Re: What is MX
We're still experimenting, but Look for a tool that combines stats with search engine placement from CFDev later this year. I'm sure we can overcome these issues just as we have for database driven ColdFusion sites. You can see some of the techniques on our site now, but the power is in the back-end. We don't need to change the search engines. We just need to fool them into thinking that we have a static site with 100,000 pages. I'm sure we can apply these techniques to Flash. Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: "Jeffry Houser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 1:17 PM Subject: Re: What is MX > At 10:13 AM 4/1/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >Wow that article was negative. Maybe we should just go back to using > >smoke signals to communicate. > > Oh, I dunno. I think the article was in line with many things that I > have thought. And they did seem to present both sides of the story. The > issues addressed in the article were valid. > Or maybe I'm just negative. > > >The vector concept of web presentation is doubtlessly the wave of the > >future and Flash is the defacto player of choice. If the current search > >engine paradigm is holding back the development in this medium should we > >hold back development in Flash or should we reward the engine that gets > >with the program and finds a way to index flash content. > > I'm no flash expert, but I really think the limitations that were > outlined in the article are valid criticisms. > I bet there is money to be maid in write a search engine to index flash > content. > > > > -- > Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Need a Web Developer? Contact me! > AIM: Reboog711 | Fax / Phone: 860-223-7946 > -- > My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com > My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com > > __ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: web server for XP home?
This should help. http://www.cfdev.com/apache/ Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: "Thane Sherrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 9:19 AM Subject: RE: web server for XP home? > At 07:16 AM 03/26/2002 -0600, Clint Tredway wrote: > >You will need XP pro to run any MS web server. Apache works fine. > > Anyone have a link to the steps to set up Apache for CF? I tried it on my > system and could never get it to work (Win98) so I went with the Personal > Server. > > T > > __ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Which version of Java should be used
The SDK includes Java Plug-in and Swing classes to save you from downloading them. The JREs (the actual runtime environment) is the same and it is all you need to run applications and applets. If Java Plug-in or Swing is called for and the browser supports it (IE), it is automatically downloaded. It can't hurt to install the SDK. It just takes more room. In the end, the only thing that CF cares about is the path to jvm.dll or jvm.so for Unix/Linux. The rest is for the developer. Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: "Robert Everland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 9:25 AM Subject: RE: Which version of Java should be used > So then what is the difference between the virtual machines. There are 2 > directories, one called client and one called server. The regular JRE > doesn't come with 2 JVM, only one for the client. > > Robert Everland III > Dixon Ticonderoga > Web Developer Extraordinaire > > -Original Message- > From: Greg Alton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 9:40 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Which version of Java should be used > > > The JRE is small and is all you need to run applications. > > The SDK includes a compiler, the JRE, docs, examples and much more. It is > intended for those who want to develop Java applications. > > Greg Alton > CFDev > > - Original Message - > From: "Robert Everland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 8:40 AM > Subject: Which version of Java should be used > > > > Which is better to have on the server, JRE or SDK. The SDK comes > > with a JVM in a directory called server so I am thinking SDK, but can > anyone > > tell me for sure? > > > > Robert Everland III > > Dixon Ticonderoga > > Web Developer Extraordinaire > > > > __ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Which version of Java should be used
The JRE is small and is all you need to run applications. The SDK includes a compiler, the JRE, docs, examples and much more. It is intended for those who want to develop Java applications. Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: "Robert Everland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 8:40 AM Subject: Which version of Java should be used > Which is better to have on the server, JRE or SDK. The SDK comes > with a JVM in a directory called server so I am thinking SDK, but can anyone > tell me for sure? > > Robert Everland III > Dixon Ticonderoga > Web Developer Extraordinaire > __ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: browser detection UDF
