I would consider writing your tags in Java. It's very easy to do in Java.
See the packages java.util.zip :
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/util/zip/package-summary.html
also see the AWT or swing classes for your image size tag.
Actually writing a CFX is quite simple...
import com.allaire.cfx.*;
public class MyCFX implements CustomTag {
public void processRequest( Request request, Response response )
throws Exception {
String strName = request.getAttribute("NAME");
response.write("Hello, " + strName);
}
}
Writing a CFX is actually well documented in the CF Docs
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CFDEV.COM / NETDesign Inc.
ColdFusion Developer Resources
http://www.cfdev.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 2:17 PM
To: CF-Linux
Subject: linux custom tags
Has anyone found any good sources of custom tags that run on
linux? I need a tag that will create zip files, and one that
will give me the width and height of an image.
When I search for these tags on the allaire developer gallery,
I find a few that do zip + image stuff, but they make no mention
of what OS it runs on. I downloaded one and it was a DLL, so
I don't think that will work on linux.
It seems to me that Allaire/CF is pretty tied to Winblows
when all the tags on their site are so *assumed* to be for
Windows that they don't even list what OS its for.
So I started reading about CFX, what little is in the CF books
I have here, and it says they are written in C++, Delphi or
Java.
So how easy is it (is it even possible) to write a CFX tag
on linux? Can it be written in C? Perl?
I could probably write a simple custom tag in CF to make
a call to a shell script or something that then calls
zip and does the stuff I need. That seems like it might
be bit slow.
Thanks for any info.
Ryan
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