Re: CF Applet/Object Replace

Martin Reurings <[email protected]> Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:21:17 +1200
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Well, I don't have a whole lot of time, so here's a fast answer that 
might lead in a good direction :). Essentially I think you could have a 
peek at the SWFobject code. It's javascript code for adding Flash to a 
page but could conceivably be adjusted to generate your applets instead?

here's the link to find 'm :)
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

Regards,

 Martin

Jonathan Berry wrote:
> Hello all,
> First of all, yes, this is a Javascript question. Just hear me out! We have
> an older ColdFusion system running one of our sites. (We are moving the DB
> to the Django framework and the content management to Drupal.) However,
> until this migration is complete, we are stuck with one thing in particular
> for updating a few small DBs, an antiquated ColdFusion Java applet
> technology. These one-page management applets use the deprecated <applet>
> tags to load in the applets. We used to have a Win 95 machine with a version
> of IE on it that could render the applet tags. However, I wanted to know if
> one could remove the applet through the DOM and re-append it as an <object>
> tag. I have tried this and have been able to remove (of course) the applets,
> but don't know how to re-append. I have the classid for the CF Java applets,
> but for some reason cannot get it load. Has anyone had any experience with
> object/param tag attributes, etc. in this regard or can point me to an
> online resource on this? It is an older version of CF (I think v. 4/4.5?).
> Any help much to be appreciated. BTW please do not become perturbed with me
> if this is off-topic, but since my method has to be client-side I thought
> this would not be a bother.
>   

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            <p>Well, I don't have a whole lot of time, so here's a fast answer that <br>
might lead in a good direction :). Essentially I think you could have a <br>
peek at the SWFobject code. It's javascript code for adding Flash to a <br>
page but could conceivably be adjusted to generate your applets instead?<br>
<br>
here's the link to find 'm :)<br>
<a href="http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/">http://blog.<wbr>deconcept.<wbr>com/swfobject/</a><br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Martin<br>
<br>
Jonathan Berry wrote:<br>
&gt; Hello all,<br>
&gt; First of all, yes, this is a Javascript question. Just hear me out! We have<br>
&gt; an older ColdFusion system running one of our sites. (We are moving the DB<br>
&gt; to the Django framework and the content management to Drupal.) However,<br>
&gt; until this migration is complete, we are stuck with one thing in particular<br>
&gt; for updating a few small DBs, an antiquated ColdFusion Java applet<br>
&gt; technology. These one-page management applets use the deprecated &lt;applet&gt;<br>
&gt; tags to load in the applets. We used to have a Win 95 machine with a version<br>
&gt; of IE on it that could render the applet tags. However, I wanted to know if<br>
&gt; one could remove the applet through the DOM and re-append it as an &lt;object&gt;<br>
&gt; tag. I have tried this and have been able to remove (of course) the applets,<br>
&gt; but don't know how to re-append. I have the classid for the CF Java applets,<br>
&gt; but for some reason cannot get it load. Has anyone had any experience with<br>
&gt; object/param tag attributes, etc. in this regard or can point me to an<br>
&gt; online resource on this? It is an older version of CF (I think v. 4/4.5?).<br>
&gt; Any help much to be appreciated. BTW please do not become perturbed with me<br>
&gt; if this is off-topic, but since my method has to be client-side I thought<br>
&gt; this would not be a bother.<br>
&gt;   <br>
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