A free UDF browser check library is available at CFDev. http://www.cfdev.com/products/productdetail.cfm?id=1003 It's simple to use, but please note that we can't provide support for our free tags and UDFs. You can of course post questions to our forums for answers from other developers with experience using these. Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:21 PM Subject: RE: browser detection UDF > Actually I'm pretty sure we don't have one for this yet. So... any > enterprising developers out there want to submit one? > > === > Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo IM : morpheus > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > > -Original Message- > > From: Jason Larson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:20 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: browser detection UDF > > > > > > Go to: www.cflib.org all sort of goodies > > > > Thanks, > > Jason > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Clint Tredway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:45 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: browser detection UDF > > > > Someone posted a UDF that detected the browser.. > > > > Does someone have this handy? I have misplaced it :0) > > > > Thanks, > > Clint > > > > > __ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Advice and opinion on client who has a problem paying bills
David, That's a great analogy! I'm going to save it. But of course the client being discussed will not understand how that analogy relates to her present situation. She'll be deaf to its meaning and will have totally forgotten that she said "this feature was not important and that scenario doesn't really apply to what we want" when the project was originally quoted, even if it is right there in front of her in writing. This is just a tough thing to deal with. It's not just a web development business disease. These negotiations go on in every business. It's really difficult to lose a customer and deal with the negative comments that will propagate, but if one customer is consuming a great deal of your business resources, you risk losing a greater number of customers. Ask yourself if you made a mistake when reviewing the project. Then do the right thing for you, your customer and all of your other customers. Then get ready to live with your decision. Greg Alton CFDev > Consider the following: > > A man walks into a restaurant for breakfast. After carefully reviewing the > menu, he orders a stack of 3 hot pancakes, 2 hot eggs over-easy, side of hot > hashbrowns, and cold orange juice. He then proceeds to read the morning > newspaper. His breakfast is served to him 15 minutes later. The breakfast > he receives is a stack of 3 hot pancakes, 2 hot eggs over-easy, hot > hashbrowns, and cold orange juice. He decides to finish reading the > newspaper before breakfast. When he gets around to eating, he has a stack > of 3 lukewarm pancakes, 2 cold eggs over-easy, side of cool hashbrowns, and > room temperature orange juice. He eats the breakfast. At the cashier, he > complains and argues that he should not pay his bill. The cashier calls to > the restaurant manager, who notices the order time on his ticket is 60 > minutes ago. Does he excuse this bill or not? After all, the breakfast was > served as specified. That time had passed and the environment altered the > food is of no fault to the owner. > > Now it seems you have two choices, > > a) Don't charge this person for the fix (assuming that you did not write > poor code to begin with), and just be the nice guy. In which case, the > scenario is likely to repeat itself over and over until the relationship > reaches its inevitable end in resentment and bad feelings... > > b) Charge her for the modifications. > > You don't have a choice in however, is how she responds. People will feel > how they want to feel, and sometimes even make critical decisions based on > those feelings. You just need to let them deal with that. I would be > making my business choices based on principals, not feelings. This is not > to say that I wouldn't occasionally drop in a token freebie for a good > client, but that I wouldn't do it for one that was not paying enough or > otherwise make it worth my while. > > For future reference, I would start making sure that anything you do is > pre-approved. That is, you have a written agreement for any fix, addition, > or modification that details the cost (that she must pay). > > It all comes down to this Document, Document, Document, Document > > Dave > > PS. You CAN pick your customers :) > > __ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: OT New window
Simple is beautiful! Great idea!
Greg Alton
CFDev
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: OT New window
> call the OpenWindow function with at timestamp as the title
>
> openWindow(strURL, new Date(), intWidth, intHeight);
>
>
>
>
>
> Ray Bujarski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 03/15/2002 12:41:14 PM
>
> Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> cc:
>
> Subject: OT New window
>
>
> I am using the following code to open a new window. However when one
> window has already been spawned from the opener, any more new windows
> simply re-use the same one. I need to open a new window every time, (My
> users REALLY want to annoy themselves;-) Can anyone tell me how to get
the
> below code to do such a thing?
>
>
> <!--
> function OpenWindow(strURL, strTitle, intWidth, intHeight)
> {
> var intWindowLeft
> var intWindowTop
> var msgWindow
>
> // find out the numbers to center the screen.
> intWindowLeft = (screen.width - intWidth) / 2;
> intWindowTop = (screen.height - intHeight) / 2;
>
> msgWindow =
>
window.open(strURL,strTitle,'toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=0,men
ubar=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0,width
>
> '
> + intWidth + ',height=' + intHeight + ',left=' + intWindowLeft + ',top=' +
> intWindowTop);
> }
> //-->
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Ray Bujarski
> 858-845-7669
> 858-636-9900 pgr
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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Re: OT New window
You need a new name for the window, so add an instance variable and append
it's value to strTitle.
