Pros and cons of deploying CF apps as EAR files?
Here at work we are beginning the transition from ColdFusion 7 to ColdFusion 9. As part of the transition, we want to set up a ColdFusion 9 server cluster (using CF 9 Enterprise) to host those ColdFusion applications that need to have a high level of redundancy. In order to reach this goal, the server admins want any apps hosted in this cluster to be deployed as EAR files. From what I've read on the subject of EAR deployment, this is a sensible approach for a clustered environment, but it's unfamiliar territory for us. We're used to having direct access to the application files so we can make minor adjustments rather quickly and I'm worried that adding a packaging and deployment step (even with the use of automation tools like Ant) is really going to slow down our ability to push out changes. I'm also concerned about the fact that some of the apps in question are not self-contained: they are integrated into websites that our clients have the ability to edit. Based on what I've read, it's sounds like that wouldn't be an issue as long as the files and folders within the EAR were deployed in the right place for the client files to access them, but in practice⦠So basically, I'm looking for some advice and input from anyone who deploys their apps as EAR files (especially from folks who've made the transition from deploying via file upload to deploying via EAR), anything from how we should plan for this, best practices, things to look out for, etc. ~| 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:343230 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CF + Android + A-GPS Coordinates
Hey, Arsalan, The web browser that comes with the Android OS is capable of accessing the GPS information from the phone via the Geolocation functions built into HTML 5, but that only sends that information to the browser page. To get that GPS information back to your ColdFusion application to do any sort of server-side processing, you'd have to send it to your server via AJAX or a form submission. --Brian ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:333971 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Google Map API
I don't see anything obviously wrong with it either (I don't know that the missing ; Paul pointed out would matter given that it's the last statement within a block, though I personally end every statement with a ; as a matter of habit). I assume that something on the page is calling your load() function (it won't run by itself with just the code you shared with us). Have you tried running this in Firefox with the Firebug plugin installed and set to monitor the scripting activities on the page? That would tell you if there's any sort of error with the JavaScript, either in this snippet of code or perhaps in some earlier JavaScript function such that this Google Map JavaScript never gets run. -- Brian Swartzfager bcswa...@gmail.com ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:322567 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Javascript question
jquery doesn't work with this layout, that's the first place I went.
Not to keep beating the jQuery horse, but if jQuery is referencing the radio
button by ID or some other non-positional selector, the layout shouldn't matter.
Just to be sure, I wrote up a quick little test with 2 sets of radio buttons.
This works find in FireFox and IE7:
script type=text/javascript src=jquery-1.2.6.min.js/script
script type=text/javascript
$(document).ready(function() {
$(input[type='radio'][name='radio1']).click(function() {
var $clickedRadioButton= $(this);
if($clickedRadioButton.val()== Yes)
{
$(#radio2AA).attr(checked,true);
$(#radio2AA).attr(disabled,false);
$(#radio2BB).attr(disabled,true);
}
else
{
$(#radio2BB).attr(checked,true);
$(#radio2BB).attr(disabled,false);
$(#radio2AA).attr(disabled,true);
}
});
});
/script
form name=testForm method=post action=none
table id=table1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2 style=border:1px solid
black;
tr
td
table id=table2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2
style=border:1px solid blue;
tr
tdJust a random cell to be different./td
td
table id=table3 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2
style=border:1px solid red;
tr
td
Okay, in the next cell is our set of radio buttons.
/td
td
strongRadio #1/strongbr /
input type=radio name=radio1 id=radio1AA
value=Yes The answer is Yesbr /
input type=radio name=radio1 id=radio1BB
value=No The answer is Nobr /
hr /
strongRadio #2/strongbr /
input type=radio name=radio2 id=radio2AA
value=Yep You just answered Yesbr /
input type=radio name=radio2 id=radio2BB
value=Nope You just answered Nobr /
/td
/tr
/table
/td
/tr
/table
/td
/tr
/table
/form
...the only reason I can think of for the layout to affect the script is if one
or more HTML elements are not closed properly: invalid HTML that perhaps the
browser can compensate for and display correctly, but wrecks the DOM of the
page.
