Impossible that it works as you describe. If anyone runs this code they will simple see a session variable with a string of js text.
<cfset session.screenwidth = "<script>document.write(>screen.width);</script>" /> <cfdump var="#session#" /> You would have to do it with ajax as suggested, or use js to set a form variable. On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 6:22 PM, The Dude <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am running this in a cfml page and it returns the screen resolution > consistently. > > I was surprised to see js scripts in cfset would capture the desired > values in a cfml page. > > Try it on your end, technically it shouldn't work but I believe the > virtual concurrency between server and client call produce the desired > result. > > >Javascript is client side and will only run in the browser, you cannot run > >it from the server inside cfml. > > > >so > ><cfset session.screenwidth = "<script>document.write( > >screen.width);</script>"> > >will simply assign the text > "<script>document.write(screen.width);</script>" > >to session.screenwidth not the value your are expecting. > > > >you need to run this script client side. > ><script>document.write(screen.width);</script> > > > >and then send the values back to the server, you could do this with ajax > or > >cookies. > > > > > > > > > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353621 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
