Accessing CFCs in parent directories

[mate of the state]

Anybody?

Bueller?

[BSterner]

What does the directory structure of your site look like? That is, is the
'public site root' and 'admin' sections under the CF site root? eg:
/CFRoot/admin/... /CFRoot/public/... Are they running under different
instances of CF, different machines, etc.... Have you looked at exposing the
CFC's as a webservice? Could you provide more information about your setup.

[mate of the state]

Certainly, B. :) I'm very new to CFCs, and it's sometimes hard to know what to
assume in general. My setup is like so: /root/ /root/admin/ I want to be
able to put common CFCs in a folder at the root level. It doesn't really matter
where that folder is, I guess. the main point is how to access a single set of
common CFCs from anywhere within' a site's directory structure. It's one
instance of CF, all one machine, etc. Simple setup, and hopefully a simple
solution. ;)

[BSterner]

In that case, you should be able to reference the component with respect to
root,rdegardless of the sub-directory you're in. <cfinvoke
component='/components/GenericDB.cfc' ....> where '/components' resides under
your site root. Here's an article on site structure (And MVC design) if you're
interested. I found it useful when I was learning to use CFC's.
[url]http://www.benorama.com/coldfusion/patterns/part8.htm[/url]

[mate of the state]

Oh, okay! Thanks, B. :)

Is there anyway to do the same using the createObject function? That is what I was doing to begin with.

[BSterner]

Sure...

<cfscript>
//Using dot notation
myStr = createObject("component", "components.myCFC");

//Using slash notation
myStr = createObject("component", "/components/myCFC");

//Function name is 'getStr()'
writeoutput(mystr.getStr());
</cfscript>

[mate of the state]

Weird. I thought I tried that, with the dot notation. :\

[BSterner]

Just make sure you directory structure matches the pattern. That is...

components.level1.level2.myCFC

Should be in the following location...

/site_root/components/level1/level2/myCFC.cfc