RE: [ cf-dev ] Flash the Cache

[Colm Brazel]

Hi,   I removed the dtd of the page putting it into quirk mode and the file immediately comes up on IE and also works fine on the other browsers, so that apparently fixed it.Why it happened still unknown, the .swf was loading but not the black hole video file which gets loaded as a separate .swf in a movie clip a couple of frames in from start of the main.swf(btw anybody got a few .mpegs around 2mbs each to experiment with permission to use them ?). I`m guessing anyway that it was just this one .swf not loading and not the whole previous page being loaded from a cache somewhere.  In CF using <cfheader name = "Expires" value = "#Now()#">cfheader generates custom HTTP response headers to return to the client. This example forces browser client to purge its cache of requested file. I should have but didn't test this, also there may be other custom respons headers I should have tried maybe signifying the mime type. Also did not try a spacer gif defined in css to ensure the table cell did not collapse, but this could have fixed it as well, other header issues such as h1/h2/h3 tags being used in a quirky way was not an issue, could be other infor around the  mime type or dtd I am unaware of or something else to do with IE. Quick fix is to remove the dtd you are using and try run pages in quirk mode without a dtd or proceed along paths similar to above. cheers Colm   Colm Brazel MA CB Publications Web Site Design & Development http://www.cbweb.net MMUG-DUBLIN usergroup Manager http://www.mmug-dublin.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coldfusion Hosting mySQL 4.1 on CF5.0 Probably the cheapest web hosting in Ireland     -----Original Message----- From: Colm Brazel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 March 2004 10:34 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] Flash the Cache Great, I`m not the only one, similar problem, just sent following to another list   " searching for why I appear to have a caching problem with a web page on IE, not Firefox or Netscape, though I have flushed the temp files folder/cleared the history, looked at Jon Hanna's Hackwatch site where I googled and saw mention of article there on IE5.0 caching problem/hidden folders etc,even restarted,made sure the page not in the temporary internet files folder, even as a hidden file, and checking the contents of the folder under dos, on this machine the old page pops up, not the new one displaying correctly on anything but IE, must have another look at the dtd shortly, any thoughts anybody, IE seems to have cached the page somewhere hidden on this machine. Either that or theircould be a bug in IE that does not like flash files using an underscore as part of an alphnumeric naming convention as in video_2.swf ?" Don't believe it has anything to do with CF as page runs fine on Firefox/Netscape Colm -----Original Message----- From: Ellwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 March 2004 11:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ cf-dev ] Flash the Cache Do the cfdev servers cache Flash Movies? I have been doing some Flash updates to my movies (adding CF URL strings with all sorts of params) but they are not updating on the server. I have tested them locally and they work fine. I have also cleared out all objects in IE and deleted my history (so its not my browser doing the caching).   Any ideas avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0403-18, 03/25/2004 Tested on: 26/03/2004 10:33:22 avast! is copyright (c) 2000-2003 ALWIL Software. avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0403-19, 03/26/2004 Tested on: 26/03/2004 15:05:48 avast! is copyright (c) 2000-2003 ALWIL Software.