Launching new database pages, and passing parameters to them.

Question

The immediate reason I am investigating databases is to
enable me to automate my
photo album. I have developed a layout which I like
(see
http://www.corybas.com/Albums/New%20Zealand_05/Main_index.htm)
but at present the page for every photo is hardcoded. This is
very effective,
but also very tedious to set up, and difficult to modify. The
part I would like
to automate has two levels of indexes, and then the
individual photo pages.
Every page has three navigation arrows - a back arrow to go
to the parent index,
and left and right arrows to go to the preceding/following
index or photo.
I have a number of albums for different holidays, but they
are linked together,
so that effectively they all become one big album, which you
can traverse at any
level.
I think I can see how to set up the necessary databases, and
define the
appropriate pages, but the thing I still don't understand
(and which I don't
think is covered in David's book, other than by buying the
expensive Interakt
package) is how to make the navigation arrows launch the new
page, and pass the
necessary parameters to it.
I would also very much like to make the arrow keys on the
keyboard have the same
effect as the navigation arrows.
I would envisage a separate page (and probably database) for
each level. Each
page would be passed the number of the item to be displayed,
a pointer to its
parent, and possibly an item number for the parent. When a
left or right arrow
was clicked the new item number would be calculated and a new
page launched to
display it. If the next page was in a different sheet, or
even a different
album, a new parent would also have to be calculated. These
calculations could
either be done before launching the new page, or in the
preamble to the new
page.
Any suggestions as to how I should go about this?
Clancy

Answer 1

> I don't know how many other people are affected
similarly, or what the
> answer to
> this is, but I gather that ZoneAlarm is a very popular
product, and I
> imagine
> that you are as unhappy to know that potential customers
are unable to
> view your
> web page correctly, as I am about mine.
What is missing when you visit my portfolio page? The screen
snaps?
And how can I help you get to where you want to be before
Christmas?
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"Clancy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Murray *ACE*" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>>
http://www.corybas.com/Albums/New%20Zealand
>>----------------------------------------------------^^^^
>>
>>Clancy! TSK, TSK.
>
> Sorry! Try:
>
>
http://www.corybas.com/Albums/New_Zealand_05/Intro.htm>
>
> I thought I had got rid of all the spaces, but the
change of behaviour
> between
> MX and Dreamweaver 7 made it very difficult. I THINK
there are none left
> now!
>
>>> is how to make the navigation arrows launch the
new page, and pass the
>>> necessary parameters to it.
>>
>>In DW you would use the "Recordset Paging" server
behavior.
>
> When I was working on computer viruses I became infected
with the Brain
> Borer
> virus (everyone who has worked on computers for any time
has it), and
> there is a
> limit to the rate at which I can assimilate new ideas. I
would never have
> imagined that 'record set paging' had anything to do
with what I was
> looking
> for, let alone thought of searching for information on
it. But I still
> like to
> understand what I am doing, and would be happier if I
knew how to write
> the code
> myself.
>
> I currently have two new albums of photos from our last
holidays to set
> up. If
> I did it the old-fashioned way it would be done by the
weekend, but if I
> wait
> till I get a database setup it looks as if I'll be lucky
to have it done
> by
> Christmas.
>
>>It would give you the ability to do something like I
do on my portfolio
>>site -
>>
>>
http://www.great-web-sights.com/g_sites.asp
>
> A while ago you ticked me off for being obsessive about
ZoneAlarm. When I
> looked at your site there was clearly something missing.
I turned off
> ZoneAlarm, and the sample web page images appeared. I
turned it on again,
> and
> then went through the configuration turning off one item
at a time. Even
> after
> I had -- so far as I can tell -- set every setting to
'off' it still
> blocked the
> images on your window. I think that when I installed it
in the first
> place I
> chose the default settings.
>
> I don't know how many other people are affected
similarly, or what the
> answer to
> this is, but I gather that ZoneAlarm is a very popular
product, and I
> imagine
> that you are as unhappy to know that potential customers
are unable to
> view your
> web page correctly, as I am about mine.
>
> Clancy