cfoutput in javascript?

you just have to include the js file with a cfm extension

create a file called testjs.cfm
 
<cfoutput>
<cfset var="Hello world">
function hello()
{
	alert('#VAR#')
}
</cfoutput>
 
then do your include
<script type="text/javascript" src="testjs.cfm"></script>
<button onclick="hello();">Say Something</button>

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If I'm understanding you correctly you want me to overwrite the current my.js file with my.cfm file and reference the my.cfm file in the javascript call. If that is what you want me to do... it does not work for this instance, when I do this the drop down menus with the funcitonality in the .js file no longer work.

no... just rename your .js file to .cfm and change your include from

<script type="text/javascript" src="myinclude.js"></script>

to

<script type="text/javascript" src="myinclude.cfm"></script>

Exactly this is what I did.... I do have a script that is trying to send a variable into the .js soon to be .cfm file. This might be messing it up how would I correct this being it's a coldfusion variable ? See code snippet.

Also, in the .js file there are multiple references to hexidicimal color values of #660000 do these all need to be changed as well. Not understanding how the javascript is to run if it's coldfusion code now....

<script type="text/javascript">var PLHFO_ID="PLHFO0"</script>

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