cfset error, help please

[Guest]

Why does this:

<cfsetting enablecfoutputonly="yes">
<CFSET TemplatesAndForms=application.menuWords."#session.MyLanguage#".TemplatesAndForms>
<cfsetting enablecfoutputonly="no">

produce this error

A CFML variable name cannot end with a "." character.
The variable application.menuWords. ends with a "." character. You must supply an additional structure key or delete the "." character.

and what do i need to do to fix.

many thanks

jedi

[Daverms]

Try like this,

<cfsetting enablecfoutputonly="yes">
<CFSET TemplatesAndForms=application.menuWords & ".#session.MyLanguage#." & TemplatesAndForms>
<cfsetting enablecfoutputonly="no">

[Newsgroup_User · Accepted solution]

> Try like this,

> <cfsetting enablecfoutputonly="yes">
> <CFSET TemplatesAndForms=application.menuWords & ".#session.MyLanguage#." & TemplatesAndForms>
> <cfsetting enablecfoutputonly="no">

No, don't.

Do this:

<CFSET
TemplatesAndForms=application.menuWords[session.MyLanguage].TemplatesAndForms>

It might be useful to read this:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/arrayStruct_07.html#1126503

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Adam

[Guest]

Thankyou for your reply Adam Cameron , it worked.

need to do some more reading up on structures :)

Thankyou

[Guest]

Hi Daverms,

Just tried your solution and get the following:

Complex object types cannot be converted to simple values.
The expression has requested a variable or an intermediate expression result as a simple value, however, the result cannot be converted to a simple value. Simple values are strings, numbers, boolean values, and date/time values. Queries, arrays, and COM objects are examples of complex values.
The most likely cause of the error is that you are trying to use a complex value as a simple one. For example, you might be trying to use a query variable in a <CFIF> tag. This was possible in ColdFusion 2.0 but creates an error in later versions.


The error occurred in D:\cfmx\cfdev_working_folder\UKCHAPP40\dsp_LeftMenuModule.cfm: line 17

15 :
16 : <cfoutput>
17 : <cfset TemplatesAndForms=application.menuWords & ".#session.MyLanguage#." & TemplatesAndForms>
18 : </cfoutput>
19 :


any ideas?

matrix

[Daverms]

Hi Matrix,

I tested your code with some appliation and session variable assignments of my own and it worked well. But I am not sure if your #session.MyLanguage# variable is of complex type in nature or not.