Unless you actually create a structure called "XFA". That's what I do (well, it's an associative array in PHP)...
David Huyck [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 9:46 AM Subject: RE: FB3, CF MX and fuseaction variable | XFA's may be a problem since since they are, by convention, local variable | with a dot in their name [XFA.ExitName]. Of course, they could easily be | renamed as [XFA_ExitName]. When running your FB app in MX, just do a | global search and replace for "XFA." and replace it with "XFA_" | | At 09:24 AM 4/30/02 -0400, hal helms wrote: | >Variable *names* with dots in them are the problem. In FB's case, it's | >not the names but the values which have dots and that's perfectly fine. | > | >-----Original Message----- | >From: a moustapha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | >Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 8:48 AM | >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >Subject: FB3, CF MX and fuseaction variable | > | > | >I have read in the cfmx_dev_cf_apps.pdf (page 49) that variables with | >points in it are not alowed anymore in CF MX(unless using an array | >structure p.51). | > | >As fuseaction is such a variable, I think fb3 will not work on MX. Am I | >wrong? Is there going to be a FB3MX version that deals with this issue? | > | >I won't be using CF MX any time soon, unless my provider makes the | >switch, but I want to be prepared. | > | >p.49: | >With the exception of Cookie and Client scope variables (which must | >always be simple variable types), you cannot normally include periods in | > | >simple variable names. However, ColdFusion makes some exceptions that | >accommodate legacy and third-party code that does not conform to this | >requirement. | > | >p.51: | >You can create a variable name that includes periods by using | >associative array structure | >notation, as described in "Structure notation," in Chapter 5. To do so, | >you must do the | >following: | >.Refer to the variable as part of a structure. You can always do this, | >because | >ColdFusion considers all scopes to be structures. For more information | >on scopes, see | >"About scopes" on page 58 | >.Put the variable name that must include a period inside square brackets | > | >and single or | >double quotation marks, | >The following example shows this technique: | ><cfset Variables ['My.Variable.With.Periods'] =12> | ><cfset Request ["Another.Variable.With.Periods"] ="Test variable"> | ><cfoutput> My.Variable.With.Periods is:#My.Variable.With.Periods#<br> | >Request.Another.Variable.With.Periods is: | >#Request.Another.Variable.With.Periods#<br> | ></cfoutput> | > | | | | ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrFMa.bV0Kx9 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
