Glad it worked out (and that you slept better because of it). I don't know of any other issues with iframes beside browser compatibility. I've always liked the idea of iframes, and thought that they should have been included in the HTML 4.0 specification. It seems that Netscape is finally getting around to supporting them, though. I tried the test I sent last night in Netscape 7 on a Mac, and one of the iframes rendered. I guess Netscape doesn't want to jump into anything too quickly.
Cantrell On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 02:46 AM, Rick Faircloth wrote: > Hi, Christian! > > Your were right! > > I tried your test and it worked fine. > Put it to the test in my app and it worked perfectly! > I'm not sure why I thought the variables couldn't be sent > through the IFrame Src URL. I've been working on this for two days > and my mind was getting into quite a fog over it. > > I'll have to remember to test approaches simply before putting them > into the complicated apps, where many things can cause them to fail, > not just the approach itself. > > I'm still not sure why some of the other approaches weren't working... > but I'm just glad this one is. I think the IFrames will make a handy > design > element. > I haven't used them before. > > Are there any issues with using them besides browser compatibility? > > Thanks so much for your help! I will sleep better now! > (2:45am...yawn) > > Rick > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian Cantrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 1:12 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Trying to dynamically populate IFrame content > pages...somehow. > > > Rick, > > Why can't the variables be URL variables? I think creating them as URL > variables is actually your best bet. If you use a scope like session > or application, you are certainly looking at race conditions which > cause mysterious bugs like the ones you are describing. Consider the > following example: > > <html> > <cfloop from="1" to="3" index="i"> > <iframe src="filler.cfm?myvar=<cfoutput>#i#</cfoutput>"> > </cfloop> > </html> > > Now filler.cfm: > > <html> > <cfoutput>#url.myvar#</cfoutput> > </html> > > This code works perfectly, rendering three iframes with documents > containing the numbers 1, 2, and 3. > > Hope this helps. > > Cantrell > > On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 12:51 AM, Rick Faircloth wrote: > >> Hi, all. >> >> I was wondering if anyone had any experience with using Cold Fusion >> and IFrames. I've been trying to setup a page that has one or more >> IFrames, >> depending on query results, that send information to a page that is >> the >> content >> page for the IFrames. I loop the output from the query on the first >> page, >> and the IFrames are created and the IFrame content page does display >> in the >> IFrame, but the content is the same for each IFrame content page. >> >> In other words, the page that populates the IFrames is created >> dynamically, >> based >> on the variables sent to it. When the page holding the IFrames loops >> through its >> query results, those results are sent during each loop to the IFrame >> content >> page >> where it is created dynamically, then the page is brought in to the >> IFrame. >> >> The problem is, the IFrame content page reflects only the last loop's >> variables in all >> three IFrames. I can't figure out how to get each loop's variables in >> the >> various IFrames. >> Since the variables can't be URL variables or Form variables, I >> created >> application >> variables so the variables would be available to the IFrame content >> pages. >> That worked, but the only version of the IFrame content page to show >> up in >> the IFrames >> was the version with the last loop's variables. >> >> It seems like what is happening is that the IFrame content page is not >> created until >> the full page is rendered that contains the IFrames. Then, last, the >> IFrame >> content pages >> are included. In this case, it's the last loop's variables that show >> up, >> because that's the >> last version of the page that was created before it's inclusion in the >> IFrames. >> >> Most likely, only one version of the IFrame content page can exist at >> one >> time, therefore >> it shows up in each IFrame. I even tried creating separate IFrame >> content >> pages to >> populate the IFrames, but even then the variables didn't change. >> ????? >> >> I hope this makes some sense... >> >> This is driving me crazy! >> >> I've just about given up on using IFrames in this manner because they >> just seemed to be more trouble than they are worth... >> >> Rick >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> Rick Faircloth >> Prism Productions >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
