Agreed! I remember reading about gif pipes a couple years ago, but didn't have an immediate need then and forgot about them entirely. Now I can think of several places to use them. This thread was a good refresh of that information.
Thanks all! -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Dawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 1:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Gif Pipes > > > well isn't wasn't more than 16 hours ago that I could have used this. I > think I will implement. > > Eric > > From: "Joseph Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Gif Pipes > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:28:04 -0800 > > 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