Of course, if it's IE 6 you're talking about, all bets are off. :)
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Re: Developing an order form for an application
Hi, Toby, You could use a JavaScript framework like jQuery to do the calculations. In fact, Ray Camden just recently had a blog post about how to use jQuery to solve a very similar problem: http://www.coldfusionjedi.com/index.cfm/2008/9/10/Ask-a-Jedi-Dynamically-updating-line-items-on-a-form --Brian ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:312753 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Using Google Maps API
Hi, Lawrence, Before you do anything else, I would suggest changing your cfdiv into a regular div (and launch the JavaScript function with a hyperlink or something) just to make sure that there isn't something about the way cfdivs are rendered that the Google API doesn't like. If you get the same error when you use a regular div, then I'd suggest posting this question in the Google Group forum for the Google Map API (http://groups.google.je/group/Google-Maps-API). I looked there briefly and saw a number of posts about that error: one of them may be relevant to your situation. -- Brian Swartzfager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:312568 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: A year as a ColdFusion developer... now what?
@Mike: Did you read his blog post? He said he quit his job because he felt he wasn't getting on-the-job opportunities to expand his CF skills and he wanted to get a job where he could learn from experienced CF developers. He's not under the delusion that he knows all there is to know about CF; he wants an opportunity to learn more. @Henry: I have to agree with some of the other folks who've responded that it may be difficult to find a new CF position with only 1-year of experience (even though it sounds like you've got at least a handle on MG, ColdSpring, and Transfer), but I do hope you can find a new CF job. Do you honestly think that with a year developing coldfusion under your belt, that you know all there is to know that's worth knowing? If so, then it's time to find a new career or a new branch of this one. However I suspect that in truth you've barely scratched the surface. If you're only doing the same things day after day, you're probably not gaining any experience.Perhaps you need some different projects to work on. Ask your boss to assign you something different or something a bit more challenging. IF that isnt a possibilty, then perhaps you should look to work somewhere else. But before you do anything drastic, i suggest you do this:Pull up some code you worked on a year ago. Have a look at the way you did whatever it was.. would you do it the same way now if you were given that job today?If so, you havent learned nary a thing in that time. If not, you can now see how far you've come. Those of us who have been coding ColdFusion for a while (and for me it's more than a decade) can still look back a year and see how we've changed our methods in teh last year. What i'm saying is, apply this little test to yourself. If you're not growing in your development skills, it's no wonder you think you have learned all you need to know, and you need to get out of your comfort zone and expose yourself to new problems to solve. I really find it hard to believe that after only a year, you're at the limit of your skills, and there's nothing new you can learn Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:311466 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Portals/Portlets in ColdFusion?
I noticed that Adobe Labs has a newish portal/portlet framework out that sits atop WebSphere Portal. Where'd you see that? I just poked around Adobe Labs (briefly, I'll grant you) and didn't see what you're describing: what's it called? -- Brian Swartzfager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:303125 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Fusebox 4.1 Conditionals
Hi, Chris, I know for a fact that you could not nest if tags like that in Fusebox 4.0. I'm pretty sure that you have to use Fusebox 5 or later to do that. -- Brian Swartzfager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:301328 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Best way to order appearance of database content...
Using arrows to swap items certainly works (I've used that technique myself), but it becomes a pain for the user when they want to move an item (an agent, in this case) several slots up or down. I did a blog post on how to use jQuery to reorder a list using drag-and-drop: http://www.swartzfager.org/blog/index.cfm/2007/11/11/UI-Tool--Rearranging-Items-in-a-List-jQuerystyle the example page has a download link where you can download the code. -- Brian Swartzfager http://www.swartzfager.org/blog ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:301181 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: How to sort columns and Group them at the same time
Put the WaitDate before the userID in the Order By statement, or remove userID from the Order By statement completely: you need userID in the data for your output, but I don't see why you need to sort by it. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:299399 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: sending entire Form back on a url string
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Re: Permutation problem
