[Templates] using frames?

[Mark Mills]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kirk [mailto:thedog@scriptdoggie.com]
> Subject: RE: [Templates] using frames?
>=20
> and if i want to process the included file within the=20
> frameset?  what then?

Well, you're going to be sorely disappointed. Apache::Template
doesn't offer that functionality. Neither is there any easy way
in any other Template handler do deal with your "issue".

No one has written what you want because it is technically
infeasable. I don't think "Frames" work like you think they
work. It is a total hack around a stateless system.

Your browser comes to the site, requests the frame page, and
gets it back. It then notices that it is a frame document,
and splits the screen up like the document asks, then goes out
and requests the individual pages to put in those screen areas.

If your template caused the other pages to be written, then
that user's browser would come get them. BUT, if two users=20
request the frame page at the same time, both will likely wind
up with one of their sets of sub-pages. The webserver can't
keep it straight since it has no user-tied-state. And you can't
template pages and then wait for only the right user to come get
them without massive hackery.

The solution, which is ugly, is to pass state within the URLs
and let the secondary pages template themselves based on their
GET arguments.

Honestly, I'd recommend you drop the frames and template
everything in one page. It seems like more work per request
(and it is) but you simplify the design and up the security.

--mark mills