UDF file in Model Glue
This has just came up on the MG Lists and I thought i should post my solution on how I implement a UDF file in MG
1)My UDF file is a component (cfc) on the root of the site.
Example UDF:
1<cffunction name="getDateTime">
2 <cfreturn now() />
3</cffunction>
2 <cfreturn now() />
3</cffunction>
2)Then in my controller (in the onRequestStart):
1<!--- Add a UDF --->
2<cfset variables.udf = createObject("component","pathTo.udf").init()>
3<cfset arguments.event.setValue("udf", variables.udf)>
2<cfset variables.udf = createObject("component","pathTo.udf").init()>
3<cfset arguments.event.setValue("udf", variables.udf)>
3)On my view page I have
1<!--- Get UDF --->
2<cfset udf = viewState.getValue('udf') />
2<cfset udf = viewState.getValue('udf') />
Then to call a function
1<cfoutput>#udf.getDateTime()#</cfoutput>
Comments
Hi Andy,
Thanks for UDF explanation, what about <cfscript> tags old CF5 functions to get on .cfm pages. Is there any easy solution to put into model-glue where it should be available globally
Thanks
Thanks for UDF explanation, what about <cfscript> tags old CF5 functions to get on .cfm pages. Is there any easy solution to put into model-glue where it should be available globally
Thanks
I would say that all you had to do was change the function something() section of your UDF's to change them to <cffunction name="something"> and any attribute management stuff.
Then you can keep the rest of the udf pretty much the same.
MD
Then you can keep the rest of the udf pretty much the same.
MD
