Setting and Reading Cookies from a ToolBook DHTML Lesson
To answer the frequent
Toolbook ListServe question:
"Is there any way to set and read cookies from
a dhtml lesson?"
YES there is! Click
here to see
an example.
What is really happening? Look at your cookies to find out.
How Does This FreeBee Work?
The cookies are set when your users enter their name and other
important company information. The next time that they log on the
cookie gets read and knows who the user is.
Bonus Native Functionality!
What is really great about this FreeBee is that it is not just for
dhtml deployed apps. If you use the application natively it writes
the same information into an .inf file. That means you basically have
identical functionality, regardless of how you deploy your project.
How Can This FreeBee Be Used?
You can use this FreeBee in your own development of ToolBook projects.
While you can pass this code onto others, it would be kind of you to
credit Peter Jackson as the source of the code. Remember to refer
your fellow Toolbookers to this site to
register for the FreeBee Newsletter and for access to all of the FreeBees.
How Does the FreeBee Work During
Development?
What you get with this
FreeBee is a sample book that contains the code used to generate the
example. The code has been documented to help you set up your own
cookies. The sky is the limit from here. Just keep in mind
that some people don't allow cookies to be stored on their computers.
Also, it is common courtesy to always set an expiration date for your
cookies so that they eventually get cleaned off of your users machine.
Why I Developed the FreeBee
I have worked on many ToolBook DHTML
projects where I have had to use cookies to remember things such as user
preferences. I developed the FreeBee in response to several
questions on the TB ListServe about cookies.
FreeBee Features
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You get the
code and can modify it to fit your needs.
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The
script is well documented.
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Someone
with a basic understanding of Openscript should be able to have success
with this.
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Once you
understand the basics of setting cookies you will be able use this code
and modify it for your purposes.
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This code
will build .inf files natively so you will basically have the same
functionality in your project whether it is deployed in native ToolBook,
using Neuron, or in dhtml.
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