Dynamically Generate an Application.cfm

[Newsgroup_User]

I am attempting to dynamically generate an individual application.cfm for
rescues that are inserted into their custom folder when they sign up. I am
having problems with it. I am getting a java error. Can anyone see what I am
doing wrong and what to fix?

<cfset aName="huskyrescue">

<cfcontent variable="fileApp">
<cfapplication name="#aName#" setclientcookies="yes" sessionmanagement="yes"
loginstorage="Session" applicationtimeout="#createtimespan(1,0,0,0)#"
sessiontimeout="#createtimespan(0,2,0,0)#">
<cfset Request.MyDSN = "MyDSN">
</cfcontent>

<cffile action="write" file="E:/webs/website/#aName#/application.cfm"
output="#fileApp#">

[Newsgroup_User]

To be exact:

Attribute validation error for tag cfcontent.
"java.lang.String" is not a supported variable type. The variable is
expected to contain binary data.

[Guest]

i think you want <cfsavecontent> tags, not <cfcontent>.

[Dan_Bracuk]

quote:

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Originally posted by: [CJ]
i think you want <cfsavecontent> tags, not <cfcontent>.

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That was also my initial impression.
NEW
But now that I think about it, I think <cfset> is all you need. You just have to handle the quotes.

[Newsgroup_User]

> i think you want <cfsavecontent> tags, not <cfcontent>.

Indeed.

You also don't want to EXECUTE that code within the <cfsaveconent> tags,
you want to simply output it as text to capture it.

So you're going to want to "escape" the CFML tags.

Possibly the most readable way of doing this is to set a variable thus:

<cfset cf = "<cf">

And replace the "<cf" on the <cfapplication> and <cfset> tags with "#cf#"
(adding a <cfoutput> around the code to ensure it evaluates).

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Adam

[BKBK]

you could do something like