find in page script

[YaoBao]

Is any ColdFusion script I can put on my webpage that will create a search bar so people can type keywords to match it on the current page in my website? It will be exactly like the finder search bar that comes with your browser window, IE; click edit, then find on this page, which brings up the search box.

I know that JavaScript can do this. I tried to insert JavaScript to my .cfm page. It doesn't work. Any help will be appreciated.

Here is the JavaScript and Form code I used:

<script>
<!-- Hide from old browsers
 
/******************************************
* Find In Page Script -- Submitted/revised by Alan Koontz ([e-mail])
* Visit Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/) for full source code
* This notice must stay intact for use
******************************************/
 
//  revised by Alan Koontz -- May 2003
 
var TRange = null;
var dupeRange = null;
var TestRange = null;
var win = null;
 
 
//  SELECTED BROWSER SNIFFER COMPONENTS DOCUMENTED AT
//  http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-deve...wser_type.html
 
var nom = navigator.appName.toLowerCase();
var agt = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
var is_major   = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);
var is_minor   = parseFloat(navigator.appVersion);
var is_ie      = (agt.indexOf("msie") != -1);
var is_ie4up   = (is_ie && (is_major >= 4));
var is_not_moz = (agt.indexOf('netscape')!=-1)
var is_nav     = (nom.indexOf('netscape')!=-1);
var is_nav4    = (is_nav && (is_major == 4));
var is_mac     = (agt.indexOf("mac")!=-1);
var is_gecko   = (agt.indexOf('gecko') != -1);
var is_opera   = (agt.indexOf("opera") != -1);
 
 
//  GECKO REVISION
 
var is_rev=0
if (is_gecko) {
temp = agt.split("rv:")
is_rev = parseFloat(temp[1])
}
 
 
//  USE THE FOLLOWING VARIABLE TO CONFIGURE FRAMES TO SEARCH
//  (SELF OR CHILD FRAME)
 
//  If you want to search another frame, change from "self" to
//  the name of the target frame:
//  e.g., var frametosearch = 'main'
 
//var frametosearch = 'main';
var frametosearch = self;
 
 
function search(whichform, whichframe) {
 
//  TEST FOR IE5 FOR MAC (NO DOCUMENTATION)
 
if (is_ie4up && is_mac) return;
 
//  TEST FOR NAV 6 (NO DOCUMENTATION)
 
if (is_gecko && (is_rev <1)) return;
 
//  TEST FOR Opera (NO DOCUMENTATION)
 
if (is_opera) return;
 
//  INITIALIZATIONS FOR FIND-IN-PAGE SEARCHES
 
if(whichform.findthis.value!=null && whichform.findthis.value!='') {
 
       str = whichform.findthis.value;
       win = whichframe;
       var frameval=false;
       if(win!=self)
{
 
       frameval=true;  // this will enable Nav7 to search child frame
       win = parent.frames[whichframe];
 
}
 
 
}
 
else return;  //  i.e., no search string was entered
 
var strFound;
 
//  NAVIGATOR 4 SPECIFIC CODE
 
if(is_nav4 && (is_minor < 5)) {
 
  strFound=win.find(str); // case insensitive, forward search by default
 
//  There are 3 arguments available:
//  searchString: type string and it's the item to be searched
//  caseSensitive: boolean -- is search case sensitive?
//  backwards: boolean --should we also search backwards?
//  strFound=win.find(str, false, false) is the explicit
//  version of the above
//  The Mac version of Nav4 has wrapAround, but
//  cannot be specified in JS
 
 
        }
 
//  NAVIGATOR 7 and Mozilla rev 1+ SPECIFIC CODE (WILL NOT WORK WITH NAVIGATOR 6)
 
if (is_gecko && (is_rev >= 1)) {
 
    if(frameval!=false) win.focus(); // force search in specified child frame
    strFound=win.find(str, false, false, true, false, frameval, false);
 
//  The following statement enables reversion of focus 
//  back to the search box after each search event 
//  allowing the user to press the ENTER key instead
//  of clicking the search button to continue search.
//  Note: tends to be buggy in Mozilla as of 1.3.1
//  (see www.mozilla.org) so is excluded from users 
//  of that browser.
 
    if (is_not_moz)  whichform.findthis.focus();
 
//  There are 7 arguments available:
//  searchString: type string and it's the item to be searched
//  caseSensitive: boolean -- is search case sensitive?
//  backwards: boolean --should we also search backwards?
//  wrapAround: boolean -- should we wrap the search?
//  wholeWord: boolean: should we search only for whole words
//  searchInFrames: boolean -- should we search in frames?
//  showDialog: boolean -- should we show the Find Dialog?
 
 
}
 
 if (is_ie4up) {
 
  // EXPLORER-SPECIFIC CODE revised 5/21/03
 
  if (TRange!=null) {
 
   TestRange=win.document.body.createTextRange();
 
 
 
   if (dupeRange.inRange(TestRange)) {
 
   TRange.collapse(false);
   strFound=TRange.findText(str);
    if (strFound) {
        //the following line added by Mike and Susan Keenan, 7 June 2003
        win.document.body.scrollTop = win.document.body.scrollTop + TRange.offsetTop;
        TRange.select();
        }
 
 
   }
 
   else {
 
     TRange=win.document.body.createTextRange();
     TRange.collapse(false);
     strFound=TRange.findText(str);
     if (strFound) {
        //the following line added by Mike and Susan Keenan, 7 June 2003
        win.document.body.scrollTop = TRange.offsetTop;
        TRange.select();
        }
 
 
 
   }
  }
 
   if (TRange==null || strFound==0) {
   TRange=win.document.body.createTextRange();
   dupeRange = TRange.duplicate();
   strFound=TRange.findText(str);
    if (strFound) {
        //the following line added by Mike and Susan Keenan, 7 June 2003
        win.document.body.scrollTop = TRange.offsetTop;
        TRange.select();
        }
 
 
   }
 
 }
 
  if (!strFound) alert ("String '"+str+"' not found!") // string not found
 
 
}
// -->
</script>
 

[HTML]<form name="form1" onSubmit="searc h(document.form 1, frametosearch); return false"><input type="text" name="findthis" size="15" title="Press 'ALT s' after clicking submit to repeatedly search page"> <input type="submit" value="Find in Page" ACCESSKEY="s"></form>
[/HTML]
Thanks,

YaoBao

[acoder]

JavaScript is best suited to this task. Does this work on a normal HTML page, i.e. not a Coldfusion file?

[YaoBao]

JavaScript is best suited to this task. Does this work on a normal HTML page, i.e. not a Coldfusion file?

It is work on normal HTML page. But dosn't work with my Coldfusion file. I jsut insert the JavaScript and the FORM above into my coldfusin file. Maybe I missed some code?

Thanks,

YaoBao

[acoder]

Show the full page code. You can snip the JavaScript part.

[YaoBao]

It works now. I pasted the code to wrong place. Thank you very much tacking time to help me. Thank you again. YaoBao

[acoder]

No problem, glad you managed to fix it. Post again if you have any more questions.