Hi, Diego... and thanks for the reply. I know that I can use the Dimensions plug-in to get exactly the data that I need, I'm just not sure how to get it back to the server.
Ajax? Or I guess I could set a cookie and ColdFusion read it. An ajax method might seem to be more practical. Thoughts? Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Diego > A. > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 4:44 PM > To: jQuery (English) > Subject: [jQuery] Re: Method to convert dimenions value to ColdFusion > variable? > > > There are components you can use, but usually, the only way is to use > javascript on the client to calculate the dimensions and then > 1. post it back to the server > OR > 2. set a cookie that can be read by the server-side script > > On Jan 14, 7:34 pm, "Rick Faircloth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, all. > > > > I guess this would be aimed at those of us who use > > jQuery and ColdFusion, but. > > > > Is there a way to convert the dimensions of the browser window > > to a variables that ColdFusion can use? > > > > I'd like to try to get the browser window size of a user, > > and create an image on-the-fly using the new image handling tags > > in CF8 that would create the largest image possible for the browser > > window. > > > > To prevent the images based on browser window size from taking too > > long to display, I may create a variety of image sizes when the image > > is first uploaded and then just call the most appropriate image size > > for the browser window. (That would, however, take up a *lot* of > > disk space) > > > > Anyone know if this possible or has anyone done it? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rick
