Application.cfc importing variables

Hi all
In my application.cfc I have:
<cffunction name="onApplicationStart" returnType="boolean" output="false">
        <cfscript>
               Application.DNS = "BS";
               Application.SitePath = "D:\Sites\FF";
               Application.IPP = "10";
               Application.SiteName = "meta site name";
               Application.SiteKeywords = "equipmnet";
               Application.SiteDescription = "Meta Description";
               Application.SiteLogo = "logo.gif";
               Application.Key = "myzlvEmrSbUcyDFdwdfsdfsdfE";
          </cfscript>
        <cfreturn true>
    </cffunction>
I would like to move these variables into file outside the site folder. How can I import this file into application.cfc again and set application variables?

Yes - true enough from a CF standpoint, though I would imagine that
is would be possible to read an application.cfc via php or somehting
else that's not cf... maybe he's got other people in there with ftp
access as well ...
who knows...
I was thinking particularly about importing files, reading them and setting application variables. In any case, I would gladly turn the subject on its head.
Suppose your Aplication.cfc is composed in the usual, recommended way. It is under the web root and you publish its content. What are the possibilities for someone to use it to compromise your site?
Minimal, absolutely minimal. The security of the Coldfusion platform is mature enough -- in fact, more mature than most! -- to cope with this situation. In my experience, developer colleagues should be more worried about exposing code like this in their components:
<cfif noOfComplaints GT 0>
<cfset isAShitCustomer = TRUE>
<cfif>

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Application.cfc site variables

I switched over to using application.cfc not too long ago. One thing I have struggled with is how to set variables that I use on individual pages of my site like I used to do in application.cfm. I have some passowrds for sftp services etc that I used to set in application.cfm. I have not been able to figure out how to make them work with application.cfc so I can call them where I need to.
I have tried setting them in onrequeststart, onapplicationstart etc. but nothing seems to work. The variables are never defined.
Does anyone have a working example of how to set variables that can be used on your site globally?
Is there a better way to store account passwords and variables like that that I am missing?

For security reasons, I would try to avoid embedding the password anywhere in your ColdFusion code. You might put it in a "config" file outside of the webroot, then use ColdFusion to read it into an appropriately scoped variable. Assuming you don't <cfdump> or WriteDump() your variable scopes anywhere in your production code, and that you don't have "Enable Request Debugging Output" enabled on your production server, you could store the password in either the Application scope or a local page's variables scope. If there is only one page that will do FTP communication, then loading the password into a variable on that page would be fine. If you modularize the FTP stuff so it can be reused elsewhere in your application, then put the password in a variable in the application scope.
Since you'll need to pass an the password to the FTP connection, you can't hash it for added security, which is the best way to handle passwords. But you can encrypt/de-encrypt it using various functions within ColdFusion. I'd consider at least storing it in an encrypted form in the "config" file. While being no where near perfect security, it is better than storing the password in plain text in a file.
-Carl V.

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.

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.

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

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>

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

Cfobject / cfinvoke problem in my application.cfc

Hello;
I am trying to use cfobject in my onsessionstart function in my application.cfc file. The cfobject is another application.cfc file I have in a sub directory in the web site, it runs the shopping cart. I am not firing this off properly and I was hoping someone could help me fix my code so it will operate properly.This is my invoke statement:
<cfobject name="SESSION.myShoppingCart" component="ShoppingCart">
<cfinvoke component="#SESSION.myShoppingCart#" method="getShoppingCart">
This is my whole argument statement for on session start:
<cffunction name="onSessionStart" returntype="any" output="true">
<cfset SESSION.created = now()> 
<cfobject name="SESSION.myShoppingCart" component="ShoppingCart">
<cfinvoke component="#SESSION.myShoppingCart#" method="getShoppingCart">
</cffunction>
this is my error:
Context validation error for tag cffunction.
The end tag </cffunction> encountered on line 80 at column 11 requires a matching start tag.
The error occurred in C:\website\Application.cfc: line 28
26 : <cffunction name="onSessionStart" returntype="any" output="true">
27 : <cfset SESSION.created = now()>
28 : <cfobject name="SESSION.myShoppingCart" component="ShoppingCart">
29 : <cfinvoke component="#SESSION.myShoppingCart#" method="getShoppingCart">
Can anyone help me? What do I need to do to set off my shopping cart functions on the cfc I am trying to invoke?
Thank You
CFmonger

