Just found this little thingy which according to me is quite impressive.
<cfset obj = createObject("java","coldfusion.util.FormatSource")>
<cfoutput>
#obj.formatFile(Expandpath('cfdirectory.cfm'))#
</cfoutput>
Now what that does is takes a file from your local folder and applies colored coding to it. Not the best colored code but a lot better than the heavy Regular expression.
Try it out !
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Just so you know, there is also a formatString() option. Don’t forget you can dump Java objects to see their methods.
@Ray, yes thats right. Only after I dumped these , I found out about these 2 public methods. Very useful I think. Looks like there are lots of little hidden utilities out there.
Ah another gem!
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Thanks very much for posting this — it is exactly what I needed, a simple way to display tag-based source code.
@Tracy, thanks.