Welcome. There's a much better (and more complete) article about it on Jim Davis' website ... http://www.depressedpress.com
> 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 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