Hi, Ken, I recently had to build a permutation generator to generate all the unique combinations of a set of data where (just as in your case) order was not a factor. So given the data set A,B,C, I needed to get out: A,B,C A,B B,C A,C A B C I looked at my code and was able to modify it to (hopefully) suit your purpose. It requires using recursion, so most of the work is done in a CFC function. Here's the code for the CFC: cfcomponent displayname=Permutations hint=I generate the permutations. output=false cffunction name=generatePermutations output=true returntype=string hint=I return a list of all possible combinations of a list of items where the order of the items is constant but one or more items can be missing cfargument name=starting_list type=string required=yes hint=The starting list of items. The list will grow smaller via recursion. / cfargument name=permutation_list type=string required=yes hint=The current list of permutations, which will grow longer. / cfargument name=start_delimiter type=string required=yes hint=The list delimiter. / cfargument name=perm_delimiter type=string required=yes hint=The delimiter for the final list. Should be different from start_delimiter / cfset var temp= cfset var p_list= arguments.permutation_list !---Determine if the full list of items is already in the permutations list. If not, add it--- cfif Not ListFind(p_list,arguments.starting_list,arguments.perm_delimiter) AND ListLen(arguments.starting_list,,) EQ 6 cfset p_list= ListAppend(p_list,arguments.starting_list,arguments.perm_delimiter) /cfif !---If starting_list length is not 6, loop and call the function for each iteration of the loop--- cfif ListLen(arguments.starting_list,arguments.start_delimiter) GT 6 cfloop index=gone from=1 to=#ListLen(arguments.starting_list,arguments.start_delimiter)# cfset temp= ListDeleteAt(arguments.starting_list,gone,arguments.start_delimiter) cfinvoke component=Permutations method=generatePermutations returnvariable=p_list starting_list=#temp# permutation_list=#p_list# start_delimiter=#arguments.start_delimiter# perm_delimiter=#arguments.perm_delimiter#/cfinvoke /cfloop /cfif cfreturn p_list / /cffunction /cfcomponent And here's the code for a page that you can use to test it: cfsetting requesttimeout=600 cfoutput cfset inputValues1= '1,2,3,4,5,6,7,' cfset inputValues2= '1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12' p inputValues1 is: #inputValues1# /p cfinvoke component=Permutations method=generatePermutations starting_list=#inputValues1# permutation_list= start_delimiter=, perm_delimiter=| returnvariable=fullPermutationList/cfinvoke pList the permutations:/p ul cfloop index=combo list=#fullPermutationList# delimiters=| li#combo#/li /cfloop /ul /cfoutput It can render your 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 example pretty quickly, but it takes a pretty long time to do something larger like a 12-item set (hence the cfsetting tag to increase the timeout), and I didn't have the time to figure out how much time it would take to process a full 20-item list. Maybe there's a better way to do it, but hopefully this at least provides a starting point. -- Brian Swartzfager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:289519 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: DB permissions error from CFC but not from CFM?
Hi, How is the CFC getting the datasource name, username, and password to use for the query? Are you passing them in as parameters to the function in some fashion, or is the cfquery getting the values from the session or application scope? If the answer is the latter, try sending them in as parameters. It's a better practice, anyway. ~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:284662 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Web Developers soon to be extinct?
As long as people want customized applications with a web front end, web development will never die it's up to us to keep up with technology and not become obsolete. Scott's right. CMS may be taking away some of the market for the development of static web sites, but any web site that allows users to view and manipulate database data is still best left to web application developers. The word customized is the key to what is both presently going on and to the future. Almost every web app that I've ever built is built so that my customers can do their work in exactly the way they want to, instead of buying some off-the-shelf system that doesn't do everything they want or forces them to change their processes. And by building my apps with ColdFusion, I can usually give them their app fairly quickly. --Brian ~| CF 8 â Scorpio beta now available, easily build great internet experiences â Try it now on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:282167 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: long-polling, or comet
I once built a chat room tool using CF and AJAX so my wife (a high-school teacher) could use it to hold scheduled chat sessions with her students who had study/assignment questions. I simply had the JavaScript on the client-side make a request to the server for any new messages every few seconds (each request would pass in the unique ID number of the last chat message displayed to the user, and the request would return any messages with a higher message ID number). It seems to me it's a lot less work for the server if the client takes responsibility for looking for new content, but it may depend on the context of how the chat tool will be used: single chat rooms with multiple participants, where the conversation is fast, or numerous one-on-one chats where there may be long pauses between new posts. --Brian ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280450 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Help getting rid of Squares in DB
There are custom tags cleanMSText or demoronize that may aid you in automating their removal. I have found cleanMSText works better than demoronize, but I cant seem to find it right now. I believe both of those work by using Replace to find and replace the problematic character codes with a character or characters that'll display normally. A Google search for either name should bring those tools to light. I too have a database with text content containing those pesky squares (Oracle, not MySQL). I've tried to clean them up using similar replace statements, but no luck: once those characters are saved to the database, then seem to be untouchable by those techniques. But like I said, I'm using Oracle, and the data fields in question are CLOB data type fields, so maybe it'll be different with MySQL. --Brian ~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280286 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Concepts of Developing Locally with CFEclipse
