Netscape has some JavaScript Tree libraries that work on IE4+ and NS4+ in
their Developer Zone (http://developer.netscape.com) It will require quit a
bit of manipulating to get the queries work, but it's possible.
CFTree on the other hand probably won't be much of a problem to set up with
the recursion if you use CFX_MakeTree it sorts the query for you. I have
never used it in a live environment so, I am not familiar with the pitfalls
of it.
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Pete Freitag
CFDEV.COM
Cold Fusion Developer Resources
http://www.cfdev.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: Seth Petry-Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 12:05 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CFTREE or Javascript?
>My question is does CFTree allow this and how easy is it to use CFTree
tags?
>I've heard it's quite problematic and that I'd be better off just using a
>javascript with queries. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
CFTree does allow you to display hierarchical information in an
expanding/collapsing format, and so theoretically it would suffice for your
task. There is a fair amount of customization that can be done using the
various parameters to the tag. Perhaps the greatest advantage to CFTree is
that, since it spawns a Java app, it should work in any Java enabled
browser.
On the other hand, the fact that it is a Java app may also be one of its
greatest *disadvantages*, depending on your view of Java. I guess that is
just a matter of perspective <g>.
I used CFTree for this sort of thing at one time, but I recently re-did it
using IE specific DHTML. The expanding and collapsing of elements is really
quite trivial using the CSS property "display", but since Netscape 4.x does
not allow you to modify this value through script my JS solution is IE
dependant. The other advantage to using JS to do this is that I can expand
and collapse branches with one click, whereas CFTree requires a double click
(my client hates to double click).
After working with both solutions I think I like the JS version better.
Regards,
Seth Petry-Johnson
Argo Enterprise and Associates
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