TechNote (Archived)

cfform errors with ColdFusion MX on multihomed servers

Issue

When running ColdFusion MX in a multihomed environment,cfform may not work correctly. The symptoms can include:

JavaScript runtime errors
404 errors for the /CFIDE/scripts/cfform.js file
Required attribute validation does not occur

In ColdFusion 5, cfform generated inline JavaScript code to perform validation. In ColdFusion MX, that JavaScript is kept in a file instead and included where needed. The file, /CFIDE/scripts/cfform.js, may not be available in a hosted environment or if multiple websites have been defined on the server.

Solution

To resolve the issue, use one of the following solutions:

Put a copy of the cfform.js file into a directory in your webroot and use the scriptSrc attribute of thecfform tag to reference it.
```
 <cfform    scriptSrc=/mysite/scripts/cfform.js> ...</cfform> 
```
Create a virtual directory within your website configuration to point to the /CFIDE/scripts directory under the default website.
Copy the /CFIDE/scripts directory into the webroot of the new site.