They are also useful to extend sessions. Add a function to reload the image and that users session will exist until they close thier browser.
(this custom tag reloads a gif) http://cfhub.com/forum//index.cfm?FuseAction=Thread&TopicID=2445 > The way I learned to use a GIF pipe was that you send data using URL > variables and get responses using cookies (which means the return data is > restricted by cookie limitations like size and number of cookies.) > > A billing form with a credit card number field might have an > > image data pipe > > which requests a page from the server to determine if the > > card number is > > valid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
