How to pass values from ColdFusion to JavaScript function

GreenGoneMad wrote: Hi there, I need to return the current time on the server in the format: <Short month name> <day of month>, <year> <hours>:<minutes>:<seconds> <timezone> to a JavaScript function in html page. Any idea how to do this using ColdFusion.  My server is running ColdFusion.

A solution is possible. However, we first have to know how you intend to convey the information to the html page.

JavaScript is just text, like HTML. You can build it directly like you do HTML:

<script>

var someJSvar = '<cfoutput>#yourCFvar#</cfoutput>';

</script>

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software

So how do you want to do it?  Do you just want to do it once when the page loads?  Or do you need to do it regularly without reloading the page? The latter will require an Ajax call, the former can be done simply by outputing what you want with cfoutput and the appropriate date format in a JavaScript block to set a variable.

You need to be more specific about what you want. There are probably half a dozen ways it could be done.

Jason

either the <cfwddx> tag or toScript() function will do that for you.