[thelist] cfmail CR's all %$##$% up?

[Seth Bienek - Web Consultant]

Hi Frank,

If you're using CF Server 4.5, your problem is most likely 4.5's whitespace
suppression.  It produces more compact HTML, but it can cause your CFMail
layout to do some freaky things.

Fixing it's easy.  Just tell the server to turn off whitespace suppression
for the cfmail portion of your template.

You can do it by wrapping your cfmail code withing a <cfprocessingdirective>
command.  Like so:

<cfprocessingdirective suppresswhitespace="No">
<cfmail ......>

#dateformat(Now(), "ddd, mmmm d, yyyy")#

Dear #form.First_Name#,

Thank you for contacting [insert client name]!

We'll be contacting you briefly in regards to your query:


#form.First_Name# #form.Last_Name# #form.Company# #form.Phone# 
#form.Fax# etc...

</cfmail>
<cfprocessingdirective suppresswhitespace="Yes">

This should fix your problem.. If not, post again and we'll go to plan B.
:)  Not sure exactly what plan b is yet, though..

Hth,

Seth 

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Seth Bienek
Independent ColdFusion Developer




> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Frank
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 4:24 AM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: [thelist] cfmail CR's all %$##$% up?
> 
> 
> 
> Using CFMAIL I get some line breaks that don't break the line. Some 
> do, some don't. In the template, I have 2 line breaks between all 
> lines, but it appears as shown below. This is exactly the same 
> whether I use Mac, PC or Unix line breaks. When looking at invisible 
> characters, they are the same. I've copied the 'successful' ones, and 
> pasted them between the items, replacing the 'non-successful' ones to 
> no avail. Anyone have a clue as to what the cause could be? Or does 
> anyone have some sort of tip as to how to ensure that I have what I 
> want?
> 
> 
> 
> #dateformat(Now(), "ddd, mmmm d, yyyy")#
> 
> Dear #form.First_Name#,
> 
> Thank you for contacting [insert client name]!
> 
> We'll be contacting you briefly in regards to your query:
> 
> 
> #form.First_Name# #form.Last_Name# #form.Company# #form.Phone# 
> #form.Fax# etc...
> 
> 
> Footer text with apporpriate line breaks before it.
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> 
> 
> Frank Marion                      Loofah Communications
> frank at loofahcom.com               http://www.loofahcom.com
> 
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