Well you just write the form as usual then use JS to popup the window. Google for window.open
There are a couple ways to "refresh" the parent... 1) you could call a JS function that uses an http request (AJAX) to repopulate the select 2) You could just pass the new record back to the parent via JS and add a new option via JS to the select using that passed data. 3) Like I said before, You could just submit the form back to itself to retain the form scope and let CF and your original CFquery repopulate the select. Good luck ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -----Original Message----- From: Steve Sequenzia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 8:05 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: General UI Question In a related question to this, can anyone please help me get started on the best way to do a popup page that inserts the new record and then updates the <cfselect> on the original page without having to reload the original page. I know how to do the popup and the insert without any issues. I can also send back an ID to the original page of the new record. What I am not sure about is how to update the <cfselect> value to reflect the newly inserted record without reloading the original page. I am assuming that httprequest will have to be used someway but I am not really sure where to start. Any guidance on this would be great. > I have a general question about how people are handling new records to > select boxes. I mean if you have a form with a select box that > displays values from a database but when the user is filling out the > form they need to add a new record to that list. > > --Example-- > Description: <textbox> > Data: <datapicker> > Company: <cfselect> > Details: <textbox> > > On this example the user wants to add a new company that is not in the > list. They need to be able add a new company. They will need to be > able to add the name and all data (like address and phone) that goes > with company. > > I don't have any issues handling the insert part of this. I am just > not sure the best way to handle the interface. > > I have tried lots different ways to do this but I have never really > figured out a good way to handle it. > > Anyone out there have any pointers for me about this. > > Thanks in advance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:284338 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
