I am running into a ColdFusion error when trying to deploy CF MX components (cfc) on my site. I believe the issue is somewhat server related and wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts.
Basically when I use a cfc if it is in the same folder as the calling page or upstream (in a folder above the caller) the cfc executes with no problem. However if I put the cfc in a folder below the caller, such as in a central cfc folder (in order to maximize code re-usability) it returns an error that the component From my understanding when invoking a cfc you use the component name if it is in the same directory or the path in a dot separated format if it is in a different folder.
The format follows this logic:
If you're cfc was in c:\inetpub\To access your CFCs you would use: testSite.cfc.cfcName
So following this logic I have tried to access cfc in a folder in my root web folder in a folder called cfc. I have tried:
Initially I tried: cfc.cfcName
When this didn't work as expected I looked at the cgi path variable (which rendered D:\Inetpub\ to make sure I had the proper path and tried several variations of the path including:
cfc.cfcName
web.cfc.cfcName
Inetpub.can not be found.
I tried every combination I could think of trying nothing works. I get the following error message:
"Could not find the ColdFusion Component web.cfc.random.
Please check that the given name is correct and that the component exists"
I know that the code I am using works as I can deploy it on a different ColdFusion server (work server) and it works as expected.
Anyway the only thing I can think of is that the path mapping I am seeing is not a true reflection of the path and Coldfusion is unable to find the component. Any thoughts...is there a different path I should use?
One other detail that is probably not related....but you never know. A couple weeks ago I had another problem on this same server where the built in form validation for CFFORMs would not work. I don't think my site has a mapping to CFIDE....the web host gave me a copy of the js file which I copied into my root and reference using scriptSrc="../../cfform.js". This works fine for that problem...but I guess what I am pondering is there anything else in CFIDE that if not accessible would cause my current problem?
Thanks!
Guy
Basically when I use a cfc if it is in the same folder as the calling page or upstream (in a folder above the caller) the cfc executes with no problem. However if I put the cfc in a folder below the caller, such as in a central cfc folder (in order to maximize code re-usability) it returns an error that the component From my understanding when invoking a cfc you use the component name if it is in the same directory or the path in a dot separated format if it is in a different folder.
The format follows this logic:
If you're cfc was in c:\inetpub\To access your CFCs you would use: testSite.cfc.cfcName
So following this logic I have tried to access cfc in a folder in my root web folder in a folder called cfc. I have tried:
Initially I tried: cfc.cfcName
When this didn't work as expected I looked at the cgi path variable (which rendered D:\Inetpub\ to make sure I had the proper path and tried several variations of the path including:
cfc.cfcName
web.cfc.cfcName
Inetpub.can not be found.
I tried every combination I could think of trying nothing works. I get the following error message:
"Could not find the ColdFusion Component web.cfc.random.
Please check that the given name is correct and that the component exists"
I know that the code I am using works as I can deploy it on a different ColdFusion server (work server) and it works as expected.
Anyway the only thing I can think of is that the path mapping I am seeing is not a true reflection of the path and Coldfusion is unable to find the component. Any thoughts...is there a different path I should use?
One other detail that is probably not related....but you never know. A couple weeks ago I had another problem on this same server where the built in form validation for CFFORMs would not work. I don't think my site has a mapping to CFIDE....the web host gave me a copy of the js file which I copied into my root and reference using scriptSrc="../../cfform.js". This works fine for that problem...but I guess what I am pondering is there anything else in CFIDE that if not accessible would cause my current problem?
Thanks!
Guy
