cfcToPrinter(cfcType [, outputType])
Last updated August 30, 2005
Version: 1 | Requires: ColdFusion MX7 | Library: UtilityLib
Description:
This UDF takes a fully-qualified CFC name (i.e. "CFIDE.componentutils.cfcexplorer") as the only required parameter and displays the results of cfcexplorer.cfc's getCfcAsHtml() function as HTML, FlashPaper, or PDF.
Return Values:
Returns either a string or binary data.
Example:
Parameters:
| Name | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| cfcType | The CFC type. | Yes |
| outputType | Can be html, flashpaper, or pdf. Defaults to flashpaper. | No |
Full UDF Source:
<!---
Given the fully-qualified path of a CFC, it renders the cfcexplorer.getcfcashtml() output to html, flahspaper, or PDF for printing as reference.
@param cfcType The CFC type. (Required)
@param outputType Can be html, flashpaper, or pdf. Defaults to flashpaper. (Optional)
@return Returns either a string or binary data.
@author Jared Rypka-Hauer (jared@web-relevant.com)
@version 1, August 30, 2005
--->
<cffunction name="cfcToPrinter" access="public" output="false" returntype="any">
<cfargument name="cfcType" type="string" required="true" />
<cfargument name="outputType" type="string" required="false" default="flashPaper" />
<cfset var myCfc = structNew()>
<cfset var myExplorer = createObject("component","CFIDE.componentutils.cfcexplorer")>
<cfset var cfcDocument = "">
<cfset var cfceData = "">
<cfset myCfc.name = arguments.cfcType>
<cfset myCfc.path = "/" & replace(myCfc.name,".","/","all") & ".cfc">
<!--- Trap CFCExplorer's output --->
<cfsavecontent variable="cfceData">
<cfoutput>#myExplorer.getcfcinhtml(myCfc.name,myCfc.path)#</cfoutput>
</cfsavecontent>
<!--- Clean up the HTML a bit... there's a lotta crap in that output stream... --->
<cfset cfceData = reReplace(cfceData,"\t*?\n","","all")>
<cfset cfceData = reReplace(cfceData,"\s{2,}",chr(10),"all")>
<!--- Switch up the output stream based on outputType argument --->
<cfswitch expression="#arguments.outputType#">
<cfcase value="html">
<!--- Return tidied HTML for cfoutputting --->
<cfreturn cfceData />
</cfcase>
<cfcase value="flashpaper,pdf">
<!--- Return !! object !! (use cfcontent to set the right mime type!!) --->
<cfdocument fontembed="true" name="cfcDocument" format="#arguments.outputType#">
<cfoutput>#cfceData#</cfoutput>
</cfdocument>
<cfreturn cfcDocument />
</cfcase>
<cfdefaultcase>
<cfthrow message="Invalid data for argument outputType: #arguments.outputType#"
detail="Your choices for outputType are pdf, flashpaper, or html." />
</cfdefaultcase>
</cfswitch>
</cffunction>
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