Link Generator Tool

2007-08-24 Thread Robert Harrison
I'm building a link generator tool that creates links to data driven glossaries. The theory is the user can cut and paste the link into either static text on the site, or into text areas on forms to update the data base. I can handle the quotes, but the #'s are giving me a fit. I can output

RE: Link Generator Tool

2007-08-24 Thread Dave Watts
This works fine when it's going into HTML text, but when it's going into a cf form, the # throws off Cold Fusion. If I use a breaking ##, that work for cf handling, but isn't right for HTML text. I'm not sure what you mean by a breaking ##, but if you simply use two hashes instead of one

RE: Link Generator Tool

2007-08-24 Thread Robert Harrison
if you simply use two hashes instead of one within your CFOUTPUT It's a little more complicated. It can be pasted into a form, which updates a data base that is queried for later output, or it can be pasted straight into HTML static copy. It needs to work for both. I think I've solved it by

RE: Link Generator Tool

2007-08-24 Thread Andy Matthews
=+strHeight +,width=+strWidth; window.open(strURL, 'newWin', strOptions); } Hope that helps. -Original Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 11:03 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Link Generator Tool This works fine when it's going into HTML text

Re: Link Generator Tool

2007-08-24 Thread Ben Doom
IIRC, you can return false in the JS call to fix this problem. But that's a vague memory from years ago. --Ben Doom Robert Harrison wrote: I'm building a link generator tool that creates links to data driven glossaries. The theory is the user can cut and paste the link into either static

RE: Link Generator Tool

2007-08-24 Thread Robert Harrison
Here's another option. If I just use a onclick=domyactionThis Term/a That functions almost right. It doesn't move the base page, still does the action, creates a link, eliminates the # issue, etc. What it doesn't do is give me the cursor arrow on mouseover. I'm going to look for a way

RE: Link Generator Tool / Problem solved

2007-08-24 Thread Robert Harrison
Problem solved. The trick was to get rid of the href altogether. This string works in all browsers and passes around fine in CF and DBs or static HTML. a onclick=openPopUp('http://myurl.com/glossary.cfm?glossary=1term=2','glossa ry','410','300','110','35') style=cursor: pointer;This Term /a Of

Re: Link Generator Tool / Problem solved

2007-08-24 Thread Bob Heinz
I'm a little late here, but you could also do a href=javascript:; onClick=action()link/a Problem solved. The trick was to get rid of the href altogether. This string works in all browsers and passes around fine in CF and DBs or static HTML. a