ColdFusion Developer's Guide

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Submit form
The asynchFormHandler.cfm page consists of a single line, as follows:
Echo: #form.mytext1# #form.mytext2#
Using the ColdFusion.navigate function to submit a form
The ColdFusion.navigate JavaScript function can submit a form to a URL and have the
returned output appear in a specified container control, such as a cfdiv, cflayout, cfpod, or
cfwindow tag. This function has two features:
■ It lets you populate a control other than the one that contains the form when the user
submits the data.
■ It lets you submit the form asynchronously when a user performs an action, such as
clicking on a menu item, outside the form.
Using HTML format grids
The ColdFusion HTML format cfgrid control lets you use a bind expression to dynamically
populate the grid. HTML format grids that use bind expresstions are paged; as users navigate
from page to page of the grid, the grid dynamically gets the data for only the required page
from the data source. You also use bind expressions when you let users edit form contents, and
other ColdFusion controls can bind to the grid. In addition, HTML format grids provide
several JavaScript functions that you can use to manage and manipulate the grids.
You can also create a static HTML format grid by specifying a cfgrid tag that does not use a
bind expression. With static grids, all data is initially available.
Dynamically filling form data
HTML format forms have a bind attribute that uses a bind expression to dynamically fill the
form data. The bind expression uses bind parameters to specify dynamic information
provided by the grid and can also use bind parameters to specify the values of any other form
field attributes. This section provides grid-specific binding information only. For detailed
information on binding in general and bind parameter formats and their use, see Chapter 34,
“Using AJAX Data and Development Features” in CFML Reference.
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