MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 4.5-CFML LANGUAGE, Reference

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354 CFML Language Reference
GetBaseTagList
Returns a comma-delimited list of uppercase ancestor tag names. The first element of
the list is the parent tag. If you call this function for a top-level tag, it returns an empty
string.
See also GetBaseTagData .
Syntax
GetBaseTagList ()
Example
<!--- This example illustrates usage of the GetBaseTagList
function. This is typically used in custom tags. --->
...
<CFIF thisTag.executionMode is "start">
<!--- Get the tag context stack
The list will look something like "CFIF,MYTAGNAME..." --->
<CFSET ancestorList = GetBaseTagList()>
<!--- Output current tag name --->
<CFOUTPUT>This is custom tag #ListGetAt(ancestorList,2)#</CFOUTPUT>
<P>
<!--- Determine whether this is nested inside a loop --->
<CFSET inLoop = ListFindNoCase(ancestorList, "CFLoop")>
<CFIF inLoop neq 0>
Running in the context of a CFLoop tag.
</CFIF>
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