Form to CFC directly

[Dinghus]

Is it possible to have a form call a CFC directly instead of going through an intermediate step?

[Newsgroup_User]

Is it possible to have a form call a CFC directly instead of going
through an intermediate step?

Yup, most people don't seem to like this functionality, but it is allowed.

<form action="aFormComponent.cfc" method="post"...>
...
<input type="hidden" name="method" value="functionNameToUse">
</form>

The function being called by this method must have an access="remote"
property.

As usual, the documentation has all the details.

[Dinghus]

Documentation? LOL I looked, didn't find it. Sometimes it is really hard to find anything in the documentation. Just where is this tidbit?

[Dinghus]

Oh. There it is. But it says you have to put the method in the url not as a hidden input field. No biggy. Couldn't find anything about using a hidden field so maybe you can show me where that is.

[Newsgroup_User]

> Oh. There it is. But it says you have to put the method in the url not as a hidden input field. No biggy. Couldn't find anything about using a hidden field so maybe you can show me where that is.

Just put it int he URL, as per the docs. Nowt wrong with doing that.

--
Adam

[Newsgroup_User]

Oh. There it is. But it says you have to put the method in the url not
as a hidden input field. No biggy. Couldn't find anything about using a
hidden field so maybe you can show me where that is.

I believe it works either way.

[Newsgroup_User]

http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=Co...

This link shows a poor example that uses BOTH techniques at the same
time. I would just pick one or the other myself.

<h2>Find People</h2>
<form action="components/corpQuery.cfc ***?method="getEmp"*** method="post">
<p>Enter employee's last Name:</p>
<input type="Text" name="lastName">
***<input type="Hidden" name="method" value="getEmp">***
<input type="Submit" title="Submit Query"><br>
</form>

Note: ***Highlighted Text*** and of course this example will not work
with these delimiting strings included.