Using cffile
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<form action="writetextfileaction.cfm" method="Post">
<p>Enter your name: <input type="text" name="Name" size="25"></p>
<p>Enter the name of the file: <input type="text" name="FileName"
size="25">.txt</p>
<p>Enter your message:
<textarea name="message"cols=45 rows=6></textarea>
</p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
2
Save the file as writetextfileform.cfm in the myapps directory under your
web_root
.
Note:
The form will not work until you write an action page for it (see the next procedure).
To write a text file:
1
Create a ColdFusion page with the following content:
<html>
<head>
<title>Write a Text File</title>
</head>
<body>
<cffile action="write"
file="C:\inetpub\wwwroot\mine\#Form.FileName#.txt"
output="Created By: #Form.Name#
#Form.Message# ">
</body>
</html>
2
Modify the path C:\inetpub\wwwroot\mine\ to point to a path on your server.
3
Save the file as writetextfileaction.cfm in the myapps directory under your
web_root
.
4
View the file writetextfileform.cfm in the browser, enter values, and submit the form.
The text file is written to the location you specified. If the file already exists, it is replaced.
Appending a text file
You can use
cffile
to append additional text to the end of a text file; for example, when you
create log files.
To append a text file:
1
Open the writetextfileaction.cfm file.
2
Change the value for the
action
attribute from
write
to
append
so that the file appears as
follows:
<html>
<head>
<title>Append a Text File</title>
</head>
<body>
<cffile action="append"
file="C:\inetpub\wwwroot\mine\message.txt"
output="Appended By: #Form.Name#">
</body>
</html>
3
Save the file as writetextfileaction.cfm in the myapps directory under your
web_root
.
Summary of Contents for COLDFUSION MX 61-DEVELOPING COLDFUSION MX
Page 1: ...Developing ColdFusion MX Applications...
Page 22: ...22 Contents...
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Page 52: ...52 Chapter 2 Elements of CFML...
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Page 218: ...218 Chapter 10 Writing and Calling User Defined Functions...
Page 250: ...250 Chapter 11 Building and Using ColdFusion Components...
Page 264: ...264 Chapter 12 Building Custom CFXAPI Tags...
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Page 314: ...314 Chapter 14 Handling Errors...
Page 344: ...344 Chapter 15 Using Persistent Data and Locking...
Page 349: ...About user security 349...
Page 357: ...Security scenarios 357...
Page 370: ...370 Chapter 16 Securing Applications...
Page 388: ...388 Chapter 17 Developing Globalized Applications...
Page 408: ...408 Chapter 18 Debugging and Troubleshooting Applications...
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Page 426: ...426 Chapter 19 Introduction to Databases and SQL...
Page 476: ...476 Chapter 22 Using Query of Queries...
Page 534: ...534 Chapter 24 Building a Search Interface...
Page 556: ...556 Chapter 25 Using Verity Search Expressions...
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Page 582: ...582 Chapter 26 Retrieving and Formatting Data...
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Page 734: ...734 Chapter 32 Using Web Services...
Page 760: ...760 Chapter 33 Integrating J2EE and Java Elements in CFML Applications...
Page 786: ...786 Chapter 34 Integrating COM and CORBA Objects in CFML Applications...
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