Comments on: Outputting content from within a method http://www.chapter31.com/2006/12/12/outputting-content-from-within-a-method/ Rich Internet Application development Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:35:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Mike Kelp http://www.chapter31.com/2006/12/12/outputting-content-from-within-a-method/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Mike Kelp Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:09:28 +0000 http://www.chapter31.com/2006/12/12/outputting-content-from-within-a-method/#comment-56 <p>While I understand your concerns about outputting display within a method, I don't see what is wrong with putting a reusable piece of display code this way in a CFC if that's what you see fit.</p> <p>I for one use this in several situations, but instead of dumping the string out with output="true" I return the string so I can decide what to do with it afterwards as you mentioned you like to do otherwise. Then you have a more conventional usage.</p> <p>An example of where I use this is form validation. I have a core FormValidation CFC that manages validation rules and performs validation on a structure.I then have a FormValidationUI object that allows me to make a conveniently pluggable (and consistent) display for my forms when I add validation to them. The FormValidationUI object has getDisplayHtml() and getJavascript() functions to for my resulting display code.</p> <p>Anyway, great post!</p> <p>Mike. </p> While I understand your concerns about outputting display within a method, I don’t see what is wrong with putting a reusable piece of display code this way in a CFC if that’s what you see fit.

I for one use this in several situations, but instead of dumping the string out with output=”true” I return the string so I can decide what to do with it afterwards as you mentioned you like to do otherwise. Then you have a more conventional usage.

An example of where I use this is form validation. I have a core FormValidation CFC that manages validation rules and performs validation on a structure.I then have a FormValidationUI object that allows me to make a conveniently pluggable (and consistent) display for my forms when I add validation to them. The FormValidationUI object has getDisplayHtml() and getJavascript() functions to for my resulting display code.

Anyway, great post!

Mike.

]]> By: Michael Sharman http://www.chapter31.com/2006/12/12/outputting-content-from-within-a-method/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Michael Sharman Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:34:19 +0000 http://www.chapter31.com/2006/12/12/outputting-content-from-within-a-method/#comment-54 Hi dc, >your CSS ain’t working for me Yeah I'm in the middle of finding a new host, as usual it's a long process! Sorry about that :) Hi dc,

>your CSS ain’t working for me

Yeah I’m in the middle of finding a new host, as usual it’s a long process!

Sorry about that :)

]]> By: dc http://www.chapter31.com/2006/12/12/outputting-content-from-within-a-method/comment-page-1/#comment-52 dc Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:53:44 +0000 http://www.chapter31.com/2006/12/12/outputting-content-from-within-a-method/#comment-52 <p>I've been struggling with this myself and I don't like output in cffunction. Unfortunately for me, Peter Bell has a very good argument over in his blogs for using CFC for presentation....</p> <p>http://www.pbell.com/index.cfm/2006/12/6/Architecting-Your-Views-Part-3-A-Proposed-Solution</p> <p>(PS, I came from fullasagoog and your CSS ain't working for me, it is when I visit your site directly tho) </p> I’ve been struggling with this myself and I don’t like output in cffunction. Unfortunately for me, Peter Bell has a very good argument over in his blogs for using CFC for presentation….

http://www.pbell.com/index.cfm/2006/12/6/Architecting-Your-Views-Part-3-A-Proposed-Solution

(PS, I came from fullasagoog and your CSS ain’t working for me, it is when I visit your site directly tho)

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