How to Create Frames with FoxISAPI?

[Vince Teachout]

Hello, all.

I have to create a Frame Set for a web page using FoxIsapi for a client. (Not
using frames is not an option, in this case) The three parts of the frame are:
1) the frameset page,
2) a page containing a form, and
3) a PDF file.

The PDF file is static, and poses no problem, but both the frameset and the form
page need to be generated on the fly. As far as I know, you can only generate
one page at a time with Foxisapi (or anything else, for that matter!)

The only solution I can think of right off the bat is to generate the Frameset
using Foxisapi, and create temp files for the form page. This is obviously ugh,
because it will litter the server with temp files.

Does anyone know a way to generate both pages on the fly using Foxisapi? Or
does anyone have a better solution? I would appreciate any help. I have to be
out of town until Tuesday, so I must say thanks in advance. Thanks!



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[Vince Teachout]

I asked the question in another newsgroup, and got the following answer from
Seairth Jacobs. It works like a charm. Am posting it here so others can
benefit.

>Write a VFP automation server that does the following: Start by generating
>and returning the frameset page. The important part of this is that the SRC
>of the frame to contain the form needs to have a URL that references
>FoxISAPI again. You could use a query string of "form" (e.g.
>"myapp.class.docmd?form") or you could have a separate method such as
>"genform" (e.g. "myapp.class.genform"). The exact method you choose doesn't
>matter. The main point is to identify in the URL the request for the form
>page instead of the frameset page. When the browser receives the frameset
>page, it will process the SRC and make requests back to FoxISAPI, which will
>in turn create the form page and return it.


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