I've got a chart from Web Review.com that says iFrame support for IE began at v3 (except on Unix: v4.01), Netscape at v6 and Opera at v4.02.
Chris Lofback Sr. Web Developer TRX Integration 28051 US 19 N., Ste. C Clearwater, FL 33761 www.trxi.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 10:07 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Trying to dynamically populate IFrame content > pages...somehow. > > > Thanks for the input, everyone... > > All versions of IE since ? support IFrames... > All versions of Netscape since ? support IFrames...(using the > <IFrame> tag) > > Wanting to make sure I don't exclude too many users. > People in this area tend to use Netscape more than usual today since > the biggest local ISP used to hand it out with the opening of > an account. > :op > > Rick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 8:55 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Trying to dynamically populate IFrame content > pages...somehow. > > > IFrame's have been a part of the HTML 4.0 spec which was finalized in > 1998, one year after Netscape 4.0 came out. Every browser released > since the end of 1998 has supported iframes. Netscape 4.0's version of > iframe's are ilayer's. > > -- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Monday, December 2, 2002, 8:41:31 AM, you wrote: > CC> Glad it worked out (and that you slept better because of > it). I don't > CC> know of any other issues with iframes beside browser > compatibility. > CC> I've always liked the idea of iframes, and thought that > they should > CC> have been included in the HTML 4.0 specification. It seems that > CC> Netscape is finally getting around to supporting them, > though. I tried > CC> the test I sent last night in Netscape 7 on a Mac, and one of the > CC> iframes rendered. I guess Netscape doesn't want to jump > into anything > CC> too quickly. > > CC> Cantrell > > CC> 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 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > CC> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
