
http://www.spike.org.uk
Do you cfeclipse? http://cfeclipse.tigris.org
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Milligan
>Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 2:05 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: [CFCDev] CFEXIT or CFABORT within CFFUNCTION
>
>I use cfabort all the time when debugging apps.
>
>I've found it an absolute pain in the ass that BlueDragon behaves
>differently to CFMX in this regard.
>
>In CFMX any time you have a cfabort inside a function, you can
>use cfoutput
>or cfdump before it in the same function call to show the
>value of variables
>at that point. In BlueDragon it respects the output attribute of the
>function.
>
>If you're not inside a nested function call hierarchy you can
>set the output
>attribute of the function to true temporarily to get around
>this, but if you
>are inside a hierarchy you're in for debug hell.
>
>I've just about given up on trying to debug Farcry on
>BlueDragon for this
>very reason.
>
>Of course, if BlueDragon supported the cftrace tag that might offer a
>possible solution to the output problem.
>
>Spike
>
>--------------------------------------------
>Stephen Milligan
>Code poet for hire
>http://www.spike.org.uk
>
>Do you cfeclipse? http://cfeclipse.tigris.org
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vince Bonfanti
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:39 PM
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: [CFCDev] CFEXIT or CFABORT within CFFUNCTION
>>
>>Can anyone think of any legitimate use of CFEXIT or CFABORT with a
>>CFFUNCTION? I can't: if the functions finishes normally use
>>CFRETURN, if
>>abnormally use CFTHROW.
>>
>>I can't find any docs that say use of CFEXIT or CFABORT is allowed or
>>disallowed within CFFUNCTION. I'd be in favor or saying
>>they're disallowed,
>>and have the CFML server (BlueDragon/ColdFusion) throw a syntax error
>>("illegal tag nesting", or some such) if they're attempted to
>>be used this
>>way.
>>
>>Any thoughts? Am I missing something?
>>
>>Vince Bonfanti
>>New Atlanta Communications, LLC
>>http://www.newatlanta.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
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