I added to the code below.
Greg Alton
CFDev
> I am using the following code to open a new window. However when one
> window has already been spawned from the opener, any more new windows
> simply re-use the same one. I need to open a new window every time, (My
> users REALLY want to annoy themselves;-) Can anyone tell me how to get
the
> below code to do such a thing?
>
>
> <!--
> function OpenWindow(strURL, strTitle, intWidth, intHeight)
> {
> var intWindowLeft
> var intWindowTop
> var msgWindow
if (myWindowInstance) {
myWindowInstance++;
}else {
myWindowInstance = 1;
}
>
> // find out the numbers to center the screen.
> intWindowLeft = (screen.width - intWidth) / 2;
> intWindowTop = (screen.height - intHeight) / 2;
//Make the new window name
strTitle = strTitle + myWindowInstance;
>
> msgWindow =
>
window.open(strURL,strTitle,'toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=0,men
ubar=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=0,width='
> + intWidth + ',height=' + intHeight + ',left=' + intWindowLeft + ',top=' +
> intWindowTop);
> }
> //-->
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Ray Bujarski
> 858-845-7669
> 858-636-9900 pgr
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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Re: CF / JS Issue
Mike,
function myMenus() {
do something.
}
Greg Alton
CFDev
> To the best of my knowledge IE has some issues with DHTML in that it must
be
> loaded before the page is rendered.
> The onLoad event handler just loads the menus... I tried renaming the
> function and putting it in the onLoad event handler
> via the body tag, but to no avail. I got the static code from
>
> http://developer.netscape.com/viewsource/smith_menu/smith_menu.html
>
> which is a pretty neat site. What I am doing is trying to use this code
> along with some queries and loops to dynamically generate my menus based
upn
> values form my categories table.
>
> Im new to JS and DHTML so I am not sure what to look for, but I'll keep
> plugging away at it.
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
> Mike
>
>
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Re:
http://www.totalsolutionsonline.com I can telll you first hand that they provide great service and support. Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 1:05 PM Subject: > Does any have first hand expereince with a inexpensive > and reilable CF hosting service. It's for a non-profit > organization called TributeofLife.org > > D- > > __ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA
http://www.antivirus.com You'll find a free virus scan there that's very good and their PCillan product will probably keep the boss's son out of trouble for $24.95. Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: "Matthew R. Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 4:44 PM Subject: WAY OT: Virus or not GOTCHA > Hi all... > OK, this is ridiculous, but my boss's son got stupid and opened > up a program that puts some sort of thing on his machine that has a > button on it and moves when you go near it. It says something like > "Gotcha" when you go near it. Any ideas what it is? Help on how to ge t > rid of it or find out what it is is appreciated. I'm not anywhere near > the computer, and don't intend to go near it unless the boss says to. > > I'm really sorry for the off topic post, but I can't find any info on > this. > > Thank you, > - Matt Small > > > > > __ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: a little about the future
I'm excited about Flash MX and CF MX. I'm the Flash evangelist over at CF Dev and what I love the most about Flash is the possibilty of building forms with advanced state management and validation capabilities in a fraction of the time it takes to do the same thing with other technologies. These forms require less code, are cross-browser compatible and easily scalable (clustered servers). They're object-oriented forms and the probl em has been that it is very difficult to do the first time. I'm guessing that Flash MX/CF MX will make this development much easier a nd therefore strengthen CF. And Flash and Neo. Don't get me started! Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: "John Dowdell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 5:40 PM Subject: RE: a little about the future > At 8:22 AM 3/4/2, Angel Stewart wrote: > > I don't like how they seem to have CF MX as errr 'supporting' > > Flash MX.. *folds arms and pouts* > > The whole thing was about Flash MX basically. > > *taps foot and pouts some more* > > Other folks had the info, if that helps. As Mike noted, text-based > functionality is certainly stronger than before, and the smarter front end > doesn't detract from that. > > I've been thinking of this aspect: ColdFusion was one of the first to break > away from stateless viewing sessions, by remembering things about the > visitor on the server end of things. Now it has a stateless partner rig ht > in the client... there's no need to toss the page after each visitor > interaction. > > These "rich web applications" with client-side processing are a logical > extension of the previous type of web applications. > > ColdFusion didn't make regular static web servers obsolete... both > expanded. A smart client won't make ColdFusions text-based generation > obsolete either... just adds another tool to your toolbox. > > > At 9:22 AM 3/4/2, Bryan Stevenson wrote: > > I've been dangling CF/Flash teasers in fornt of some local companies > > and they are flipping out about the potential. So I guess we as > > developers could throw our opinions at this latest announcement > > until our fingers are red and raw or we could be happy that the > > folks that pay us to build applications like the idea ;-) > > It's great to hear you've been getting nibbles on this, even at this ea rly > stage. I hope it goes well for you, and please nudge us along with > course-corrections as you see them, thanks: > http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/ > > (The list here is fine for nudging too, for sure, but the wishform gets > requests directly logged for whichever development team you wish.) > > jd > > > > > > John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US > Search technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ > Offlist email risks capture by the spam filters. I may not see your > email if it's not on the list. Private one-on-one email options are > available via Priority Access: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ > > __ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Use of Style Sheets
Check out cf_highlight at CFDev.com. It's a free tag. http://www.cfdev.com/products/productdetail.cfm?id=1018 Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: "Burcham, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 12:19 PM Subject: Use of Style Sheets > Has anyone used CSS to display the search text in a different color or font > weight, within a description field? I want my search text to be clearly > displayed, kind of like the way Google displays all of the words you search > on in bold in the description of the linked website. > > Or does anyone know of a better way to do this? > > Thanks, Steve > > __ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: JavaScript - Hiding Rows Based on
This should help you:
Dynamic HTML Form
function changeForm(form) {
var oSel = eval("form.oFormType");
var userSelection = oSel.options[oSel.selectedIndex].value;
switch (userSelection) {
case "firstname" :
document.all.firstnameLabel.style.display = "block";
form.firstname.style.display = "block";
document.all.lastnameLabel.style.display = "none"
form.lastname.style.display = "none"
form.firstname.focus();
break;
case "lastname" :
document.all.lastnameLabel.style.display = "block";
form.lastname.style.display = "block";
document.all.firstnameLabel.style.display = "none"
form.firstname.style.display = "none"
form.lastname.focus();
break;
default :
break;
}
return;
}
Form Type:
Form Type
First Name
Last Name
First Name:<
input
name="firstname" id="firstname" type="text" width="30"
style="display:none;">
Last Name:
Cut and paste the code above. You can see how it works and then modify it
to
fit your specific needs.
Greg Alton
CFDev
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.cfdev.com
- Original Message -
From: "Martin Sutton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 11:44 AM
Subject: OT: JavaScript - Hiding Rows Based on
> Dear all,
>
> I have a select which allows the user to choose the type of report they
want
> to see. Each report may have different criteria, for example, an
"age/sex"
> report will need different parameters to an "orders" report. I wish to
have
> JavaScript hide and display form elements as necessary in order to ensu
re
> the query has the correct variables and also to have an un-cluttered fo
rm.
>
> It has been suggested I use an onChange() with
rowObj.style.display="none".
> I am unsure how to implement this however. I am a complete novice at J
S.
> Anyone have any pointers or a sample?
>
> I'd appreciate any help very much.
>
> Regards,
>
> Martin.
