>> What Bryan was asking Laszlo for was a collection of example using CF >> with a Laszlo app. None of the demos provide that, so he's asked them to >> work some up and send them out. >
I think I can help Bryan out here. Laszlo was built primarily for the presentation layer of application development. To that use, it has features that make it a powerful and compelling environment for client application development. Features of the Laszlo language include data binding, constraints, events, delegation, extensibility, ECMAScript, layouts,... plus all the features you'd expect in a media rich client development language. Laszlo does not provide a middleware solution. However, since it uses standards such as XML over HTTP, SOAP, and XML-RPC, it can be used with ANY sever technology that supports these standards, including ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, JSP, Java servlets, SOAP, RPC, CGI,... etc. To build your this layer in ColdFusion, you would need to create a ColdFusion script that responds to an HTTP request, extracting info from the query string, querying a data base, and returning the data as XML. That said, I have not developed in ColdFusion for some years, and currently do not own a license for the server, so I am not able to provide any examples. However, I do know that ColdFusion provides tags to perform all of the necessary functions. There are many good tutorials on ColdFusion available on the web, and any experienced ColdFusion developer should be able to implement XML services with ease. John Olmstead Software Engineer Laszlo Systems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:214593 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
