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Coldfusion, jQuery, Ajax and adding cfsetting showdebugoutput="false" to the returned content.

I was looking at Ray Camden's blog, and I found a cool little tidbit (he has sooo many).
Blocking ColdFusion Debugging for AJAX Requests

Can I do something similar with the attached code? If so, how do I do it? (by 'it', I mean, how do I apply <cfsetting showdebugoutput="false"> to the template loaded into the content area)

T.I.A. All!

The onClick event:
onclick="loadTemplate('<cfoutput>#request.thisModule#/templates/#request.thisTemplate#</cfoutput>','ajaxContainer',<cfoutput>#getEmailTemplates.layoutID#</cfoutput>), processTemplateChange('<cfoutput>#getEmailTemplates.layoutID#</cfoutput>');"

loadTemplate function:
function loadTemplate(templatePath,containerID,templateID) {
	$('#'+containerID).load(templatePath, function() {
		var cookies = document.cookie.split(";");
		for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
			var cookie = cookies[i];
			var eqPos = cookie.indexOf("=");
			var name = eqPos> -1 ? cookie.substr(0, eqPos) : cookie;
			document.cookie = name + '=;expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT';
		}
	});

	$('#vignetteLibraries').load('<cfoutput>#request.url#</cfoutput>admin/emailBeta/uiElements/cfm/element.vignette.libraries.cfm',{'templateID': templateID}, function() {
	});
}

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brianmfalls

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Are you saying that all I have to do is add "enableDebugOutput=true" to my url string? Really? If it's that simple, that would be really cool!

Like so?
onclick="loadTemplate('<cfoutput>#request.thisModule#/templates/#request.thisTemplate#</cfoutput>?enableDebugOutput=true','ajaxContainer',<cfoutput>#getEmailTemplates.layoutID#</cfoutput>), processTemplateChange('<cfoutput>#getEmailTemplates.layoutID#</cfoutput>');"

I can't do it exactly as he did, since I am none of what I posted is in a cfc. The onclick is in an image tag, within a carousel that displays available templates. The script is an included element in a custom framework.

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Almost. You also need to add the snippet above to your onRequestStart method too. But yeah, it should be that simple.

brianmfalls

ASKER

Oh man. I wasn't thinking about the applicaiton.cfc at all... lol Thanks aqx.

Two more quick questions on the snippet you posted.

Is the following argument passed by coldfusion by default, or do I need to specify it in each request?
<cfargument name="thePage" type="string" required="true">

What is the following var doing?
<cfset var reqData = "">

brianmfalls

ASKER

Now that I think about it, neither are required. I can see now that you just copied that off of Ray's site. Thanks again aqx. As always, your input is spot on.

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It's passed by default. So you don't have to do anything extra.

<cfset var reqData = "">

Actually you can get rid of that. It *was* used in Ray's example to hold the getHttpRequestData(). But it's not needed in the new example.

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Now that I think about it, neither are required.

Actually the argument is required. The OnRequestStart function *must* have a specific signature or it may not work at all. So don't change anything about the cffunction name or it's arguments.

<cffunction name="onRequestStart" returnType="boolean" output="false">
	<cfargument name="thePage" type="string" required="true">
	<cfif structKeyExists(url, "enableDebugOutput")>
		<cfsetting showdebugoutput="false">
	</cfif>
	<cfreturn true>
</cffunction>

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brianmfalls

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True. I was just getting to pull my foot out of my mouth when you were kind enough to do it for me. :)

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You're welcome. I remember learning that the frustrating way: never change the signature of Application.cfc methods ;-)

Coldfusion, jQuery, Ajax and adding cfsetting showdebugoutput=&quot;false&quot; to the returned content.

Coldfusion, jQuery, Ajax and adding cfsetting showdebugoutput="false" to the returned content.