Application.cfc and UDFs

I have some UDFs that i want to make available to every page
in my site woudl i just drop the code for those UDFs inside the
onRequestStart method of application.cfc?

In article <f8vi12$9q8$[email protected]>
"bdee2"<[email protected]> wrote:
> I have some UDFs that i want to make available to every
page in my
> site woudl i just drop the code for those UDFs inside
the
> onRequestStart method of application.cfc?
Probably the simplest approach for you is to put those UDFs
in some
cfm file and then include that into onRequest():
<cffunction name="onRequest">
<cfargument name="targetPage"/>
<cfinclude template="myudfs.cfm" />
<cfinclude template="#arguments.targetPage#" />
</cffunction>
Note: you must include the target page - onRequest() assumes
you are
taking full responsibility for the request.
Only when you use onRequest() will the VARIABLES scope of
Application.cfc be accessible inside your top-level page
(arguments.targetPage).
Note: if you use Flash Remoting, Web Services or direct AJAX
CFC
calls, you cannot use onRequest() directly (because it
intercepts the
result). Read the chapter on Application.cfc in the
ColdFusion
Developer's Guide (it's really very good reading!). You might
also
want to read this blog entry:
http://corfield.org/entry/Applicationcfc__onRequest_and_CFCs
And this LiveDocs page:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/00000698.htm
(which includes the workaround for and onRequest() and CFC
access)
Sean Corfield
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http://corfield.org/
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Difference between Application .cfc and .cfm?

Title says it all. I'm a bit confused about the difference
between Application.cfc and .cfm.
I understand a bit more about the .cfc, where you define
methods onRequestStart, etc.
Yet in an example I'm following, they use .cfm and the
<cfapplication> tag. Both seem to get called, but should I
only be using one file? Or?
Also since both can be used what is the calling order by
ColdFusion or is one ignored if the other is present?

if you have both files in the same location, only .cfc is
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http://www.sabai-dee.com

Application.cfc and invoking by url a cfc

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vkr, thanks for your reply
quote:
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quote:
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Contribute and Application.cfc

I'm building out a site that is contribute-ready, and also
makes use of Coldfusion MX 7's Application.cfc page. The
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make use of the site stylesheet, and can't see the page they're
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Hi Greg,
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able to get the site to work with Contribute unless I kept the
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Moving to CF10, Need help with Application.cfc

I've been googling about how to work with Application.cfc since last week but I still have some questions and I can't find the answers.
My application is under the root (in unix) and there are many subfolders underneath it. Each sub-folder is hosting a different web application.
From what I read, I can create 1 root Application.cfc and then on subsequent sub-folder, when I need to have another Application.cfc on that level, I can create ProxyApplication (see below) and then create a sub-folder level Applicatin.cfc
So, when I set an application.DSN on my root Application.cfc, using proxyApplication I don't have to reset this dsn again in my sub folder level Application.cfc
Since my loginform.cfm and loginaction.cfm is right under root directory too, I also set OnsessionStart in the root Application.cfc to handle user login. Then this means, I don't have to reset session variable again anywhere because session.username, etc has been set on the highest level.
Is this correct?
In addition, Am I correct when I do the following:
1. Since I have root level and sub-folder level Application.cfc, I should set this.name with a different name, am I right?
    On the root Application.cfc I set this.name = "StudentServices" because this represent the global application
    On the sub-folder level's Application.cfc, I set this.name to "StudentServices_stdLoad" becaus this sub-folder only handle student load application.
2. On the root Application.cfc, I set the DSN to the application scope. So on the sub-folder level Application.cfc I can check if a particular db is working or not
    because as awhole, in the global sense, this web application uses more than one Databases. Each sub-folder may use a database that is dfferent than the other sub folder.
Am I doing the right thing? Please advice
Below is example of what I have, Thank you!
I created a root Application.cfc under the root directory:
<CFCOMPONENT displayname="Application" output="true" hint="My Root Application component">
       <cfset THIS.Name = "StudentServices" />    <cfset THIS.ApplicationTimeout = CreateTimeSpan(0,0,30,0) />    <cfset THIS.SessionManagement = true />    <cfset THIS.SetClientCookies = false />
       <cffunction name="OnApplicationStart" access="public" returntype="boolean" output="false">
   <cfset application.MainDSN = "DSN1">
   <cfset application.ReportDSN = "DSN2">
   <cfreturn true/>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="onApplicationEnd" output="false">
     <cfargument name="applicationScope" required="true"> </cffunction>
<cffunction name="onSessionEnd">
</CFCOMPONENT>
Then, in this root directory I also created a ProxyApplication:

