Cfobject / cfinvoke problem in my application.cfc

Question

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()> <!--- This sets off another session in the site --->
<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

Answer 1

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