Chris, cfscript has some syntax like java script, but it is not a client side lang like java script.
"I thought that the syntax between javascript and cfscript was pretty much interchangeable??" This is false. CF server has to parse and return HTML to the browser. -----Original Message----- From: Kris Pilles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 3:17 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Cfscript vs Javascript: I am having some trouble with some of my javascript Well my code works within <script></script> tages But when I put them in <Cfscript></cfscript> tags it doesn't here is the code: A couple functions I use throughouit my app:: <cfscript> alert("Invalid SSN"); window.parent.document.forms[0].SSN.select(); </cfscript> <cfscript> window.parent.document.forms[0].first.value = '#firstname#'; window.parent.document.forms[0].last.value = '#lastname#'; </cfscript> <cfscript> alert("Invalid SSN Format"); window.parent.document.forms[0].SSN.select(); </cfscript> <script> function ConfirmSSN(sSSN) { document.all.WorkFrame.src = "confirmSSN.cfm?SSN=" + sSSN; } function enterinfo() { document.employee.lastname.value = retlname; document.employee.firstname.value = retfname; } </script> I thought that the syntax between javascript and cfscript was pretty much interchangeable?? What is my problem??? Please help! Thanks -----Original Message----- From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 1:46 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Function? > Yes, you are right. I thought that she had wanted to do javascript, > then serverside validation, and if something is wrong, bring them back > to the input page with prefilled fields and alert them. If nothing is > wrong, still bring them back to the input page, except this time > instead of an alert message, display a submit button for them to > click. > heh i'm sleepy i guess Actually, dependant upon the application, I could see a situation where it might be beneficial to take the contents of a single input field and pass or submit them to an action page in the onblur() event of the field, thus making allmost all visible content always current, and eliminating the need for a submit or save button. The only drawbacks are that it makes "undo" a little unwieldy and has the potential to drastically increase bandwidth and server resource usage as a result of sending dozens if not hundreds or thousands of page requests for such a tiny amount of data. But the idea is interresting and possibly viable, given circumstance. Isaac Dealey Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer www.turnkey.to 954-776-0046 ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