<cfcomponent name="ApplicationProxy" extends="AdvancementServices.Application">
</cfcomponent>
Then in the Sub-Directory, I can create a sub-folder level Application.cfc extending the root Application.cfc:
<CFCOMPONENT displayname="Application" extends="ApplicationProxy">
    
    <cfset THIS.Name = "StudentServices_stdLoad"/>
    <cfset THIS.ApplicationTimeout = CreateTimeSpan(0,0,30,0) />
    <cfset THIS.SessionManagement = true/>
    <cfset THIS.SetClientCookies = false/>
    <cffunction name="OnApplicationStart" access="public" returntype="boolean" output="false">
       
       <cftry>
       <cfquery name="TestMain_DSN" datasource="#application.MainDSN#" maxrows="2">
         SELECT Count(*)          FROM MyTable
       </cfquery>
         
        <cfcatch type="database">
          <cflog file="#this.name#" type="error" text="Main DSN is not available. message: #cfcatch.message# Detail: #cfcatch.detail# Native Error: #cfcatch.NativeErrorCode#" >
         <cfthrow message="This application encountered an error when connecting to the Main Database. Please contact support." />
         <cfreturn false>
       </cfcatch>
     </cftry>
     <cflog file="#this.name#" type="Information" text="Application #this.name# Started">
     <cfreturn true/>
   </cffunction>
</CFCOMPONENT>
    <cfargument name = "SessionScope" required=true/>     <cfargument name = "AppScope" required=true/>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="OnSessionStart" access="public" returntype="void" output="false">
<CFSET session.UserGroup = ""/>
<CFSET session.UserName = ""/>
<CFSET session.currentPage = ""/>
<CFSET session.loggedin = "No"/>
<CFSET session.userrights = ""/>
<cfreturn/>
</cffunction>

OK. It sounds to me like you really shouldn't be using a single root Application.cfc at all, if all you want to do is share some settings between your "sub-applications". I would look at storing the common settings in an external file that all of the applications can read in. The simplest way is to put the settings in a .CFM file somwhere outside of the web root (so it is not directly web accessible) and load it with <cfinclude> tag into the OnApplicationStart() method of each sub-application's App.cfc. That .CFM file can be as simple as:
<cfset application.myCustomSetting = "blahblah">
<cfset application.myOtherSetting = "foo">
Alternatively, you can look at using a config file like this Ray Camden blog post suggests, and use the GetProfileSection(), GetProfileString(), and SetProfileString() functions as needed within OnApplicationStart(). You could even put ALL of your settings in
A third option is to store your settings in an XML file or in JSON format in a text file. You could then write code to read in the XML file, and use something like xml2struct.cfc to convert the XML into a struct, then append the struct to your application scope. If you go the JSON route, then just read in the JSON file and use DeserializeJSON() to convert it into a struct, and append it to the application scope.
What I think is probably the best approach is to use a community-supported MVC framework like FW/1 or ColdBox (maybe you already are, I don't think you've said so though). One of the many advantages to doing so is that they have built-in "environment" support that can be used to configure common settings, depending on your environment (dev/qa/production). You would handle reading in your external settings through the "environment" mechanism.
One other thing to think about: your login mechanism. I think you want to use one set of login tools that is shared by all of the "sub-applications". You can do this also by putting the login/authentication-related code somewhere outside the webroot of your applications, and then either set up a mapping to that location in CF Admin, or set an application-specific mapping in your various App.cfc files. That way all the "sub-applications" share a common set of code for the login process. I don't know how your login process works (do all users go to the same login page then get redirected into their relevant "sub-application", or does each "sub-application" have a discrete login page that utilizes common back-end processes to authenticate and redirect), so you'll have to judge how that is best accomplished.
Hopefully this gives you some useful ideas.
-Carl V.