this is what I am supposed to put in the on sessionstart function:
<cfobject name="SESSION.myShoppingCart" component="ShoppingCart">
But this throws the same error. I am reading this off of instructions from a book. Obviously the book is wrong. Is there a way to make that cfobject statement work? I don't want a return variable. I want the ShoppingCart.cfc that resides in the sub directory /donation/ShoppingCart.cfc to go into client memory, I don't need a return value, I need the shoppong cart application portion fired when they hit the web site, creating a "shopping cart" in session / client variables.
How would I do that using this tag? Thanks.
CFmonger

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
An Architect's View --
http://corfield.org/
I'm using an evaluation license of nemo since 59 days.
You should really try it!
http://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo

Updating application to use Application.cfc

I have an application that is using the older style
application.cfm for setting up configuration varibles like DSN and
what not. Of course this way i can just use the varibles as is like
#dsn#.
I am wanting to change my application over to utilize
Application.cfc instead now. It seems to set up my DSN efficiently
i would set this varible up in the onApplicationStart or
onRequestStart. Either way I have to now state my varibles as
#application.dsn# to make them work now.
Is there anyway around this so I dont have to change hundreds
of varibles names!

Implement
<cffunction name="onRequest">
<cfargument name = "targetPage" type="String"
required=true/>
<cfsavecontent variable="content">
<cfinclude template="#Arguments.targetPage#">
</cfsavecontent>
<cfoutput>#content#</cfoutput> 
</cffunction>
You can then change gear in onRequestStart with:
<cfset dsn = application.dsn>
In fact, you can forget about application.dsn and do the
following in onRequestStart:
<cfset dsn = "myDSN">

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?
Advance Thxs

Daverms is right. But Owain and Adam are also right - you should test these things to find out. It's a much better way to learn, it actually takes less time than to wait for an answer, and you're more likely to remember the answer.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
http://training.figleaf.com/
Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on
GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized
instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite.
Read this before you post:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/607238

Application.cfc not compiling

My application.cfc not compiling. I'm using application.cfc
first time, i'm used to using application.cfm, but now trying to
switch.
I've attached the code. Application.cfc is not being executed
for some reason.
My environment:
win2008
cf8
iis7
Thank you,
Syed

> application.cfc is not listed in Execution file list
like application.cfm. Non
> of the application or session variables are being
created.
OK, thanks clarifying that.
Application.cfc will only be listed in the debugging if
there's an event
handler to be run; if you don't have an onRequestStart
handler, it won't be
running anything _every request_.
I suspect you - and jbird5k - have both added code to your
onApplicationStart event handler after the application had
already started.
The onApplicationStart event handler is only run ONCE during
the life of
the application (IE: when it's first hit after the CF service
starts).
For changes to onApplicationStart to be run, you need to
restart your
application.
I think it was BKBK who suggested that the quickest way to do
this is to
change the name of the application - temporarily - so that CF
thinks it's a
different application. Or just restarting CF.
It might be an idea to add an onRequestStart event handler
which checks for
a restartApp URL variable, and if found and if true, re-run
onApplicationStart(). This means less monkeying with your
code or CF to
get the app to restart.
Adam

CFLock Challenge with CFObject in Application.cfc

I occasionally get a cflock error when running an application
in the morning. I moved several cfobject lines into the
application.cfc onApplicationStart method. Some of the methods in
the objects use cflock to read a session variable.
Here is the error:
Cannot lock session scope. Cannot use cflock to lock the
application or session shared scopes without these scopes being
established through the use of the cfapplication tag. To use the
session scope you need to enable session management. Application
and/or Session variables must also be enabled in the ColdFusion
Administrator. <br>The error occurred on line 5.

