Thanks for explaining this method. Shawn Regan pacifictechnologysolutions 15530-B Rockfield Blvd. Suite 4 Irvine, CA 92618 949.830.1623 w w w . p t s 1 . c o m
-----Original Message----- From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 10:41 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Gif Pipes The image as a data pipe trick is a means of accomplishing a request from the server without reloading the page, usually using javascript to change the src attribute of the image. As just one example: 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 such as <input type="text" name="cc" onblur="validatecc();"> <img name="validatecc" src="spacer.gif"> <script> function validatecc() { document.images.validatecc.src = "validatecc.cfm?ccno=" + document.myform.cc.value; } </script> When the page finishes processing, it uses cfcontent to display an image which may be the spacer if the number validated okay, or a warning message if the card failed the validation routine. I believe with some browsers you can also get javascript functionality from the page called through the image, but I've not really worked with image data pipes personally, so I can't give any real specifics. s. isaac dealey 954-776-0046 new epoch http://www.turnkey.to lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 > What is it you achieve in doing this to display images? :) > Shawn Regan > pacifictechnologysolutions > 15530-B Rockfield Blvd. Suite 4 > Irvine, CA 92618 > 949.830.1623 > w w w . p t s 1 . c o m > -----Original Message----- > From: Thane Sherrington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 7:24 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Gif Pipes > At 10:12 AM 20/11/02 -0500, Tipton Josh (orl1jdt) wrote: >>Can someone please point me in the direction on information for creating, >>implementing, and using gif pipes. > It's fairly simple. You create a link like this: > <IMG src="http://www.mysite.com/mypage.cfm";> > Then you create the file mypage.cfm with whatever you want in it and end > it > with. > <cfcontent type="image/gif" file="placer.gif" deletefile="No"> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