Application.cfc versus application.cfm

HI I have application.cfc and applicaiton.cfm in one folder. I defined same global varibales in both files with different values. I am using same global variables in my cfml files. When I call my cfml page which values will dispaly in my page?
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Multiple datasources on Application.cfc file

Is it possible to list multiple datasources on a
Application.cfc file? If not would I just have to create a sub
folder, create another Application.cfc and then that will control
the folders below it?

quote:
For instance I set my datasource in the the application.cfc
<cfset REQUEST.dataSource = "mydata">
REquest.dataSource is just a variable name, you can have as
many
variable names as you like to define datasource strings.
Hard Coded Variable Names:
<cfset REQUEST.dataSourceOne = 'aDSN'>
<cfset REQUEST.dataSourceTwo = 'bDSN'>
Array Variable:
<cfset request.dataSource = arrayNew(1)>
<cfset request.dataSource[1] = 'aDSN'>
<cfset request.dataSource[2] = 'bDSN'>
Structure Variable:
<cfset request.dataSource = StructNew()>
<cfset request.dataSource.firstDSN = 'aDSN'>
<cfset request.dataSource['secondDSN'] = 'bDSN'>
A list:
This would really suck. I can not think of any good reason to
use this
horrible method.
<cfset request.dataSource = 'aDSN,bDSN'>
You would then access these values like this.
<cfquery
datasoruce="#listGetAt(request.dataSource,2)#"...>
Define as many Datasources as you need and use them in your
code. Its
just data.
Go whole hog and build a CFC that has methods that you can
pass a
parameter into and it will return the DSN.
<cfquery
datasource="#myCFCvariable.getDSN(aValue)#"...>
OK! This one is probably overkill.

Application.cfm and CFC's

for some reason my cfc is not seeing any of the variables set
in application.cfm. Furthermore it does not see them when I use
application.cfc. I am running 6.1MX on iis5. Any info would be
helpful.
Thanks

Duke Snyder wrote:
> for some reason my cfc is not seeing any of the
variables set in
> application.cfm. Furthermore it does not see them when I
use application.cfc. I
> am running 6.1MX on iis5. Any info would be helpful.
>
> Thanks
>
In deference to Adam, I'm going to go ahead an make a guess.
Directory structure is very important here. Application.cfm
will only
apply to code that is run in the same directory or any sub
directory
there under. This applies to CFC's as well. A common idea is
to place
a CFC in some type of common folder that is outside the
normal
application structure, thus the CFC is not in the directory
structure
under which the Application.cfm file has dominion. So it will
not apply
in such a case.
If this is so, the fix is to either move the CFC so that it
is under the
Application.cfm dominion. Or to provide it it's own
<cfapplication...>
tag with the desired application name to be able to access
the desired
application scope. This can be done directly in the CFC file
or an
Application.cfm file in the CFC folder hierarchy.
Of course doing so really complicates the usefulness of
having CFCs in a
common place where they can be used by multiple applications
equally.
Thus providing a strong argument to the OOP concept of
encapsulation.
That an object (component) should not be aware of anything
outside of
itself and everything it needs to do its job should be passed
into it.
I.E. Pass the required application data into the component as
arguments
and make use of it that way.

CFGrid and Application.cfc - bug??

