Re: General question about what is possible re: AS driving JavaScript
Re: General question about what is possible re: AS driving JavaScript
- Subject: Re: General question about what is possible re: AS driving JavaScript
- From: Bill Planey <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:10:08 -0500
On 7/12/05 4:08 PM, "Gary (Lists)" <email@hidden> wrote:
> "Bill Planey" wrote:
>
>> <frameset frameborder="0" border="1" framespacing="0" rows="0,*">
>> <frame name="UtilityFrame" scrolling="NO" target="main"
>> src="/SearchDetail/Scripts/SearchUtility.asp?page=quick&proptype=res"
>> marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
>> <frame name="SearchFrame" src="/Share/PleaseWait.htm" scrolling="auto">
>> <noframes>
>> <body>
>> <p>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.x</p>
>> </body>
>> </noframes>
>> </frameset>
>>
>> =============================================================
>> ...and on the page as displayed in the browser, there are probably more than
>> a hundred fields. I believe everything is taking place on the server side.
>
> :) It doesn't quite work that way.
>
> What you see as 'the source' is the source of the target page. The source
> of the displayed HTML is from the <frame name="_______" ...> tags.
>
> If you wish to view the source HTML of a form, then in most browsers you can
> position your pointer near to the place you are interested in and then
> right-click to 'View Frame Source' (not page source.)
>
> In Mozilla 1.7 you can just select the form, right click, and choose 'View
> Selection Source' and just see the source of the form.
> --
> Gary
>
Gary,
Thanks! That revealed a bunch of stuff. Now the task is to figure out
whether:
1) I can actually set data from database sources to these fields and
2) submit the data for a result.
The trick of number two is: the SEARCH button is part of a "floating"
element that repositions itself whenever the user scrolls down the page.
This element is invisible unless the browser is Internet Explorer. Perhaps
the functionality can still be accessed in spite of that - that's what I am
hoping - because I do believe that the search results page can be rendered
properly in another browser like FireFox. It would be great if I could send
an instruction to this web-based service entirely WITHOUT the browser (and
even better if somehow the results could also be grabbed without using any
browser - but that's probably pushing my luck).
OT: Just for the record, the perpetrator of this AWFUL botch of a web
service is a company called Rapattoni and they program the MLS services that
various regional Real Estate entities subscribe to. I spoke with someone in
tech support at Rapattoni today and got the typical runaround that a
Mac-hostile environment delivers. I am attempting to discover how they as a
company can be pressed to provide an interface that does not require the use
of dead technology like IE.
Thanks for your assistance!
Bill Planey
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