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Passing form elements to Yahoo for Driving Directions

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modfather

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I'll try to be brief. I should make it clear that this isn't my code, by the way. I'm hoping someone can help me out:

I have a custom tag that *used to* work with Yahoo Maps for Driving Directions. To explain, I have a form that a user fills out with their address information and then upon submitting, a custom tag is called. The custom tag then parses the address entered and uses CFHTTP to post that data to: Some URL paramaters are passed to that URL, but I get a "Connection Failure" when trying to post. I've listed the custom tag below - I'm hoping someone will know how to help me. I looked at the source for that page, but I'm unsure if EVERY form element must be included. I can only assume that Yahoo made a slight change to the form, so it's not posting properly.

Thanks very much for any help you can give.
Steve

<!---Nice people don't delete these lines
Author : Alan L. Do (aka. da Cold Fusion Bubba)
Email : mathmjr@pacbell.net
Date : 1/17/02
Nice people credit the guy who wrote this--->

<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>CF_DIRECTME SOURCE CODES</TITLE></HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR=&quot;#FFFFFF&quot; TEXT=&quot;#000000&quot; LINK=&quot;#336699&quot; ALINK=&quot;#03510A&quot; VLINK=&quot;#555555&quot;>
<!---Hafta declare them va..ri..a..bells..--->
<CFPARAM NAME=&quot;attributes.ORIGINADDRESS&quot; DEFAULT=&quot;&quot;>
<CFPARAM NAME=&quot;attributes.ORIGINCSZ&quot; DEFAULT=&quot;&quot;>
<CFPARAM NAME=&quot;attributes.DESTINATIONADDRESS&quot; DEFAULT=&quot;&quot;>
<CFPARAM NAME=&quot;attributes.DESTINATIONCSZ&quot; DEFAULT=&quot;&quot;>

<!---That good 'ole HTTP protocol is applied here--->

<CFHTTP URL=&quot; NAME=&quot;directionyahoo&quot;
METHOD=&quot;POST&quot;
RESOLVEURL=&quot;Yes&quot;
>

<!---Here are the pre-defined parameters that Mapquest uses--->
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;pyt&quot; VALUE=&quot;Tmap&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;tarname&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;tardesc&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;newname&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;newdesc&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;newHash&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;newTHash&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;newSts&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;newTSts&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;tlt&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;tln&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;slt&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;sln&quot; VALUE=&quot;&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;newFL&quot; VALUE=&quot;Use Address Below&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;newaddr&quot; VALUE=&quot;#attributes.ORIGINADDRESS#&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;newcsz&quot; VALUE=&quot;#attributes.ORIGINCSZ#&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;newcountry&quot; VALUE=&quot;us&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;newTFL&quot; VALUE=&quot;Use Address Below&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;newtaddr&quot; VALUE=&quot;#attributes.DESTINATIONADDRESS#&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;newtcsz&quot; VALUE=&quot;#attributes.DESTINATIONCSZ#&quot;>
<CFHTTPPARAM TYPE=&quot;FORMFIELD&quot; NAME=&quot;newtcountry&quot; VALUE=&quot;us&quot;>


</CFHTTP>

<!---Da file output...you can play with it all you want (ie. delete it and place it elsewhere on your output page)--->
<CFOUTPUT>#CFHTTP.FileContent#</CFOUTPUT>

</BODY>
</HTML>
 
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[tt]You know, macromedia has an extension for DW that does just what you're trying to accomplish.



Delete * from brain Where MaxLevel = &quot;Full&quot; and reaction = &quot;Slow&quot; order by StartOver
​
 
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Sorry, I'm still fairly new to CF - so at the risk of sounding ignorant... huh?

We do have DW, of course, but I don't know what you mean by an &quot;extension&quot;. Kind of like an &quot;add-on&quot;, right? Any chance you might have more details? I'll search their site right now.

Thanks!
Steve
 
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[tt]Access and search for the extension of interest.

Yes, extension are like add-on's which most of the time make you're coding life easier...




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