Custom Tag Directory

[khue]

According to what I remember that when a new custom tag is placed in the <drive>:\CFUSION\CustomTags directory, and if a ColdFusion application request this custom tag, it automatically looks in this directory. Is this correct or not? Now, lets say that I added subdirectories for multiple projects in this CustomTags directory, and I have placed each custom tags in its different directory as accordingly to the project.

The problem I'm running into is that when I do put these custom tags into their own directory which are all subdirectories of the <drive>:\CFUSION\CustomTags directory, ColdFusion have a problem finding these custom tags. How to I fix this problem? I don't want these custom tags to go in the <drive>:\CFUSION\CustomTags directory. I don't want to use the <CFMODULE ...> tag to specify the custom tag but rather just the <CF_customtag>.

Any help or suggestings?

 

[JHoarty]

My understanding is that &quot;registered&quot; CFX_CustomTags (C++ or Java) go into the CFUSION/CustomTags directory. In fact, when you register these tags, you can choose to put them wherever you want; you just tell CF where they're at. When a custom tag is just a wrapper around cf code (CF_CustomTag), you can put that in the same directory as the caller template and CF will look there first.

I hope this answers your question. John Hoarty
jhoarty@quickestore.com

http://www.quickestore.com

 

[ducksoup]

Oh, I've had this problem before. Maybe I'll think of my workaround eventually, it's been awhile, but you could add directory mappings in the administrator -- or provide links if you're running *NIX. I know I had a better solution... darn. If I think of it, I'll let you know. The dirmap solution can get convoluted, but it works, especially on a small, solo project that doesn't exist on your server =)

Personally, especially on group projects, I've found that a dirmap and CF_MODULE provide the best for project management, versioning, and source control.

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