200+ fields is far too many for any web-based form. And your problem isn't
your code, it's your video card. You need to better educate your client as
to the limitations of the web.
---mark
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Mark Warrick - Fusioneers.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 8:28 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Compacting .cfm files
>
>
> Sorry if this is beating a dead horse. A search of the archives
> brought up
> similar questions, but didn't really approach a solution.
>
> I have a form that contains as many as 200 select boxes with
> about 6 options
> each and 200 more input boxes. I guess that there is some type
> of resource
> crunch (memory, widget handles, who knows) that causes the
> following error:
> when scrolling a large form, the select boxes begin to smear vertically.
> They become clumped together and function oddly (some still seem to work,
> although I can't tell what 'line' they belong to).
>
> It's in the project specs that I cannot break the form up... which throws
> out the 'display records 1-20 21-40' type solutions.
>
> The only thing I can think to do is tighten the cfm code up. Our shop is
> indent happy for readability. The indenting produces a LOT of whitespace
> (perhaps bloating the code as much as 100%). I've already added
> <cfsetting>
> tags to squash output on custom tags, queries, etc. But there is still a
> lot of whitespace in the other 'normal' code.
>
> Are there any utilities to obliterate whitespace in cfm files? Er,
> something along the lines of turning an indented file into a really long
> single string? Is there a code beautifier to do the opposite? Is this
> approach worthwhile?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>
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