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TiGGi
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January 29, 2010
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Virtual Directories & Application

  • January 29, 2010
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Hi all,

I am trying to reuse some files throughout few sites by using Virtual Directories.  So I have virtual directories mapped in IIS for the files/folders I need.  These virtual files all use application.xyz variables such as dns and paths.  So when I try to use these files I am getting  "Element xyz is undefined in APPLICATION".  So it looks like the virtual directories are ignoring my application settings.  Is there any way around this?

Thanks

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Correct answer JR__Bob__Dobbs-qSBHQ2

ColdFusion's server side code is not aware of IIS virtual directories.  If you want /directory/file.cfc to be accessible to server side CF code you will need to add a mapping entry in the CF administrator that tells CF that '/directory' maps to a folder on your file system such as 'C:\myweb\directory'.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Admin/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cbf3638e6-7ffc.html#WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cbf364104-7ff9

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JR__Bob__Dobbs-qSBHQ2Correct answer
Inspiring
January 29, 2010

ColdFusion's server side code is not aware of IIS virtual directories.  If you want /directory/file.cfc to be accessible to server side CF code you will need to add a mapping entry in the CF administrator that tells CF that '/directory' maps to a folder on your file system such as 'C:\myweb\directory'.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Admin/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cbf3638e6-7ffc.html#WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cbf364104-7ff9
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TiGGiAuthor
Inspiring
January 29, 2010

Thanks for the answer.  Another possibility that I found out is to create application.cfc in each folder that has <cfinclude template="/application.cfc"> in it.

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Dan_Bracuk
Inspiring
January 29, 2010

We use real directories, directly off the webroot, for common use things like images, js, css, etc.  Then we call them with /directory/file

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