You don't want to use ActiveX to do something like that.. anyone not
using IE on Windows would be out of luck.
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Billy Cravens
HR Web Development, Sabre
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JoshMEagle wrote:
>
> Thanks for the smart-ass answer Philip. Sometimes you can't pass variables
> back to the server because you don't want to reload the page. Sometimes
> everything isn't in a Form>Submit>Form>Submit framework.
>
> "This is the kind of thing that Netscape was trying to do with LiveConnect.
> However, as we know the W3C didn't think much of this as a standard so it
> didn't go anywhere. You could do some pretty cool things with it though." -
> from Lanney Udey - Apparantly at least one other person thought this would
> be a good idea.
>
> Could it not be accomplished via an ActiveX control? Could the <cfscript>
> features not be extended to make the bridge between the client and the
> server? Sort of a client-side process of CF that can communicate with the
> server side? I realize that the CF gets processed on the server while the JS
> gets processed on the client, but why couldn't CF be extended to communicate
> across the two?
>
> "... CF server, is it meant to be psychic and predict which of the thousands
> of users have which JavaScript variables - and what if the user has
> JavaScript disabled..." Well, there is the CFID/CFToken that could be passed
> so that the server could "predict" who has JS variables ... the information
> would inevitably have to be sent to the server, but there could be some kind
> of unseen resubmittal process that would allow CF to reprocess areas of the
> page within a <cfscript> tag. If the client doesn't have JavaScript enabled,
> then things like <cfform> validation wouldn't work either. That's something
> you always have to deal with is the existance of JS. Obviously if you're
> using JS in a page you've thought this end of things out in the first place.
>
> "CF7, the psychic platform that knows what you want before you even know
> yourself... a bit of quantum programming required, and don't forget to
> upgrade to Windows QT - the Quantum version of NT for Quantum machines." -
> For yoUr feciCious comebacK - You Ought repUdiate.
>
> Joshua Miller
> Web Development
> Eagle Technologies Group, Inc.
> Business Solutions for the Next Generation
> www.eagletgi.com
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 6:00 AM
> Subject: RE: Allarie/Macromedia ColdFusion Feature Suggestion
>
> > > Proabably a bit late to place this request for 5.0 - but how about 6.0?
> > >
> > > Why don't you all make CF capable of grabbing JavaScript
> > > variables at will throughout the page using a function like
> > > scriptvar() or jsvar() or something like that? As many people as
> > > use ColdFusion together with JavaScript, this seems like it would
> > > have been addressed in version 1.0 - but now we're at 5.0 and
> > > still no mention of being able to easilly access JavaScript
> > > variables via CF.
> > >
> > > And no, I don't mean through a form submission, or in the URL or
> > > anything else - I mean mid page I'd like to be able to do something
> like:
> > >
> > > <script>
> > > colorval=thing.style.backgroundColor
> > > </script>
> > >
> > > <cfoutput>You're using color: #jsvar(colorval)#</cfoutput>
> > >
> > > Not the best example, but you get the idea. I'm sure it presents
> > > logistical problems since CF is processed on the server and JS on
> > > the client, but you all are bright folks, surely you can figure
> > > this one out :) (please?)
> >
> > Erm, just how is it meant to do this?
> >
> > JavaScript is Client side, CF is Server side - it doesn't really know that
> > the user is the same one as the previous requester, so if the developer is
> > too lazy to pass variables to the CF server, is it meant to be psychic and
> > predict which of the thousands of users have which JavaScript variables -
> > and what if the user has JavaScript disabled? Is CF meant to know this
> > without checking?
> >
> > CF7, the psychic platform that knows what you want before you even know
> > yourself... a bit of quantum programming required, and don't forget to
> > upgrade to Windows QT - the Quantum version of NT for Quantum machines
> >
> > Philip Arnold
> > Director
> > Certified ColdFusion Developer
> > ASP Multimedia Limited
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> >
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