coldfusion multiple instances, how to POST

This is a great editor, and I'm loving it. Any ideas about a CF implementation with multiple forms and a single instance of FCKeditor per form?

If the InstanceName is not unique across the page, I can get multiple instances alright but the same db contents per instance! So, I am setting InstanceName to "dbfieldname#i#" where i is a CFLOOP counter, but then how to handle receipt of the field from a POST submit? Sure wish I could still use CFUPDATE....

thoughts?

Wed, 05/11/2005 - 16:45

mattrobertson

Joined: 06/05/2005

Posts: 78

RE: coldfusion multiple instances, how to POST

I have no problems with multiple editors on the same screen.

Or more accurately I have no problems in v1.6, the last stable production release (albeit not for long since 2.0 is almost here).

Are you looking for instrs on doing it? I actually have a copy of the RC3 demo that I can probably cobble together pretty quick into a multi-editor form.

Wed, 05/11/2005 - 17:12

mattrobertson

Joined: 06/05/2005

Posts: 78

RE: coldfusion multiple instances, how to POST

Here try this out. I have to start working with v2.0 some time so I may as well start. I used 2.0 RC3. This template will set up two editors onscreen, and populate each with a unique value. The form posts to itself so you can edit each window individually in order to change the contents of each independently.

This file is meant to go in the root of the /fckeditor/ installation, where fckeditor.cfm is located.

<cfparam
name="form.FirstEditor"
default="This is the first window"
type="string">
<cfparam
name="form.NextEditor"
default="This is the second window"
type="string">

<html><head><title>Double Editor Test</title></head><body>
<cfform 
   action="#cgi.script_name#" 
   method="POST">
<cfmodule 
   template="fckeditor.cfm" 
   instanceName="FirstEditor"
   toolbarSet="Default"
   width="800"
   height="300"
   value="#form.FirstEditor#">
<p>
<cfmodule 
   template="fckeditor.cfm" 
   instanceName="NextEditor"
   toolbarSet="Default"
   width="800"
   height="300"
   value="#form.NextEditor#">
<input 
   type="Submit" 
   value="Submit">
</cfform>
</body></html>