Invoke ColdFusion function using AJAX

Question

I need to invoke a ColdFusion function(present in a .cfm file) when the user clicks on a link. And I would like to do it using jQuery. I have a jQuery snippet which looks li

Answer 1

Using a ColdFusion variable in JavaScript is powerful! Be sure to use

 var #toScript(ColdFusionVAR, 'javascriptVar')# 

You can now reference your variable as javaScriptVar using CFAJAXPROXY

Be sure to include this in your template

Using your class on the JavaScript side.

You would us it like so.

var JS_CFC_Obj;

JS_CFC_Obj = new jsCFCclassName()

You can now make calls to functions inside of that cfc.

jsCFCclassName.functionName(javascript var);