AsFusion

Filtering a grid as you type - using functions

With the CF Updater 7.01 we have now the ability to make our own functions, which are available from anywhere in our form. The biggest benefit is that the function will be ready to use as soon as the form loads. In the past, we could only add ActionScript code in the "on" handlers, such as the onclick of a button. That meant that we could not use the functions we declared until that button was clicked, or we had to resort to the onload hack. Moreover, declaring functions by the old method (myfunction = function(){}) required us to use _root to refer to our controls or some other scope workarounds (such as writing var myControl = myControl before the function definition) because the controls would not be in the function scope, making it very difficult to understand why some things would not work and creating really ugly code by using _root everywhere.

Introduction to Flash Remoting

From our current poll on your opinion about Flash Remoting with CFForm, it is clear that most of our readers are excited about it. There are others, however, that either find it too complex or do not know what Remoting is.

I will try to help both groups by explaining what Remoting is and how it can be used.