The getBuiltInScopes method was not found

Question

  I have an application that has worked for quite a while. I have made no changes to the code since the last time I used it. Basically, the code creates a zip file with input for an involved report. I used it in March of this year it worked fine. I've been assured by the gov't sysadmins and DBAs that nothing has changed, but I still get the attached error. Any ideas?    I have just heard from a friend who knows CF, that it could be a version issue.  I am currently running 8 and I believe he is running 10.   If this is an issue, is the solution somewhere on this site?   I do minimal CF and am at a loss.   The function that is throwing the error is when a button is clicked, a javascript routine is run which combines all the files requred for the zip file.   Yesterday, another application started throwing the error.  I haven't been through the code yet, but it is another button being clicked, and I'm sure, another javascript error.

Answer 1

The SysAdmin sent me the application log:  Since it is a government site, I changed identifying things to XXXX  or xxxx.
"Error","ajp-bio-8012-exec-2091","09/26/14","11:43:33","XXXXransfer3","The getBuiltInScopes method was not found.Either there are no methods with the specified method name and argument types or the getBuiltInScopes method is overloaded with argument types that ColdFusion cannot decipher reliably. ColdFusion found 0 methods that match the provided arguments. If this is a Java object and you verified that the method exists, use the javacast function to reduce ambiguity. The specific sequence of files included or processed is: \\haffs002\ProdData\Sites\xxx\IE\XXXX\secure\Authorization\FundingRequestForm_Action.cfm, line: 113 "
Line 113 is: document.form1.actiontaken.value = "approve"
The user clicks on a button to Approve or Disapprove a request.  This causes another screen to be displayed.  The error is happening before the 2nd screen is displayed.