I don't understand what is happening here.
If I open the cfgrid.cfm page without the Application.cfc
file it works fine.
With the application.cfc file the grid does not populate.
If I comment out the cfajaximport, onrequeststart, onrequest
and onrequestend it works fine.

the best i could find was comment #8 by Scott Jibben here:
http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/6/4/ColdFusion-Ajax-Tutorial-4-Partial-Page-Updat es
i was apparently remembering things wrong and it is
onRequestEnd method
that seems to be the culprit... though i suppose depending on
what you
have in onRequest method may make it a collaborator too... i
know for
sure onRequest interferes with flash remoting and invoking
cfc's as
webservice...
but why do you have <cfajaximport ...> tag in your
Application.cfc???
iirc, that is not a good practice - you should use it on your
.cfm page
in general, and in your particular case i don't think you
need it at all.
Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com

Difference between application.cfm and application.cfc

Hi,
Can anybody explain the difference between Application.cfm
and application.cfc?
For example:
I have Application.cfm and Application.cfc in the same
folder.
/folder/application.cfm
/folder/application.cfc
/folder /test.cfm
…. And I run the test.cfm.
Which one is executed first?
Thanks,
Krishna

Your last question - Which one is executed first?
The application.cfc will be executed first if you call the
test.cfm. The application.cfm will not get executed.
and, about ur first question... cfm and cfc are entirely
different. You have onRequestStart, onRequestEnd and other events
on cfc. cfc is powerful than cfm.

SetEncoding() and application.cfc

Is this a bug, or I just didn't understand the way it is
supposed to work?
I just finished determining that if one puts a <cfset
setEncoding("form","encodingType")> in the
psudo-consructor (after the
<cfcomponent...> but before any <cffunction...)
tags) of Application.cfc
one will always receive empty form structures on an action
page.
When I tried moving said setEncoding() line to the
onRequestStart()
function. All was well? Is there a reason for this I do not
understand
with my very limited knowledge of page encoding?

Application.cfc is event-driven, all its methods being
events. I think
you should expect to be in uncharted territory if you use any
method
different from the given list
First, you can augment the functions of Applicaiton.cfc if
you so
desire, it is just that these functions will never be called
by any
event. But there is nothing wrong with them being called by
functions
called as a result of one of the defined events.
Secondly, I was not doing this.
Relevant parts of my Application.cfc file:
<cfcomponent output="no">
<cfprocessingdirective pageencoding="windows-1252" />
<cfset variables.coding = "windows-1252">

<cfset setEncoding("form",variables.coding)>
<cfset setEncoding("url",variables.coding)>
<cffunction name="onRequestStart" output="false">
<cfargument name="requestname" required="yes">

<cfset setEncoding("form",variables.coding)>
<cfset setEncoding("url",variables.coding)>
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent>

Tracking users in the Application.cfc, please help

Hello;
I wrote a small tracking system for my web site. I am trying
to upfrade it to work in CF 8. Here is what I am doing.
I had this code on the index.cfm page of my site. I am
attempting to move it to the Application.cfc file. When I do, it
registers in the DB every time the user hits a page or clicks a
link. I don't want it to do that. I do want it to tell me when they
hit the site, and if I can what page they came in on.
Here is my code:
<cfquery name="tracking" datasource="my-DB"
dbtype="ODBC">
INSERT INTO tracking (REMOTE_ADDR, HTTP_USER_AGENT,
TRACK_DATE, PageID)
VALUES('#REMOTE_ADDR#', '#HTTP_USER_AGENT#',
#CreateOdbcDateTime(now())#)
</cfquery>
My pageID is where I want the information on what page the
user came in on to go.
I placed teh query inside a session function code, but it
doesn't work at all right now, I need to limit the hits counted by
the Application.cfm, if I place it inside the area of the app that
is for global variables, it adds info to the DB everytime they
click a link and I don't want that. As for the entry page of the
user, I am trying to make it so if someone enters the site lets say
on the about.cfm page, that is added to the db and so on. Is this
possible? If so how would I do that?
Here is my application.cfc code so far:
<cfcomponent output="false">
<cfset THIS.name = "my-web">
<cfset this.sessionManagement="yes">
<cfset this.clientManagement=true>
<cffunction name="onApplicationStart" returntype="boolean"
output="false">
<cfset APPLICATION.appStarted = now()>
<cfreturn true>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="onApplicationEnd" returntype="void"
output="false">
<cfargument name="appScope" required="True">
<cflog file="#THIS.name#" text="App ended after
#dateDiff('n' , ARGUMENTS.appscope.appStarted,now())# minutes.">
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="onSessionStart" returntype="query"
output="true">
<cfquery name="tracking" datasource="creative"
dbtype="ODBC">
INSERT INTO tracking (REMOTE_ADDR, HTTP_USER_AGENT,
TRACK_DATE)
VALUES('#REMOTE_ADDR#', '#HTTP_USER_AGENT#',
#CreateOdbcDateTime(now())#)
</cfquery>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="onRequestStart" returntype="boolean"
output="true">
<cfset request.datasource = "my-db">
<cfset sitePath = "
http://www.myweb">