Hey, Rick, I was in the same situation until a few months ago: developing code on numerous production sites. I installed CF 7 and Apache on my local machine and set up virtual hosts for each of my production sites such that if I wanted to view the local version of the site, I would enter: http://local.foo.com and to view the production site, I would enter: http://www.foo.com I was able to access the production database server from my local CF server, so both the production version and development version of the application can access the same set of tables (easier than replicating the production database tables locally, but it does mean I have to be a little careful with my database transactions in development). I'm just now fleshing out my technique for assigning template path/file location variables differently depending on whether the application is running locally or on the production server. My current plan is to determine the application's location using cgi.cf_template_path during application start-up: in my case, if that variable starts with C:, I know I'm running locally. Once I know where the app is running, I can assign the location-sensitive variables appropriately. I'm also using CFEclipse as my primary IDE. The only problem is that we use WebDAV to access the production server filesystem, and for whatever reason the FTP/WebDAV plugin for Eclipse will not talk to our WebDAV server (actually, knowing our environment, it's probably the other way around). So I still use Dreamweaver for pushing changes up to the server. --Brian ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:278582 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: ColdFusion SMS Text Messages to Cell?
Hi, James, We're about to try the same thing at my university. We're going to create a portlet (using ColdFusion) in our university portal where anyone at the university who wants to get emergency text messages can provide us with their cell phone number and the name of their cell service provider. Most cell phone services allow you to send a text message to a phone via an e-mail address comprised of the user's phone number and the cell service's domain name, so it's simply a matter of sending them e-mail using cfmail. You can find a list of addresses at the following web pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateways http://www.livejournal.com/tools/textmessage.bml?mode=details ~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:275731 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: OT JS - Moving elements in page
Anyone have any pointers or examples of DHTML ordering? Will it be a case of deleting and reinserting elements where needed? I messed around with doing something similar a lot lately, and I came up with two different approaches: If the elements you want to move only contain one or two simple elements (like text or hyperlinks), you can simply swap the text or values of those child elements instead of actually moving the position of the elements in the DOM hierarchy. I actually just made a UI tool that does just that in the Downloads box on the right-hand side of my blog (there's a working example on that download page as well): http://www.swartzfager.org/blog the purpose of the tool is really to _record_ the rearrangement of the elements (usually the elements of a list or table), not just visually rearrange them, but the JS techniques are the same. It works in all the major browsers (including Safari). The other approach is more like what you did with your reorder.html: I had to build a bookmark portlet for our portal system, and I wanted users to not only be able to nest bookmarks and folders, but to be able to reorder two folders at the same level in the hierarchy...which meant moving all of the bookmarks and folders contained in the folder. I ended up writing some functions that would clone the elements, remove the original elements, and then place the clones in the proper position of the document by figuring out which page element the clone should appear before and then using the insertBefore method. It works in Netscape, IE, FireFox, and Opera, but not in Safari: one of the functions involves reassigning element ids and Safari doesn't seem to like that for whatever reason. If you're interested in seeing the code for the second approach, I could probably clean it up for public consumption. -- Brian Swartzfager [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.swartzfager.org/blog ~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:273404 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: OT JS - Moving elements in page
Anyone have any pointers or examples of DHTML ordering? Will it be a case of deleting and reinserting elements where needed? I messed around with doing something similar a lot lately, and I came up with two different approaches: If the elements you want to move only contain one or two simple elements (like text or hyperlinks), you can simply swap the text or values of those child elements instead of actually moving the position of the elements in the DOM hierarchy. I actually just made a UI tool that does just that in the Downloads box on the right-hand side of my blog (there's a working example on that download page as well): http://www.swartzfager.org/blog the purpose of the tool is really to _record_ the rearrangement of the elements (usually the elements of a list or table), not just visually rearrange them, but the JS techniques are the same. It works in all the major browsers (including Safari). The other approach is more like what you did with your reorder.html: I had to build a bookmark portlet for our portal system, and I wanted users to not only be able to nest bookmarks and folders, but to be able to reorder two folders at the same level in the hierarchy...which meant moving all of the bookmarks and folders contained in the folder. I ended up writing some functions that would clone the elements, remove the original elements, and then place the clones in the proper position of the document by figuring out which page element the clone should appear before and then using the insertBefore method. It works in Netscape, IE, FireFox, and Opera, but not in Safari: one of the functions involves reassigning element ids and Safari doesn't seem to like that for whatever reason. If you're interested in seeing the code for the second approach, I could probably clean it up for public consumption. -- Brian Swartzfager [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.swartzfager.org/blog ~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:273405 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Coldfusion RSS Aggregator
