Brad, It sounds like what you're asking for is on-demand loading of JS or packaging. Try taking a look at these links for suggestions:
http://www.nabble.com/dynamic-plugin-loading-tf2889880.html#a8077929 http://www.jspax.org/ Rey.... Brad Wood wrote: > Ok, here's a wide open question: > > > > We are going back through our application and trying to introduce more > Ajax where we can to dynamically add content when we can instead of > reloading the entire page. Example: we often use a tabbed interface, > and for performance reasons, we only load the content in the selected > tab. When the user switches tabs, why reload the entire page just to > change one part of it? We'll just do an Ajax call to get the content > for that tab, and then innerHTML it in to where it would go. > > > > Well, this is great, but now one of the problems we are running in to is > JavaScript libraries that we use all over the site. For instance, we > have a nifty little calendar drop down custom tag we use. The calendar > tag includes the JavaScript library it needs the first time it is > called. Well, what if I am ajaxing in some content that has one of > those calendar drop downs. How can I programmatically and consistently > know whether the JavaScript library has already been loaded for it to > work? I used to just set a request variable, but that doesn't really > apply now since the original request scope doesn't exist anymore when I > make my Ajax call, and furthermore, content could have been removed on > the page SINCE it originally loaded. > > > > My first though was to load ALL JavaScript libraries ALL the time > whether I needed them or not. I'm not so sure about that though, > because it sounds like a waste of bandwidth and client memory usage. Is > that a valid worry? > > > > My second thought was to load NONE of my JavaScript libraries off the > bat, and then load them dynamically as needed. If I went this approach, > I would need to either put an if statement around EVERY JS function call > to check for it BEFORE I called it OR build a wrapper JS function and > make EVERY JS call go through the wrapper. I would tell it what > function I wanted to call, and my arguments. It would check for its > existence and Ajax it in if necessary and THEN call it returning the > result back to the original code. > > > > Am I making sense here? > > Has anyone tried this before? > > Are there any frameworks made for this? > > Am I over-thinking this? > > > > ~Brad > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:268381 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
