question about application.cfm

[coolidge]

Hello - My Web site has an application.cfm at the root.  I want one sub-folder of my site to not refer to any settings in the application.cfm when files in that folder are loaded.  Is that possible?  Is there a way to sort of negate the application.cfm in a sub-folder of a site?  Thanks very much...

[ilssac · Accepted solution]

Yup, put another application.cfm or application.cfc file into the subfolder, even an empty one.

A comment to explain why it is empty is nice touch.

The way this works is the the first application.cfm|cfc file that ColdFusion finds traversing up the file folder tree is the one that is used.

[TLC-IT]

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[tclaremont]

You can put a blank OnRequestEnd.cfm in that directory as well, if you need to.

I agree with the notion of putting a comment in there to explain WHY you have a blank Application.cfm or OnRequestEnd.cfm, too.

[Adam Cameron.]

You can put a blank OnRequestEnd.cfm in that directory as well, if you need to.

I agree with the notion of putting a comment in there to explain WHY you have a blank Application.cfm or OnRequestEnd.cfm, too.

I see no problem with having a "dummy" Application.cfm / Application.cfc but as you say, one should annotate why it's there.  Same with any code which might cause a subsequent developer to ask "is this right?"

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Adam