Not quite sure what you are looking for, or exactly what it does, but this seems like _exactly_ what CF gateways were created to monitor and process.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:16 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]>wrote: > > Working on a program translation, still part of the massive project of > taking 88 VFP apps and turning them into something a tad more modern > (VB.NET). > > I working on the current program, I've discovered something that is > likely to give me nightmares for days. It's a file conversion program > that handles a lot of different clients. Along with finding that > there are 8 different hard-coded templates containing the mappings, > I've run into some code that is EXTREMELY specific to a single dataset > from a single client. > > I created a generic mapping tool to handle the 8 but now I'm finding > things that refer to specific data items and make changes as they go. > I mean like "if x in (1, 3, 203, 54) and y is null and z in ('a', 'c', > 'g') then set x = 4" (not the specific conditions and action but you > get the point. > > ????? > > So aside from venting this to people that "feel my pain" I need some > suggestions on how to handle these situations. This program is 13 > years old and I'm almost positive that I'm going to find more of these > kinds of things. I want to keep my stuff as "generic" as possible but > have to include the full functionality of the old program. > > This file processor is running as a Windows service, BTW. I wanted to > be able to perform the file conversions (from a CSV or fixed length > file to an EDI-type format) asynchronously so I have two different > elements - one is the upload page on the web portal, the other is a > disk based service. It is that service that is encountering this > stuff. > > Any suggestions on where this code should go? > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large > number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:307689 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
