Difference between Application .cfc and .cfm?

[Chuck1411]

Title says it all. I'm a bit confused about the difference between Application.cfc and .cfm.

I understand a bit more about the .cfc, where you define methods onRequestStart, etc.
Yet in an example I'm following, they use .cfm and the <cfapplication> tag. Both seem to get called, but should I only be using one file? Or?

Also since both can be used what is the calling order by ColdFusion or is one ignored if the other is present?

[Newsgroup_User]

if you have both files in the same location, only .cfc is processed.
.cfm is ignored if .cfc is found.
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[Dan_Bracuk · Accepted solution]

application.cfc gives you more control over when code runs. In an application.cfm file, all of the code in that file is processed at the start of every page request. With application.cfc you can assign bits of code to the appropriate method.