Creating and consuming web services using CFMX is quite easy - it's built in!
You could actually use Axis in previous version of CF, which is actually what CFMX uses, IIRC. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Rohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:36 pm Subject: RE: RE: CFOBJECT and conversion from ASP > Good point. > > Pretty easy to do in Java, perhaps it would be easy to do with > java+mx - > never tried. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark A. Kruger - CFG [mailto:mkruger@;cfwebtools.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:08 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: RE: CFOBJECT and conversion from ASP > > > Rob, > > In addition, a soap message is passed as a part of the content- > body, not in > the header - an often as a POST type request. Since CFHTTP cannot > accomplish this - you have to find a TCP/IP COM capable of > configuring raw > http requests to make this happen. > > -mk > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:rob@;cardinalweb.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:58 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: RE: CFOBJECT and conversion from ASP > > > If you want to try, a soap packet looks like this: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <!-- > A SOAP message MUST be encoded using XML > A SOAP message MUST have a SOAP Envelope > A SOAP message CAN have a SOAP header > A SOAP message MUST have a SOAP Body > A SOAP message MUST use the SOAP Envelope namespace > A SOAP message MUST use the SOAP Encoding namespace > A SOAP message must NOT contain a DTD reference > A SOAP message must NOT contain XML Processing Instructions > --> > > <soap:Envelope > xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-envelope"; > soap:encodingStyle="http://www.w3.org/2001/12/soap-encoding"; > > > <soap:Header> > <!-- optional: contains additional, application > specific information about the SOAP message --> > </soap:Header> > > <soap:Body> > <!-- mandatory: contains the actual SOAP message > i.e.regweb data --> > <soap:Fault> > <!-- optional: used to provide information about errors that > occurred while processing the message. By nature this element > can only appear in answers (response messages) --> > <faultcode>A code identifying the error > <!-- VersionMismatch: Invalid namespace for the SOAP > Envelope element --> > <!-- MustUnderstand: A child element of the Header > element, with the mustUnderstand attribute set to "1", > was not understood --> > <!-- Client: The message was incorrectly formed or > contained incorrect information --> > <!-- Server: There was a problem with the server so the > message could not proceed --> > </faultcode> > <faultstring>The error as a string</faultstring> > <faultactor>Who caused the error</faultactor> > <detail>Specific error information</detail> > </soap:Fault> > </soap:Body> > > </soap:Envelope> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ksuh@;shaw.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:41 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: RE: CFOBJECT and conversion from ASP > > > Yes, you can. > > However, using a web service via something like SOAP is a pain, > becauseyou'd have to build the SOAP packets yourself. *shudder* > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joshua O'Connor-Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 11:27 am > Subject: RE: CFOBJECT and conversion from ASP > > > I'm using ColdFusion 5 > > > > I've heard of these web service things in seminars and meetings > > discussing > > net and other development environments. I haven't realy explored > > using them > > > > Can I implement a web service into my application now? > > (Like that Doc to HTML web service) Where can I learn about that. > > > > -From the desk of Joshua O'Connor-Rose > > (aka Whifflebat) > > -All is Good > > > > > > >From: "Adrocknaphobia Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: RE: CFOBJECT and conversion from ASP > > >Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 13:18:17 -0500 > > > > > >Well, I'll agree with you halfway. COM is definitely not dead, > > although>MM acts like it is. However, webservices may be able to > > replace basic > > >COM functions like using Office to convert a word doc to html. > > But it's > > >not going to be able to replace the sophistication COM offers > > >developers. > > > > > >Josh: What version of CF are you using? > > > > > >Adam Wayne Lehman > > >Web Systems Developer > > >Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health > > >Distance Education Division > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Jason Lees (National Express) > > >[mailto:Jason.Lees@;NationalExpress.Co.uk] > > >Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:03 PM > > >To: CF-Talk > > >Subject: RE: CFOBJECT and conversion from ASP > > > > > >Coms not dead yet as you say theres too many older applications > using> >it, > > >but the way forward is webservices, which is basically a newer > > version>of > > >Com without the all the hassles. > > > > > >With reagrd the problem try > > > > > >myMethod = myObject.item("title"); > > >myMethod = "title"; > > > > > > > > > > > >Jason Lees > > >Systems Developer > > >National Express Coaches Ltd. > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Joshua O'Connor-Rose [mailto:whifflebat@;hotmail.com] > > >Sent: 12 November 2002 15:57 > > >To: CF-Talk > > >Subject: CFOBJECT and conversion from ASP > > > > > > > > >OK so COM is dead, I would like to see the thread. Do you have a > > link.>That would also imply that no one uses it anymore. > > > > > >Anyway the office I'm developing for is using all that dead stuff. > > > > > >I have been advocating replacing what they have with Verity and > > >hopefully > > >that is what the system will convert to. But right now . . . I'm > > a slave > > >to > > >a contract. > > > > > >In response to your suggestion (thanks for the post) > > > > > >myObject = myObject.item("title"); > > >myObject = "title"; > > > > > >This throws an error "the parameter is incorrect" on this line: > > >myObject = myObject.item("title"); > > >which I assume is coming from the object itself. > > > > > >So that doesn't work either. (It as if the object won't accept > > the name > > >of > > >the option without an assignment operator). > > > > > >Any other ideas? or am I going to have to use asp? > > > > > >-Joshua O'Connor-Rose > > >-All is Good > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
