what do you want to happen when someone clicks on the link? Currently they will be redirected to the PDF at the same time as your function tries to run. You probably want to change it to:
<a href="somePDF.pdf" onclick="someFunction(); return false" /> this way they won't get taken to that URL, and your function will run. this is good if you're using the function to do some javascript that may take them to that URL too. those with javascript, the function does it's job, and the return=false prevents the PDF from loading directly from the link. those without javascript will be taken directly to the PDF. Duncan Cumming IT Manager http://www.alienationdesign.co.uk mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 0141 575 9700 Fax: 0141 575 9600 Creative solutions in a technical world ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get your domain names online from: http://www.alienationdomains.co.uk Reseller options available! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ubble.net> cc: Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Data piping 14/10/2003 16:36 Please respond to dev Too quick with my reply on this one. I have the call to the function in the onclick of an <a> tag This works... <input type="button" name="myButton" value="Press Me" onclick="someFunction();" /> but this doesn't... <a href="somePDF.pdf" onclick="someFunction();" /> Any ideas? Ade -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 October 2003 16:07 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Data piping Right then Peter, you've won yourself an all expenses paid trip to an explanation as to why in the hell that works :OD Oh, and thank you as well :O) Ade -- Code that works -- <script> function download() { randomNumber = Math.random(); pipeImage.src = "http://somedomain.com/file.cfm?random =" + randomNumber; }; </script> -----Original Message----- From: Peter Harrison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 October 2003 15:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Data piping Would a varying request string force the re-request? ... blah.src = "page.cfm?random=" + nRandomNumer; ... - Peter -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 October 2003 15:50 To: Cfug Dev List (E-mail) Subject: [ cf-dev ] Data piping I'm trying to run a cfm page using the src attribute of an image tag but for some reason, the change of source doesn't cause the cfm page to be run. -- JavaScript Function -- function test() { pipeImage.src = "page.cfm"; // also tried document.images["pipeImage"].src = "page.cfm"; // and creating a new image object in place of the above } -- Image tag -- <img name="pipeImage" src="../gif/trans.gif" /> -- Events -- <a href="somewhere.cfm" onclick="test();" /> or <input type="button" name="myButton" value="press me" onclick="test(); /> If I call the cfm page straight away from an image tag without any change to the src attribute I get the correct update in the DB, but changing it in a function called via an event doesn't seem to want to work. 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