The value of the TYPE attribute is simply the Mime-Type of the content you
are pushing to the browser. You can find a list of mime-types at:
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: JLH All Turbo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 3:40 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: img!
>
>
> Now will that work with pushing videos? MPGs, AVIs, WMV, ASF,
> etc..? What
> would the content have to be then? Where is a list of the valid content
> types?
>
> THank you guys so much,
>
> jacob.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 12:34 PM
> Subject: RE: img!
>
>
> > The main issue with cfcontent is that is loads the file into memory and
> > then serves it. I would suggest writing a servlet that is able to stream
> > the file out to the buffer.
> >
> > Matt Liotta
> > President & CEO
> > Montara Software, Inc.
> > http://www.montarasoftware.com/
> > 888-408-0900 x901
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 12:34 PM
> > > To: CF-Talk
> > > Subject: RE: img!
> > >
> > > > If I wanted to do something along the lines of:
> > > >
> > > > joe.cfm?img=/images/go.jpg
> > > >
> > > > and have joe.cfm turn into the actual image how would i
> > > > accomplish such a task? i'm interested in keeping from
> > > > being able to look at photos unless they are logged in
> > > > and i want cfm to manage the logging in via session vars.
> > > >
> > > > the images directory would not be web accessible obviously
> > > > but the .cfm page would call the images from that dir.
> > > >
> > > > how can i make the browser think that
> > > > joe.cfm?img=/images/go.jpg is an actual jpeg and not a
> > > > cfm file with a jpeg in it?
> > >
> > > You'd need your CFM file to use CFCONTENT to return a JPEG, and not
> > return
> > > anything else (no HTML tags or other text output).
> > >
> > > <!--- joe.cfm --->
> > > <cfif IsUserInRole("PictureViewer")>
> > > <cfset ImageToShow = "go.jpg">
> > > <cfelse>
> > > <cfset ImageToShow = "blank.jpg">
> > > </cfif>
> > >
> > > <cfcontent type="image/jpeg" file="#ImageToShow#">
> > >
> > > > how server intensive is this task?
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, it's pretty intensive, and I wouldn't recommend it in a
> > > high-usage environment. There are alternatives, such as the use of
> > > symlinks
> > > or junctions, or the use of web server authentication, that you can
> > use to
> > > offload this kind of thing from CF, if you're in that sort of
> > environment.
> > >
> > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
> > > http://www.figleaf.com/
> > > voice: (202) 797-5496
> > > fax: (202) 797-5444
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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