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  • A Web Master
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    Help : passing variables through frames on an ASP site ?

    I want to know the best way of passing on variable contents on a site
    coded in ASP using frameset/frame. Content is used in all frames for
    stuffs like screen_resoluti on, language, ...

    My client's site is visited by Netscape 4.x/6.x and IE-5.x/6.x. It's
    being converted to ASP and currently using frames (middle frame has a
    vert scroll bar).

    -I tried using Session("xxx") but in Netscape (4.x), it opens up a new
    Session-ID for each frames. Therefore I cannot store variables in a
    session when it's Netscape.

    -I tried passing on variable contents using http://...?xxx=124&yyy=...
    but I'm finding that I may have to have a long list of variables to
    pass on this way.

    -I was thinking about using SQL to store infos but then I cannot have
    a unique record because of not having unique SessionID in all frames.

    -Maybe there is a way of re-using the same session as the frameset for
    each frames ?
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    • Ray at
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      Re: Help : passing variables through frames on an ASP site ?

      Cookies?

      Ray at work

      "A Web Master" <forum_posting@ hotmail.com> wrote in message
      news:d20333fb.0 401270838.2924e 7bd@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
      > I want to know the best way of passing on variable contents on a site
      > coded in ASP using frameset/frame. Content is used in all frames for
      > stuffs like screen_resoluti on, language, ...
      >
      > My client's site is visited by Netscape 4.x/6.x and IE-5.x/6.x. It's
      > being converted to ASP and currently using frames (middle frame has a
      > vert scroll bar).
      >
      > -I tried using Session("xxx") but in Netscape (4.x), it opens up a new
      > Session-ID for each frames. Therefore I cannot store variables in a
      > session when it's Netscape.
      >
      > -I tried passing on variable contents using http://...?xxx=124&yyy=...
      > but I'm finding that I may have to have a long list of variables to
      > pass on this way.
      >
      > -I was thinking about using SQL to store infos but then I cannot have
      > a unique record because of not having unique SessionID in all frames.
      >
      > -Maybe there is a way of re-using the same session as the frameset for
      > each frames ?[/color]


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        • A. Webmaster
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          Re: Help : passing variables through frames on an ASP site ?

          I have read many times that I should not rely on cookies for persistent
          informations. Even if your application tells you that the client's
          brwoser has cookies enabled, there is no garantee that they are in fact.



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            • Ray at
              #4
              Re: Help : passing variables through frames on an ASP site ?

              This may be true, but everything is give and take. I've also heard that
              frames should be avoided... How long of a querystring are you talking about
              here? Isn't there a way that you can consolidate it if it's really that
              long? Like, instead of ?screenresoluti on=1024x768, do ?s=c and use
              something in your code so it knows c= 1024×768. Now, that isn't to say that
              it's not possible that you'll run into a resolution that you don't foresee,
              but it's certainly pretty unlikely to find anything beyond the known and
              common possible resolutions. If you have a user on a 230" plasma TV running
              15,360×11,520, I'd be surpised.

              Another thing is that you could just use a common include in your two pages
              that both execute the functions that return your data, and they should
              return the same results. This isn't the most efficient thing to do of
              course though.

              Ray at work

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                • A. Webmaster
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                  Re: Help : passing variables through frames on an ASP site ?

                  Good idea about shortening the parms. I didn't thing about this.

                  Thx.



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