Getting Started Guide
Cookies Toolkit
All WebAssist products receive professional, top-of-the-line support from a number of resources. Cookies Toolkit includes a full online help system, available directly from within Dreamweaver. Additional resources are available below:
This Getting Started Guide provides basic instructions for using Cookies Toolkit. Also available are the Getting Started Guides for any Suites that contain this extension.
Solution Recipes
Solution Recipes are a series of interactive tutorials that describe how to get the most out of your WebAssist products.
Introduction (Interactive Tutorial)
How client-side cookies work (Interactive Tutorial)
How server-side cookies work (Interactive Tutorial)
Remembering entire forms (Interactive Tutorial)
Frequently Asked Questions
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This FAQ helps answer some of the most common post sales questions regarding Cookies Toolkit. Each answer appears below its corresponding question.
What is the difference between a Session variable and a Cookie variable?
A cookie is stored on the client's computer. When a Cookie is set, you can specify the number of days that the cookie will be saved for. A Session variable, on the other hand, will be cleared when the user closes their browser. Closing the browser will end the browsing "session" which destroys the session variables.
Store Entire Form in Cookie behavior not working with large forms.
There is a Maximum Size limitation to Cookies. Officially, the maximum size is supposed to be 4k, but different browsers have different limits.
How can I delete a Cookie?
You can use the Set Cookie Value behavior. Set the cookie value to "Entered Value" and leave the entered value blank, and set the "Save For" option to a negative number like "-20" to set it to save for 20 days in the past.
What problems are there with storing form values in a Cookie?
The most common problem with storing form values in a cookie is caused by the form element names. The behaviors in Cookies Toolkit rely on JavaScript to function. When using form elements in JavaScript, their names must conform to JavaScript variable naming rules:
a) JavaScript variable names may only use letters and numbers, the only exception is the underscore (_).
b) JavaScript variable names must begin with a letter.
Related Articles and Tutorials
Roadmaps
Roadmaps that are related to a specific product are included in this section of the product's support page.
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Setting up your Dynamic Sites (PHP)
Setting up a PHP Connection (Interactive Tutorial)
Defining a Recordset (Interactive Tutorial)
Applying a Repeat Region (Interactive Tutorial)
Establishing Recordset Navigation (Interactive Tutorial)
Setting up your Dynamic Sites (ASP)
Setting up a Dynamic site (Interactive Tutorial)
Declaring an ODBC Data Source (Interactive Tutorial)
Creating an ASP Connection (Interactive Tutorial)
Defining a Recordset (Interactive Tutorial)
Applying a Repeat Region (Interactive Tutorial)
Establishing Recordset Navigation (Interactive Tutorial)
Setting up your Dynamic Sites (Coldfusion)
Declaring an ODBC Data Source (Interactive Tutorial)
Defining a ColdFusion Connection (Interactive Tutorial)
Defining a Recordset (Interactive Tutorial)
Applying a Repeat Region (Interactive Tutorial)
Establishing Recordset Navigation (Interactive Tutorial)
General
General TechNotes
Archived Documentation
This section includes relevant documentation that was provided for previous versions of Cookies Toolkit.
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