In <001e01bfa3d7$f75bade0$3d42cdc2@yoss>, Ben Lowndes
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) in a fit of unbridled passion, wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a bit of advice here. I need to send a file across a that
> contains the contents of a CF query network and then wait for a return file
> and present the contents of this file to the users browser.
>
> No problem with writing the file, simply use CFFILE. The thing is how can I
> get it to send it across the network, then wait for the response. My first
> instinct is that CF probably isn't the appropriate tool for this kind of a
> job as it would have to sit in a loop waiting for a file to read whilst
> maintaining a browser connection. So I thought maybe a COM object which CF
> can communicate with would be better, but I know nothing about COM objects -
> any advice.
>
> Alternatively I thought about writing a file which refreshes itself every 5
> seconds, displaying a please wait message to the user and checks the
> directory for the file, if it does this 10 times it displays an error to the
> user. Is there a better way to do this??
Barring the restrictions of any RequestTimeout settings you might have,
I do not see why you cannot do this within a CFLOOP using either CFHTTP
or CFFTP tags.
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Reuben King <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Senior Web Consultant
Stonebridge Technologies <http://www.sbti.com/>
Phone: (512) 502-3332
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