There is no loss of flexibility. You can extend a control if you need to change it's functionality.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Harkins,Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, December 23, 2002 12:28 pm Subject: RE: RE: RE: RE: Microsoft plots Macromedia coup against Java > Those are some good points. As far as the built-in argument goes > some may > see it as a con but I wasn't going that far, I just wondered about > somepossible loss of flexibility... but that could just be pre- > release jitters, > as I am going to be responsible for supporting our company's (.NET) > application when it is released in the next few weeks! > > -Patrick > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:01 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: RE: RE: RE: Microsoft plots Macromedia coup against > Java> > > > > Well, you can still use COM, and it won't break for strange > > reasons, such as in CF. > > > > Although CFMX's CFCs are good, and having Web Services are > > even better, there's still problems with datatypes that CFMX > > has trouble with. Not to mention custom datatypes. Is > > everything in CF going to have to be a structure? Gawd, I'd > > just like to have a freaking hashtable in CF. > > > > ASP.NET has the very convenient events when a page is loaded, > > etc. You can therefore place most, if not all, your logic at > > the top of the page. I know you can hack this in CFMX using > > <cfsavecontent>, but it's nice in ASP.NET in that MS has > > acknowledged that, yes, it's nice to have your logic in one > > place and here's a way for you to do it. > > > > Also, you can pretty well write all your display code using > > built-in server side code. This is more akin to traditional > > development - I don't literally write options in a select box > > in Java Swing, for example. But this is what happens on the web. > > > > Furthermore, let's talk about the built-in functionality that > > ASP.NET has. One of the biggest (if not the biggest) feature > > about CF is how "built-in" a lot of stuff is. So now that > > ASP.NET has a bunch of built-in stuff, why is that suddenly > > considered a con? > > > > And, you know when a user's session is terminated in ASP.NET. > > CFMX _still_ doesn't have this. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