>
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Re: CF and Active edit
Although hundreds of universities already use ActivEdit for what you are describing, there are a couple of issues you should be aware of. ActivEdit uses the MSDHTML ActiveX control which is part of IE and Window s. Mac and Netscape are not yet supported. IE imposes a 65K limit on textareas. ActivEdit content that exceeds that limit must be captured before the ae_onSubmit() function which is trigger ed by form.submit() and split. Word content includes special formatting tags that can for example make a 60 character table into a 1200 character table and since cut and paste operations do not always include the Word stylesheet, formatting is not always preserved. Using a databse with ActivEdit is the only way to go in my opinion. You s ave the ActivEdit form variable to a database, query the database for the content in the web page and output it somewhere in the page. This gives y ou the ability to maintain control over the look and feel of the site while handing over content management duties over to others which improves productivity and makes content more interesting. Assigning permissions for users is done with your login script. I've buil t sites that handle this dynamically as well. I grant permissions to the ro ot directory to the system administrator who can then assign permissions to other content managers. The other content managers can assign permissions to others under their directory tree. Here is an example of a site where content management is done entirely by people within the organization who don't have web development skills. http://www.newenergy.com/ The content managers can edit, add and delete pages, images and links within the site. We'll be adding support for Mac and Netscape in the next version of ActivEdit and are working on a separate custom tag to clean Word content. Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: "Tangorre, Michael T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:25 PM Subject: CF and Active edit > Hello. > > I was wondering if anyone used activeedit from www.cfdev.com . > I was thinking that it may work for my following issue: > > I have alot of people on campus that want documents and little paragrap hs > online, but they want to be able to edit and format them whenever they want. > The kicker is that they do not want anyone to do it but them and they a lso > do not know HTML or any WYSWYG editors. I thought maybe they could copy and > paste their information into a text area on a form, editing it with act ive > edit, then I could store that in a DB (SQL Server 2K) and then output i t > from there. > > I am not sure of a few things: > > 1. Could this be too much information to store in a DB? > 2. Would it be better to write the formatted text area to a text file t hen > just include it? > 3. Am I just way off base and this is not possible :-) > > Thanks for any input. > > __ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: evil error>>>
We've had this error reported a couple of times with CF 5 users. Try unchecking the Load JVM when ColdFuion starts option in the Administrator under JVM settings. You may need unregister the Java CFX tag, restart and register again. This seems to occur only after a large number of calls to a Java CFX tag. We have not been able to replicate the problem, but I wonder if it might be related to this tech note: http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21872&Method=Full This above concerns a problem when a user logs off and then logs back on when the JVM is being used. It suggests updating to JRE 1.3.1_01 and adding -Xrs to the implementation options. Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: "Tyler Silcox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:48 AM Subject: evil error>>> > I'm getting a very naughty error on a page that I have been running 25+ > times a day for the last two months. It's a page that is scheduled to > run every hour and can also be initiated by a link. It grabs all the > user names and passwords from the db for some pop accounts, cfpops thei r > mailboxes, and throws all their messages into our db, where they are > filtered and marked as sorted. All of a sudden I can't get past the > first cfpop. I keep getting the error below. I even changed the amoun t > of messages to download from 100 to 5 (while only hitting one mailbox), > and it's still dying on me immediately after running without a hitch fo r > 2 months (while downloading up to 100 messages per mailbox). I know > y'all don't have all the specifics, but is this likely due to some othe r > nasty server problem, or is it probably my page? I've watched the > server task manager as I've hit the page and the ColdFusion process > never really rises above 15% or so in CPU time on the Processes tab, bu t > it maxes out the CPU Usage History on the Performance tab. In my cf > logs, I get this error: > > Unknown error threshold reached. Restarting service. > > And then, this is the error I get returned to me on the page I'm trying > to hit: > Error Diagnostic Information > Request canceled or ignored by serverServer busy or unable to fulfill > request. The server is unable to fulfill your request due to extremely > high traffic or an unexpected internal error. Please attempt your > request again (if you are repeatedly unsuccessful you should notify the > site administrator). (Location Code: 26) > > Everything is still running pretty smoothly around here, except for our > java-based cfx_activmail tag hasn't been completing it's duties. I'm > wondering if the jvm could be churning itself inside out, and affecting > cfpop? I'm running out of ideas... > > What are my options here? Reinstall the server, set up a Java mail > popper, just go home and watch some oprah and pretend this never > happened? > > Thanks again for any help y'all can provide-> > > Tyler > email | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: client side disable cookies
