>> I had always believed that jsstringformat did absolutely >> everything necessary to string of text in order to set it >> into a JavaScript string variable.
> JSStringFormat escapes JavaScript metacharacters; nothing more, nothing > less. That's all it does, and that's all it's supposed to do. The LiveDocs for CF7 simply state jsstringformat returns "A string that is safe to use with JavaScript.". I think it is obvious that "</script>" is not a "safe" string under certain JavaScript conditions. Ok, so technically, "</script>" IS safe with JavaScript alone-- but it isn't a "safe" string to have in JavaScript which is embedded in an HTML document-- and most JavaScript is found in HTML documents. I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with your exacting definition of the function-- what I'm asking here is _should_ that be the way the function works? So it seems jsstringformat may meet the letter of the law. Everybody pat Adobe on the back. But isn't it a bit misleading? Could it be better? Should there be a second function which makes a string safe for JavaScript embedded in an HTML document? Yeah, sure-- there's the replacenocase() function, but again we don't really NEED jsstringformat either. We could replace those meta-characters manually as well. Obviously Adobe doesn't make a function for EVERYTHING we need, but what I am trying to do is to get people to stop and think if it would be useful to re-define this function or add another. Discussion is what I'm looking for-- not for someone to jump down my throat and inform me its working as designed. I like ColdFusion because it takes those tricky mundane things and makes them simpler. Htmleditformat. Jsstringformat. ParagraphFormat. This seems like one of those places where CF might have missed an opportunity. > What does that have to do with JSStringFormat, or CF at all for that > matter? You can do that in an HTML page, without CF at all, and get the > exact same result, right? You are absolutely right. That was a simplified HTML example to show the browser behavior. Had you kept reading, you would have seen the example which involved ColdFusion. ~Brad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:295604 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
