There's an excellent article by Jim Davis on how to send data back & forth between the server and browser (i.e. javascript) at http://www.depressedpress.com/DepressedPress/Content/ColdFusion/Essays/GIFAs Pipe/Index.cfm
his technique uses the source a gif file (which can be modified on-the-fly by javascript) to act as a conduit. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Khoi Le" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF_OpenSource" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 4:43 AM Subject: Pass javascript variables to CF > Has anyone been able to come up w/ a solution for this? I may need to > take another route for my development. Thanks. > > Khoi Le > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Stephenson - Evolution Internet > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 5:19 PM > To: CF_OpenSource > Subject: RE: More CFHTTP fun > > bugger.... wont allow me to attatch a file!!!! > > I will un encode it then send it... Late now.... Will do it tommorow > > Mark Stephenson > New Media Director > Evolution Internet > T: 0870 757 1631 > F: 0870 757 1632 > W: www.evolutioninternet.co.uk > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > This email, together with any attachments, is for the exclusive and > confidential use of the addressee(s). Any other distribution, use or > reproduction without the sender's prior consent is unauthorised and > strictly > prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please > notify the sender by email immediately and delete the message from your > computer without making any copies. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Stephenson - Evolution Internet > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 11 August 2002 01:13 > To: CF_OpenSource > Subject: RE: More CFHTTP fun > > > try this!!!! > > Mark Stephenson > New Media Director > Evolution Internet > T: 0870 757 1631 > F: 0870 757 1632 > W: www.evolutioninternet.co.uk > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > This email, together with any attachments, is for the exclusive and > confidential use of the addressee(s). Any other distribution, use or > reproduction without the sender's prior consent is unauthorised and > strictly > prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please > notify the sender by email immediately and delete the message from your > computer without making any copies. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Khoi Le [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 10 August 2002 21:07 > To: CF_OpenSource > Subject: RE: More CFHTTP fun > > > Hello, I don't know if this email will circulate like I am hoping, but I > am trying to figure out how to pass javascript variables to cold fusion. > Particularly, I am trying to detect resolution in CF, and so far I don't > know of any tags to perform that function. This is the code I have thus > far, but it does not work because I am trying to pass the variables to > Flash. Here it is: > > ======================================================================== > ==== > <!--- Resolution Detection ---> > <script language="JavaScript1.2"> > document.write("&ResolutionWidth="+screen.width+"&ResolutionHeight="+scr > een.height+"&") > </script> > > <!--- Client System Detection ---> > <cfset ClientSystem = #HTTP_USER_AGENT#> > <cfoutput>&ClientSystem=#ClientSystem#& </cfoutput> > > <!--- Determine Browser ---> > <cfset Netscape = findnocase("Netscape",ClientSystem, 1)> > <cfoutput>&Netscape=#Netscape#& </cfoutput> > > <cfset Opera = findnocase("Opera",ClientSystem, 1)> > <cfoutput>&Opera=#Opera#& </cfoutput> > > <cfset MSIE = findnocase("MSIE",ClientSystem, 1)> > <cfoutput>&MSIE=#MSIE#& </cfoutput> > > > <cfoutput></cfoutput> > > <cfoutput> > &EOF=1& > </cfoutput> > ======================================================================== > == > > Flash takes variables in the form of &VARIABLENAME=VALUE&. I put extra > "&" signs for redundancy. Anyways, the file returns the literal > javascript code without the variables. I need to pass the variables to > CF somehow and then cfoutput it in the variable form indicated above. > Either that or find another way to export the variables. I have also > tried to do a screen detection to redirect to a CF page already with set > variable values, however the javascript fails to execute because Flash > takes the output of The page itself and uses any values it finds as > variables. > > If anyone has any idea, please send them to me. I am using Flash MX and > know that there is a ScreenDetection function, but it doesn't want to > work. Thanks in advance. > > > Khoi Le > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