<cfloop
list="#removeChars(cgi.path_info,1,len(cgi.script_name))#"
delimiters="/" index="variableSet">
<cfscript>
variableName = "url." & listGetAt(variableSet,1,'.');
expression = listGetAt(variableSet,2,'.');
</cfscript>
<cfparam name="#variableName#" default="#expression#">
</cfloop>

<cfreturn true>
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent>
Thank you.
Phoenix

I did a dump and got it to error out, so it is recognizing
the session, but it doesn't add any info to the DB. I also had to
change it, I had it like this:
<cffunction name="onSessionStart" returntype="query"
output="true">
<cfquery name="tracking" datasource="my-db"
dbtype="ODBC">
INSERT INTO tracking (REMOTE_ADDR, HTTP_USER_AGENT,
TRACK_DATE)
VALUES('#REMOTE_ADDR#', '#HTTP_USER_AGENT#',
#CreateOdbcDateTime(now())#)
</cfquery>
</cffunction>
Changed it to this:
<cffunction name="onSessionStart" returntype="any"
output="true">
<cfquery name="tracking" datasource="creative"
dbtype="ODBC">
INSERT INTO tracking (REMOTE_ADDR, HTTP_USER_AGENT,
TRACK_DATE)
VALUES('#REMOTE_ADDR#', '#HTTP_USER_AGENT#',
#CreateOdbcDateTime(now())#)
</cfquery>
</cffunction>
it was erroring on the query attribute before in the session
function. Even that change didn't get it to work properly.

Which to use application.cfm or application.cfc?

Hi,
Just a general question, i have been using application.cfm
for my applications so far. I came across a tag that would be used
under application.cfc, but i tried putting both templates together
in one application and boom, an error showed up.
So, which is better to use with most of the applications
application.cfm or .cfc?
Thanks for any help!
Syed

It's actually a bit easier to use session and application
scope variables with Application.cfc, I think.
Application.cfc has methods for specific "events" or states:
onApplicationStart() -- where to load application variables,
security logic, etc.
onSessionStart() -- initialize session varialbes, etc.
onRequestStart() -- runs at the start of each page request
onRequestEnd()
onSessionEnd()
onApplicationEnd()
onError() -- very nice place to get some good
Application-wide error handling code in place
onRequest() -- be sure to read the notes on this
method...it's a bit different.
Check out the MX7 reference page for Application.cfc:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?cont ext=ColdFusion_Documentation&file=00000692.htm
CF* (if you're using that yet)
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Part_3_CFML_Ref_1.html

Newbie question about component and UDF usage.

This will be the 1st time I'm coding a component and UDF. I
kind of understand the concept but not sure about how to write it
in detail.Such as passing the parameter, etc.
I'm starting to write a user login, verifying users before
allowing them to enter into the app.
So I have 2 fields in my login form, Login and password.
Upon submitting this form, on the actionpage.cfm I'm calling
a component. This is how I call the component:
<CFINVOKE Component="cfc/loginaction"
Method="AuthentiCateUser" ReturnVariable="UserInfo">
Then in my Component I have the following:
<CFCOMPONENT>
<CFFUNCTION Name="AuthentiCateUser" RETURNTYPE="Query"
hint="Use for user login">
<CFARGUMENT Name="login" Type="Structure"
Required="true">
<CFARGUMENT Name="password" Type="Structure"
Required="true">

