Cfif in CFMAIL

[neilorourker]

I am using the following to send an email based on information received through
a form.:

<cfoutput query="mailattachement"><cfset emailimage =
'#submissions##sample1#'></cfoutput>

<cfmail to="x@galleries-online.co.uk; [email]x@yahoo.co.uk[/email]"
from="x@galleries-online.co.uk" <cfif (form.sample1) GT
0>mimeattach="#emailimage#"</cfif> subject="Artist expression of interest"
type="html">Hello all<br><br>The following artist has expressed an interest in
joining Galleries-online<br><br><strong>Name:</strong> #form.name#<cfif
(form.url) GT 0><br>
<strong>Web address:</strong> <a href="#form.url#">#form.URL#</a>
</cfif><br><br><strong>Comments from
artist:</strong><br>#form.comments#<br><br>
I'd really appreciate it if you could take a look at their work and let me
know
what you think. In order to do this, login in to the admin area at: <a
href="http://www.galleries-online.co.uk/smslogin.cfm">[url]http://www.galleries-onlin[/url]
e.co.uk/smslogin.cfm</a>
and click on expressions of interest.<br>
<br>Cheers<br><br>Neil</cfmail>

Everything works fine until I try to place the 'mimeattach' part of the tag
into a CFIF statement which results in the following:

Just in time compilation error

Invalid token found on line 59 at position 103. ColdFusion was looking at the
following text:

<

The mimeattach attribute works fine otherwise.

Cheers for any suggestions

Neil

[Laksma]

The error was generated because you put a tag inside a tag. In order to fix it,
use iif () (immediate if) function.


Laksma Tirtohadi



<cfmail to="x@galleries-online.co.uk; [email]x@yahoo.co.uk[/email]"
from="x@galleries-online.co.uk" #iif(form.sample1 GT 0,
DE("mimeattach=#emailimage#"), DE(""))# subject="Artist expression of interest"
type="html">

[neilorourker]

thanks for your quick response.

I tried pasting you code into the template but recieved the following error:
Just in time compilation error

Invalid token found on line 58 at position 103. ColdFusion was looking at the
following text:

#


Neil

[Laksma]

It seems ColdFusion doesn't allow a CF function inside a CF tag. I usually use
the technique in HTML tag.
Anyway, instead of wasting the development time, use the following technique.
Remember, this is NOT a good technique, but at least it works.

<cfoutput query="mailattachement">
<cfset emailimage = '#submissions##sample1#'>
</cfoutput>

<cfif form.sample1 GT 0>
<cfmail to="x@galleries-online.co.uk; [email]x@yahoo.co.uk[/email]"
from="x@galleries-online.co.uk" mimeattach="#emailimage#" subject="Artist
expression of interest" type="html">
Your email message.
</cfmail>

<cfelse>

<cfmail to="x@galleries-online.co.uk; [email]x@yahoo.co.uk[/email]"
from="x@galleries-online.co.uk" subject="Artist expression of interest"
type="html">
Your email message.
</cfmail>

</cfif>

[Fernis]

Also, CFSAVECONTENT is a great help in these kinds of situations.

<cfsavecontent variale="myVar">
stuff goes here
<cfif blah>
more stuff
</cfif>
</cfsavecontent>

<cfmail to=...fill in the rest... >
#myVar#
</cfmail>