Yes. You store the CFID and CFTOKEN in your visitors table when a visitor signs in the first time along with a username, password and rememberMe attribute. If cookies are enabled and rememberMe is true, the visitor passes. If cookies are disabled, the user logs in and you set the CFID and CFTOKEN f or the page and pass it from page to page, usually in a hidden form field or in the URL. This is a nice solution for clustered servers as well. Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: "FARRAH NG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 1:10 PM Subject: client side disable cookies > Hi all, > i believe most of the CF login sites need to have client side > browser cookie-enable in order the user can manaeuver freely > after login. how can can take care of the situation where the > client has disable the cookie in their browser ? does anyone > has the experience of building a login site where the client > browser does not need to have cookie enabled ? > > > > > > --- --- > Global Internet phone calls, voicemail, fax, e-mail and instant messagi ng. > Sign-up today at http://www.hotvoice.com > __ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: CF6 & true J2EE Compliance (was Re: Macromedia.com)
The reason it is possible to write one class that will run everywhere is that vendors make their Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to read the standard instructions in your class file and translate them to machine code for th e platform the class is running on. So the JVM for Unix is different than t he JVM for Windows but your code remains the same and is portable. Sun's problem with Microsoft is that Microsoft wanted to add some Windows specific instructions to the language which could eventually lock people into Windows since it would cost less to host the application on a Window s server than it would to standardize it. Microsoft argues that developers would not be forced to use the extensions and Sun argues that the extensi ons should be made for all platforms. Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: "Billy Cravens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:32 PM Subject: Re: CF6 & true J2EE Compliance (was Re: Macromedia.com) > I would agree, and would hate to see many of those features go away. > However, many of the marketing claims I've heard is that you can put th e > generated class files on any "supported" J2EE engine and they'll run. In > other words, they make it sound as if I can take my class files generat ed on > a Win32 box and move them anywhere I want - even on a machine without C F. I > simply cannot see how this is true. Maybe I'm a bit too caught up in t he > whole truth in advertising thing. :-) (Of course, they're not really > advertising - more like a buzz-word-orama festival) > > > - Original Message - > From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:56 AM > Subject: RE: CF6 & true J2EE Compliance (was Re: Macromedia.com) > > > > > If it's true J2EE, it should be portable across all J2EE > > > platforms. Of course, you'll notice that they in the initial > > > public Neo info that they are only supporting a limited set of > > > J2EE engines (interestingly enough, all of them are commercial > > > products - even though there are a number of open-source J2EE > > > products that are fully compliant). I doubt that CF6 will be > > > true J2EE, which is rather unfortunate. > > > > I think you're reading too much into this. I suspect that it will, in > fact, > > be portable, and that will a little tweaking, you'll be able to get i t > > running on Tomcat/Jakarta. However, there are enough implementation > details, > > such as how installers work, which strike me as potentially complex. As > for > > their support of commercial platforms first, that makes perfect sense to > me > > - they can take advantage of IBM and BEA for setup support and development > > issues, rather than doing all the work themselves. > > > > > I've never gotten a straight answer as to how they can > > > support things like CFObject yet still be compliant. Sun > > > sued (and won) Microsoft for bastardizing the Java spec. > > > > J2EE compliance doesn't mean that you can't implement additional features. > > Every commercial J2EE server does this - there's stuff in BEA WebLogi c > that > > facilitates Tuxedo connectivity, I think. J2EE compliance simply mean s > that > > all of the stuff within the J2EE specification has been implemented. > > > > The comparison with Microsoft is flawed - Microsoft was sued by Sun o ver > the > > fact that they built platform-specific features into the Java languag e > > itself - into the VM and compiler. There's nothing to stop a vendor f rom > > building functionality into a Java application beyond what Java itsel f > > provides - that's the purpose behind native interfaces like JNI. > > > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > voice: (202) 797-5496 > > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > > __ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Web-based WYSIWYG content editor
ActivEdit licenses cover up to 10 domains on a single server. No user lim it. http://www.cfdev.com/ Greg Alton CFDev - Original Message - From: "Michel Gallant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 8:51 AM Subject: Web-based WYSIWYG content editor > I'm looking for opinions on Web-based WYSIWYG editors for content > management. I'm looking for something with lite lisencing (not per-use r) > __ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Dynamically sortable table data
You can upgrade your JVM to 1.3.1_01 to fix the applet problems in CF 5.0 , but for some really cool interactive table features, check out Java Swing and it's JTable class at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/guide/swing/ . Greg Alton CFDev.com - Original Message - From: "Brunt, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 3:39 PM Subject: Dynamically sortable table data > Does anyone know of a way to make database output in a html table sorta ble > by any chosen column after the data is output to the table. I am tryin g to > avoid CFGRID because of the numerous JVM issues with CF5.0. > > Mike Brunt > Sempra Energy > 213.244.5226 > > "Smith & Wesson - the original point and click interface." > > > __ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Populating text boxes from dynamically populated dropdown list box
Check out cf_combobox at CFDev.com. http://www.cfdev.com . It's a free ta
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CFDev
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From: "Dina Hess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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