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can't do bgcolor within cfset tag

Hi,

I have this code (I have deleted some lines I think are uninvolved), and my problem is that if I enter a bgcolor on the td cells, I get an error on the webpage.:
<cfset custmailmsg2_html="
<html>
<body>
<title></TITLE>
<LINK rel=STYLESHEET HREF='../stylesheet.css' TYPE='text/css'>
<TABLE WIDTH='600' BORDER='0' CELLSPACING='0' CELLPADDING='0' ALIGN='CENTER'>

      <TR><td width="80" height="20" align="left" bgcolor="Blue"><img src='#request.webroot#/images/headlines/receipt/space.gif' width='80' height='20'></td>
      <td height="20" colspan="2" bgcolor="Blue"><IMG SRC='#request.webroot#/images/headlines/receipt/bill_to.gif' WIDTH='160' HEIGHT='20'></td>
      <td height="20" colspan="2" bgcolor="Blue"><IMG SRC='#request.webroot#/images/headlines/receipt/ship_to.gif' WIDTH='160' HEIGHT='20'></td>
      </TR>

The error I see is:
attributes.fuseaction: final_receipt message: Invalid CFML construct found on line 293 at column 24.
detail: ColdFusion was looking at the following text:
80

The CFML compiler was processing:

a cfset tag beginning on line 275, column 2.
Any ideas? Seems like the cfset tag doesn't ilke the bgcolor parameter. Thanks!

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pinaldave

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mel150

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hmmm. I tried that, and the email came through, but in that table, it's not pulling from the database, it just gives the variables:

Name: #get_order.billing_firstname# #get_order.billing_lastname# #get_order.shipping_firstname# #get_order.shipping_lastname#
Company: #get_order.billing_company# #get_order.shipping_company#
etc.

I should have told you more about what I was trying to do. Beyond the images I listed, I have this code:

<TD CLASS='paragraphtext' WIDTH='150' BACKGROUND='#request.webroot#/images/headlines/receipt/light.gif'><span class='paragraphtext'>#get_order.billing_firstname# #get_order.billing_lastname#</td>
<TD WIDTH='10' BACKGROUND='#request.webroot#/images/headlines/receipt/light.gif'> </TD><TD WIDTH='150' BACKGROUND='#request.webroot#/images/headlines/receipt/light.gif'><span class='paragraphtext'>#get_order.shipping_firstname# #get_order.shipping_lastname#</td>
</tr>

And so on.

Do you have any idea why the cfset tag doesn't like that bgcolor? Thanks!

pinaldave

Use cfoutput around that variable.
<cfoutput>#custmailmsg2_html#</cfoutput>

mel150

ASKER

Hi- sorry, I'm pretty new at coldfusion. I'm not sure where that cfoutput tag should go. I'm sure your answer is correct, so I will award you the points with my thanks. What I actually di, though, was this:

<TR><td width="80" height="20" align="left" BACKGROUND='#request.webroot#/images/backgrounds/purple.gif'>img src='#request.webroot#/images/headlines/receipt/space.gif' width='80' height='20'></td>