Have you ensured the Application variables and Session
variables are enabled in the Coldfusion Administrator?.
If so, try replacing your <cfscript> block with normal
<cfset> statements and see if it is working..

Application.cfc saving old datasource?

I had a site on one server that I am moving to a new server.   I copied the files and database and created a new DSN. I ran a simple query on a test page prior to moving the site, it was a one page site at that time. I was able to connect to the database.
Now I have a relatively simple application file. I changed the name of the data souce in the file, but prior to that I made the mistake of opening a page on the site. The old data souce is A, the new data source is B. The application.cfc clearly (now) says B, but I get an error on every page saying it can't find A. I did a search of the entire site and nowhere in any file does it list data source A.
Here is the application file.
<cfcomponent output="false">

<cfset this.name="SomeName">

<cfset this.sessionManagement=true>
<cffunction name="onApplicationStart" output="false" returnType="void">
    
    <cfset APPLICATION.DSN = "B">
          
          <cfset APPLICATION.MailServer = "MailServer">
          <cfset APPLICATION.AdminMail = "EMailAddress">
    <cfset APPLICATION.AdminMailPass = "PassWord">
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent>
Any thought on what I've done wrong?
Thank you!

ctreeves wrote:
... The old data souce is A, the new data source is B. The application.cfc clearly (now) says B, but I get an error on every page saying it can't find A. I did a search of the entire site and nowhere in any file does it list data source A.
The answer to the puzzle is as follows. The original application was still running in memory, with datasource A, even after you had modified the Application.cfc file. That is because the original application has not yet timed out, which means onApplicationEnd() has not yet been triggered.
The easiest way I know to reset an application is to change the application name. To do so in your case, change the line
<cfset this.name="SomeName">
to, for example,
<cfset this.name="SomeName2">.
Oh, and I hope you have saved the application file as Application.cfc, with capital A.

Application.cfc

Below is a section of my application.cfc.
The page loads ok but when I make changes to
the applcication variables (e.g Application.var1="var1Name";
) no changes take place when the page reloads on the browser.
I have to restart the ColdFusion service for this changes to
be implementated. For example if I cahnge the value of
Application.var1 to "three". I will need to restart the service for
this to be implemented.
Any ides ?
<cfcomponent>
<cfset This.applicationimeout =
createTimeSpan(0,0,20,0)>
<cfset This.clientmanagement= "yes">
<cfset This.loginstorage = "session">
<cfset This.Sessionmanagement = "yes">
<cfset This.Sessiontimeout = createTimeSpan(0,0,20,0)>
<cfset This.SetClientCookies = "yes">
<cfset This.SetDomainCookies = "no">
<cfset This.ScriptProtect = "all">
<cfset This.SiteMaintenance="false">
<cfset This.thePath = "
http://localhost/resume/">
<cffunction name="onApplicationStart">
<cfscript>
//set your app vars for the application
Application.var1="var1Name";
Application.var2 = "var2Name";
Application.var3="var3Name";
</cfscript>
<cftry>
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent>

Any ideas?
Yup. It is working exactly like it is supposed to. Reloading
the page
in the browser is not a new application start. An application
start, by
definition, only happens once after any previous application
has timed
out or been stopped, such as stopping the ColdFusion service.
Two ideas to consider. If you are resetting variables, should
they be
application variables. Maybe you are really dealing with data
that
should be session variables.
Second, most of us write some kind of refresh trigger into
our apps.
What I usually do is in onRequestStart of code something like
this.
<cfif structKeyExists(ur,"refresh")>
<cfscript>
onApplicationStart();
</cfscript>
</cfif>
This will call the onApplicationStart function if the request
contains a
refesh variable.

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