Programming ColdFusion

Name

CFCONTENT

Synopsis

<CFCONTENT>

Sends content of the specified media type to the browser. Content may be dynamically generated by ColdFusion or come from a file. The CFCONTENT tag is often used to send files stored above the web root directory to the browser or to generate content for other non-HTML clients, such as wireless devices (cell phones, PDAs, etc.).

Attributes

TYPE=" media_type "

The media type of the content to be sent to the browser. Required.

FILE=" filename "

The name of the file being sent to the browser. Optional.

RESET="Yes|No"

Whether or not to suppress any output preceding the call to the CFCONTENT tag. The RESET attribute is ignored if a value is specified for FILE. The default is Yes.

DELETEFILE="Yes|No"

Whether or not to delete the file after it has been sent to the browser. Valid only if a file was specified in the FILE attribute. Optional. The default is No.