Re: AJAX with WebDNA
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Cool. I'll look into that. As for the answer to "why", well, I didn't know how, that's why :)Thanks, -DanOn Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:29:28 -0700 Marc Thompson
wrote:> Why do that? Simply add an onClick action to fire a javascript that creates a log entry.> > //This part generates a log entry in access.log> //so we can track form submissions> //portalLogin is a 0K file in the same dir as this page> xmlhttp.open("GET", "portalLogin",true);> xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() {> if (xmlhttp.readyState==4) {> x=xmlhttp.responseText;> }> }> xmlhttp.send(null)> > Marc> > Dan Strong wrote:>> Are there any browsers/security setting that would freak out over a >> small iframe in a page? I ask because this morning I was thinking of >> doing this very thing to track clicks on a link... i.e. rather than send >> the person to an intermediary page that does the tracking (append a db), >> then redirect them to the actual link, like I am doing now, I would add >> a javascript "onclick" event handler to the link and do the updating in >> the iframe... is this a good method in any/everybody's opinion? How >> about compatibility? I know that many older browsers can't do iframes >> correctly...>> -Dan>> >> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:13:58 -0300>> Christophe Billiottet wrote:>> >>> To me, it is easier: no JS, you keep your code 100% WebDNA. For >>> instance, the small secondary page within the iFrame uses a >>> 'refresh', reads the database and report any update, without the main >>> page to reload. But you can do whatever you want using this technique.>>>>>> chris>>>>>> On Mar 23, 2006, at 15:53, Bess Ho wrote:>>>>>>> What are the advantages and disadvantages of using iframe?>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------->>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>>> the mailing list .>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------->> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>> the mailing list .>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>> > > -- > -------------------------------------------> Marc Thompson> Software Engineer> Office of Information Technology> University of Utah> 801.585.9264> marc.thompson@utah.edu> -------------------------------------------> > -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Cool. I'll look into that. As for the answer to "why", well, I didn't know how, that's why :)Thanks, -DanOn Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:29:28 -0700 Marc Thompson wrote:> Why do that? Simply add an onClick action to fire a javascript that creates a log entry.> > //This part generates a log entry in access.log> //so we can track form submissions> //portalLogin is a 0K file in the same dir as this page> xmlhttp.open("GET", "portalLogin",true);> xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function() {> if (xmlhttp.readyState==4) {> x=xmlhttp.responseText;> }> }> xmlhttp.send(null)> > Marc> > Dan Strong wrote:>> Are there any browsers/security setting that would freak out over a >> small iframe in a page? I ask because this morning I was thinking of >> doing this very thing to track clicks on a link... i.e. rather than send >> the person to an intermediary page that does the tracking (append a db), >> then redirect them to the actual link, like I am doing now, I would add >> a javascript "onclick" event handler to the link and do the updating in >> the iframe... is this a good method in any/everybody's opinion? How >> about compatibility? I know that many older browsers can't do iframes >> correctly...>> -Dan>> >> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:13:58 -0300>> Christophe Billiottet wrote:>> >>> To me, it is easier: no JS, you keep your code 100% WebDNA. For >>> instance, the small secondary page within the iFrame uses a >>> 'refresh', reads the database and report any update, without the main >>> page to reload. But you can do whatever you want using this technique.>>>>>> chris>>>>>> On Mar 23, 2006, at 15:53, Bess Ho wrote:>>>>>>> What are the advantages and disadvantages of using iframe?>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------->>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>>> the mailing list .>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------->> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to>> the mailing list .>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>> > > -- > -------------------------------------------> Marc Thompson> Software Engineer> Office of Information Technology> University of Utah> 801.585.9264> marc.thompson@utah.edu> -------------------------------------------> > -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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