<CFQUERY NAME="Authenticate" DATASOURCE="sendfast">
SELECT * FROM tblcustomer WHERE Login = '#Login#' AND
Password = '#Password#'
</CFQUERY>
<CFRETURN AuthentiCateUser>
</CFFUNCTION>
</CFCOMPONENT>
When I run this code, I got error, it said :
The parameter LOGIN to function AuthentiCateUser is required
but was not passed in.
The error occurred in
C:\CFusionMX\wwwroot\KDt_Mod\userloginaction.cfm: line 18
16 : <CFSET
UserLoginInfo["Password"]="#Form.Password#"> 17 : 18 :
<CFINVOKE Component="cfc/loginaction" Method="AuthentiCateUser"
ReturnVariable="UserInfo">
19 :
My question is:
What should I do in order to pass #Form.Login# and
#Form.Password# to my UDF within my component?
I'm using CFMX 6 and Micrisift SQL 8

I've applied cfinvokeargument and my login and password were
passed to my component.
But I'm facing new problem: Where should I write my
authentication? should I write user authentication within my
component or
loginaction.cfm (the calling template)
What I mean by authentication is something like this:
<CFIF #Authenticate.RecordCount# IS NOT 0>
<cfset session.CustomerID
="#Authenticate.customerid#">
<cfset session.Name ="#Authenticate.Name#">
<CFCOOKIE NAME="UserLoginIn"
VALUE="12345_pn#Authenticate.customerid#">
<cflocation url="index.cfm?loc=home">
<CFELSE>
<script language="JavaScript">
alert("Username/password is not found, plese try again");
history.go(-1);
</script>
<cfabort>
</CFIF>
If I keep this code in my loginaction.cfm what is returned
from my function is not recognized by the component, the error said
Authenticate.RecordCount is not recognized.
Also I'm still confuse with what should I put in the
RETURNTYPE. If I put query, it gave me error, also, what is
returned by CFRETURN.
This is my component:
<CFCOMPONENT>
<CFFUNCTION Name="AuthentiCateUser" RETURNTYPE="Query"
hint="Use for user login">
<CFARGUMENT Name="login" Type="Structure"
Required="true">
<CFARGUMENT Name="password" Type="Structure"
Required="true">

<CFQUERY NAME="Authenticate" DATASOURCE="sendfast">
SELECT * FROM tblcustomer WHERE Login = '#Login#' AND
Password = '#Password#'
</CFQUERY>
<CFRETURN AuthentiCateUser>
</CFFUNCTION>
</CFCOMPONENT>

Where is the best place to set the path with Application.cfc?

Hi!
When I used Application.cfm, I set many path variables here so I don't have to keep writing a full path on many of the templates repeatedly.
So I did:
<CFSET FileArchives = "/space/users/www/FileArchives/#session.Groups#/">
<CFSET GoodFiles = "/space/users/www/GoodFiles/#session.usergroup#/">
etc...
Later on I only need to refer it as: #FileArchives# in the codes instead of a full path name.
Now that I'm using Application.cfc can I also do the same thing???? should I do it within OnApplicationStart function? am I doing it correctly? (see below)
     <cffunction name="onApplicationStart" returnType="boolean" output="false">
           <cfset application.dsn = "EMBB">
          <CFSET application.FileArchives = "/space/users/www/FileArchives/#session.Groups#/">
          <CFSET application.GoodFiles = "/space/users/www/GoodFiles/#session.usergroup#/">
         <cfreturn true />
     </cffunction>

Dan Bracuk wrote:
Setting application variables in OnApplicationStart is a good idea. However, referring to session variables in the OnApplicationStart function is not.
Indeed. Wading through this lot - http://adamcameroncoldfusion.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/more-on-applicationcfc-when-things-run .html - might be helpful for the OP to get a handle on when things run, and when things become available.
But the session scope is not available in onApplicationStart().
Adam

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