RE: dsp_XX files vs layout files

Erik Voldengen Thu, 02 May 2002 16:13:07 -0700

dsp files should simply contain display code. They can contain HTML or anything

else you want them to contain. The idea is to separate display code from action

code.

All output from your application is saved to a variable named fusebox.layout.

Layout files are specified in the fbx_layouts.cfm file. This is the file the fusebox

API includes after all the code has been run. In the most simple example,

your site has a single layout file, containing a header and footer. This file also

evaluates that fusebox.layout variable. So it'd look like:

<html>

<body>

#fusebox.layout#

</body>

</html>

So layout files mean you don't need to put a header and footer in all your dsp_ files.

But they can still contain anything you want them to.

If you would like to look at some really simple sample code, you can get

it at http://www.erikv.com/downloads.html

-Erik

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Schreck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 9:30 AM
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Subject: dsp_XX files vs layout files

I’m well into developing my first major FB3 app and need some clarification on dsp_XX files and layout files please. My understanding is the layout files govern the output to the browser, where as the dsp_XX files generates the output that will be “given” to the layout file to display as appropriate. I’ve read somewhere the dsp_XX files should not have HTML, the layout files should have HTML only. My approach has been the dsp_XX page produces a result that will be displayed somewhere in the layout page. The result almost always is a HTML table containing data produced by the fuses associated to the fuseaction. The result is “given” to the layout page to be displayed using #fusebox.layout# variable. Is this correct? If the dsp_XX file is not suppose to have HTML markup, then the layout files will get bloated, right?

Thanks -

Tom Schreck

817-252-4900

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