Adobe ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 1: Getting Started

Using Application.cfc

To get started with the Web application framework, you first must create a special file called Application.cfc. In most respects, this file is just an ordinary ColdFusion component. (Components are discussed in depth in Chapter 26, “Building Reusable Components,” in ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 2: Application Development.) Only two things make Application.cfc special:

• The code in your Application.cfc file will be automatically executed just before any of your application pages.

• You can’t visit an Application.cfc page directly. If you attempt to visit an Application.cfc page with a browser, you will receive an error message from ColdFusion.

The Application.cfc file is sometimes referred to as the application ...