Dynamically Build a Tag

[grndvl1]

I want to dynamically build a tag using conditionals for example;

<cfmail <cfif condition EQ 1>CC="#myvar#" <cfelse> BCC=#myvar#</cfif> ....>

Any idea how to do this would be helpful since I get this error and can't
seem to figure what the work around is:

" Invalid token found on line 229 at position 4. ColdFusion was looking at the
following text:
<
Invalid expression element. The usual cause of this error is a misspelling in
the expression text."

[dempster]

AFAIK, you can't embed CF tags within another tag in order to dynamically
select which attributes to set.

Using your condition, you could set values for the CC and BCC attributes and
make one of them blank depending on the condition. I tested the attached code
and it seems to work fine.

-Paul



<CFIF condition EQ 1>
<CFSET ccstring = myvar>
<CFSET bccstring = "">
<CFELSE>
<CFSET ccstring = "">
<CFSET bccstring = myvar>
</CFIF>

<CFMAIL TO="#tostring#" FROM="mymail@myserver.com" CC="#ccstring#"
BCC="#bccstring#" SUBJECT="Test">
Here's a mail test.
</CFMAIL>

[grndvl1]

Problem is the custom tag I am using errors out when one of the attributes is "". Anyway isn't there a way to do it with Evaluate()??

[mate of the state]

How about... in your custom tag, use a switch or other conditional statement to invoke different "styles" of <CFmail> depending on the conditions... ?

[grndvl1]

Sorry CFMAIL is only the example I was using not the actual tag that is causing
me pains, just used this to illustrate what I was talking about. Anyway no way
to code the custom tag myself since it is encoded. Also too many conditions
to cleanly do it. Might build the a string then use Evaluate on it to render
the tag, never tried that before....hmmm.