Hi, Tom, I recently built an RSS/ATOM aggregator as a portlet for a portal system we're releasing this month. I loop through each feed URL as well, but the output is stored in an array of structures (each feed has its own structure and the last component of each structure is an array of the news items in the feed). I display a list of the feeds to the user, and use JavaScript to show or hide the news items in the feed whenever the user clicks on the feed title. It handles RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, and ATOM feeds. I don't really do anything with the dates that come with the feeds (other than display them) and I've never looked at Ray's code: what are you trying to do with the dates? --Brian ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:267259 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Combo Box in CF
Varun, Yes, I would like to see what you came up with. If you want to e-mail the code to m e directly, you can send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks. --Brian Thanks for your reply. I came up with a combobox too yesterday, and its using javascript which as you said is indeed very reponsive. The was I have it set up is a text box seating on top of Select inside a DIV. Than, i got few javascript functions googling, and kinna of created a hybrid which does what I have been looking for. Its close to what you have on your page, I can send you the functions or put them here. Let me know, how would you like to have it. If you do at all. ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:265609 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Combo Box in CF
Varun, I came up with something that simulates a combo box, but I don't think it quite meets what you're looking for. It gives the user a text box control and a select control. At first, the select control contains all of the options in the list, but as the user types text in the text box, the options in the select box that don't match what's being typed are essentially removed, leaving only similar entries. If the user clicks on an option in the select box, the value of that option is copied to the text box. I've posted a page with this control up on my website at http://www.swartzfager.org/combo_box_demo.cfm. You can see all of the code involved by viewing the page source. It's JavaScript-powered but does not use Ajax, so it's very responsive. Like I said, I don't think it's quite what you're looking for, but maybe the techniques/functions involved will be of some help. --Brian ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:265519 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Combo Box in CF
Varun, Can you be more specific by what you mean by a true combobox? Do you mean you want a combo box control like the ones in MS Access, where the user can either: --select a value from the provided drop-down list. --type something that is in the list and have it try to autocomplete it. --type something that is NOT in the list and submit that value. Can't say that I've seen anything like that on a web form, but it would be nice if such a thing existed or could be done. ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:265484 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Combo Box in CF
Apologies for not being clear. No apology necessary--just wanted to make sure I knew exactly what you're looking for. Like I said, I don't know of anything out there that'll do that, but now I'm curious as to whether it can be done...I may give it a try myself. If I do come up with something, I'll post it back to this thread. --Brian ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:265494 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: WOOT! Beta
Woot.com has no legal statement whatsoever, and woot was used in Chaucer's time, so it's pretty old. Gamers have been using Woot! for a long time, too. It's a common enough word that can mean multiple things. Also, WOOT! cannot be confused with what woot.com does. I don't think they'll have a problem with it. Even if that's the case, I think giving your professional application a name that is very similar to a well-know, somewhat anti-establishment with a very happy-go-lucky attitude sales web site is asking for an uphill marketing battle. How certain are you that the target market for your application won't find the name choice a bit, well, goofy? If WOOT! was a acronym for a longer name, that would probably fly, but otherwise it seems to merely be an attempt to be hip and clever which may be lost on your audience. ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:263610 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: WOOT! Beta
Woot.com has no legal statement whatsoever, and woot was used in Chaucer's time, so it's pretty old. Gamers have been using Woot! for a long time, too. It's a common enough word that can mean multiple things. Also, WOOT! cannot be confused with what woot.com does. I don't think they'll have a problem with it. Even if that's the case, I think giving your professional application a name that is very similar to a well-know, somewhat anti-establishment with a very happy-go-lucky attitude sales web site is asking for an uphill marketing battle. How certain are you that the target market for your application won't find the name choice a bit, well, goofy? If WOOT! was a acronym for a longer name, that would probably fly, but otherwise it seems to merely be an attempt to be hip and clever which may be lost on your audience. ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:263612 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
