library functions

[June Macleod]

I am just getting started with Coldfusion and am currently using Coldfusion
MX 6.1.

I have read that you can store functions in a seperate page and call them
from within your site.

To this end I have a field on my Test2.cmf page that reads:

<input name="txtUsername" type="text"
onKeyDown="changeDetails('mytestform','hasChangedF lag')" value=
"<cfoutput>#getRisk.Risk#</cfoutput>"


and on a seperate page FunctionLibrary.cfm which is on the same site as my
Test2.cmf page I have:

<script language="JavaScript">
function changeDetails(Formname, Fieldname){
eval("document." + Formname + "." + Fieldname + ".value='1'");
eval("document." + Formname + ".Submit.disabled=false");
alert("You are here");

}
</script>

When I try to run it I get an error 'Object Expected' for the line that
calls the function. If I move the function into Test2.cmf it all works
fine.

Is there any special method by which i include a reference to the
FunctionLibrary.cfm from the Test2.cmf page? Can anyone think of a reason
why it should not work?

Many thanks

Neme

[Dan Bracuk]

On your test2.cfm page, do you have anything resembling
<script language="javascript> src="FunctionLibrary.cfm"> ?

Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
I am just getting started with Coldfusion and am currently using Coldfusion
MX 6.1.

I have read that you can store functions in a seperate page and call them
from within your site.

To this end I have a field on my Test2.cmf page that reads:

<input name="txtUsername" type="text"
onKeyDown="changeDetails('mytestform','hasChangedF lag')" value=
"<cfoutput>#getRisk.Risk#</cfoutput>"


and on a seperate page FunctionLibrary.cfm which is on the same site as my
Test2.cmf page I have:

<script language="JavaScript">
function changeDetails(Formname, Fieldname){
eval("document." + Formname + "." + Fieldname + ".value='1'");
eval("document." + Formname + ".Submit.disabled=false");
alert("You are here");

}
</script>

When I try to run it I get an error 'Object Expected' for the line that
calls the function. If I move the function into Test2.cmf it all works
fine.

Is there any special method by which i include a reference to the
FunctionLibrary.cfm from the Test2.cmf page? Can anyone think of a reason
why it should not work?

Many thanks

Neme

[June Macleod]

I had the language part but not the src part.
<script language="JavaScript" src="/functionlibrary.cfm">

I have now added that in but am still getting the same error. Any other
thoughts?

June

"Dan Bracuk" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dk7s7c$g26$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> On your test2.cfm page, do you have anything resembling
> <script language="javascript> src="FunctionLibrary.cfm"> ?
>
> Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
> I am just getting started with Coldfusion and am currently using

Coldfusion

> MX 6.1.
>
> I have read that you can store functions in a seperate page and call them
> from within your site.
>
> To this end I have a field on my Test2.cmf page that reads:
>
> <input name="txtUsername" type="text"
> onKeyDown="changeDetails('mytestform','hasChangedF lag')" value=
> "<cfoutput>#getRisk.Risk#</cfoutput>"
>
>
> and on a seperate page FunctionLibrary.cfm which is on the same site as

my

> Test2.cmf page I have:
>
> <script language="JavaScript">
> function changeDetails(Formname, Fieldname){
> eval("document." + Formname + "." + Fieldname + ".value='1'");
> eval("document." + Formname + ".Submit.disabled=false");
> alert("You are here");
>
> }
> </script>
>
> When I try to run it I get an error 'Object Expected' for the line that
> calls the function. If I move the function into Test2.cmf it all works
> fine.
>
> Is there any special method by which i include a reference to the
> FunctionLibrary.cfm from the Test2.cmf page? Can anyone think of a

reason

> why it should not work?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Neme
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Dan Bracuk]

Is functionlibrary.cfm in the root directory? If not, why do you have a
forward slash in front of it?

Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
I had the language part but not the src part.
<script language="JavaScript" src="/functionlibrary.cfm">

I have now added that in but am still getting the same error. Any other
thoughts?

[June Macleod]

My site is at D:\CFusionMX\wwwroot\Riskmax and the functionlibrary.cfm is in
that folder, as is the Test2.cfm which calls it.

I have tried setting the src= with and without the slash but the 'Object
Expected' error continues to appear.




"Dan Bracuk" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:dk8032$li0$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Is functionlibrary.cfm in the root directory? If not, why do you have a
> forward slash in front of it?
>
> Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
> I had the language part but not the src part.
> <script language="JavaScript" src="/functionlibrary.cfm">
>
> I have now added that in but am still getting the same error. Any other
> thoughts?
>
>
>
>
>

[johnab]

I have read that you can store functions in a seperate page and call them

I think you've gotten a bit confused here.

Your code is using JAvascript functions, what you probably read was refering
to either UDF (user defined functions) written in ColdFusion or possible CFCs,
Cold Fusion Components - more likely the first

Using Javascript in an external file is no difference with CF that it is with
HTML, ASP etc - the file providing the javascript is included using
<javascript...> etc in the head of the file to use it. What you'll need to be
using is code like;

If it we me, I'd rename functionlibrary.cfm to functionlibrary.js to
distinguish it from files providing ColdFusion functions as opposed to
Javascript