>can you post your code? as usual, it can be a million different things >at play here... ok, streamline them into two bare minimal:
TopLevel: <cfajaximport tags="cflayout-tab,cfform,CFDIV,CFINPUT-AUTOSUGGEST,cftooltip"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> <head> <title>bla bla app</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="keywords" content="bla bla app"> <script language="javascript"> function getInternetExplorerVersion() // Returns the version of Internet Explorer or a -1 // (indicating the use of another browser). { var rv = -1; // Return value assumes failure. if (navigator.appName == 'Microsoft Internet Explorer') { var ua = navigator.userAgent; var re = new RegExp("MSIE ([0-9]{1,}[\.0-9]{0,})"); if (re.exec(ua) != null) rv = parseFloat( RegExp.$1 ); } return rv; } function checkVersion() { var msg = ""; var ver = getInternetExplorerVersion(); if ( ver > -1 ) { if ( ver < 7) { msg = "We strongly recommend using Internet Explorer Version 7 for this particular application."; alert( msg ); } } else { msg = "We strongly recommend using Internet Explorer Version 7 for this particular application."; alert( msg ); } } function addBR(n) { document.getElementById(n).value = document.getElementById(n).value + '<br>\n\r'; } function increaseRows(n){ // alert(n); document.getElementById(n).rows += 10; } function decreaseRows(n){ document.getElementById(n).rows -= 5; } function increaseCols(n){ // alert(n); document.getElementById(n).cols += 5; } function decreaseCols(n){ document.getElementById(n).cols -= 5; } </script> </head> <body onload="checkVersion()"> <h1 title="bla bla app">bla bla app</h1> <table> <tr> <td width="65%" align="top"> <cfset session.myAppCal = 0> <cfparam name="session.myAppUserID" default=""> <cfwindow name="CoreApp" title="bla bla app" source="../myAppDir/index.cfm" closable="false" initShow="true" width="755" height="566" x=240 y=40/> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html> ----------- SecondLevel: <CFPROCESSINGDIRECTIVE SUPPRESSWHITESPACE="Yes"> <!-- floating calendar window --> <cfif ...> <table summary="flowing calendar window" align="right"> <tr><td colspan="2"> <cfwindow title=" Calendar" source="FlowingCalendar.cfm" closable="true" initShow="true" width="225" height="140" x=620 y=15/> </td></tr> </table> </cfif> <cflayout type="tab"> <cflayoutarea title=" " style="width:5" /> <cfif user session... > <cflayoutarea title="Logout" source="logout.cfm"/> <cfelse> <cflayoutarea title="Login"> <table summary="login section"> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <cfform ... for login> </cform> </td> </tr> </table> </cflayoutarea> </cfif> <cfparam name="iHide" default="true"> <cfif user session ...> <cfset iHide = "true"> <cfset s = "false"> <cfelse> <cfset iHide = "false"> <cfset s = "true"> </cfif> <cflayoutarea title="start" selected="#s#" initHide="#iHide#"> ... </cflayoutarea> <cfparam name="uState" default="false"> <cfif user session ...> <cfset uState="true"> <cfset iHide = "false"> <cfelse> <cfset uState="false"> <cfset iHide = "true"> </cfif> <!-- the core of the app --> <cflayoutarea name="main" title="main" selected="#uState#" initHide="#iHide#"> <cfswitch expression=""> <cfcase..../> <cfdefaultcase.../> </cfswitch> </cflayoutarea> <!-- a) let cf8 determine; b) set var s for "selected" without opposite value of var uState neither option work --> <cflayoutarea name="HelpTab" title="Help" initHide="#iHide#" source="HelpTab.cfm?wi_show=1"/> </cflayout> </CFPROCESSINGDIRECTIVE> ----------- Sorry about the format, the above copy/paste output may not look neat. Thanks a million. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:296952 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
