Sorry, the Win32 app resides on the client's side. Essentially, there are two modes, call them "passive" and "active". On our server side, the "active" mode will push new reservations out to the client's machine as they come in. "Passive" would use the aforementioned button to get the data.
I agree, it is a bit backwards, and after some prodding, they agreed that having the client app do all the work for the "passive" mode is more feasable, but the "active" functionality is the real deal-maker. So, though I imagine it will work on maybe 10% of client computers (hey, I'm an optimist), I'm off to the sockets tutorial to see what I can pick up. Thanks, Dave. - Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 1:35 PM Subject: RE: Pushing a file to a specified port? > > We have a CFMX-based reservation application. There's a > > software company that wants to partner with us to provide > > some interoperability with a Win32 reservation management > > application. Match made in heaven, right? > > > > The proposal is to have a "Get my reservations" button at > > some location, which would send a delimited file to a > > certain port on the requester's machine. The Win32 app will > > constantly be listening to that port when it's running, and > > will scan the destination directory where this file is supposed > > to be placed on startup for any updates. When it finds/gets > > updates, it will automatically drop all the data into whatever > > structure it uses internally. > > > > So, I'm just starting to think my way through this one. > > Assuming the port is open (we'll conveniently not think > > about blocked ports, firewalls, ZoneAlarm or anything else > > at this point), how would you think I should go about this? > > The client won't have any server software on their end, so > > I'll basically have to push a bunch of bytes to a specific > > address:port and assume the machine lets me write it there. > > Does CFMX have anything internal that might facilitate this, > > or would I be better off writing an app and running it via > > <cfexecute>? > > I'm a little confused. Where will the Win32 application reside, exactly? > Will it be on the end-users machine? If so, why not have the Win32 > application just fetch the file itself, if it's running? It sounds like the > approach you're proposing is a bit backwards. > > If you are going to proceed this way, good luck - I imagine that it simply > won't work in many locations, because of the firewall issue you mention. > However, in any case, you might find these useful: > > http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/networking/sockets/ > http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-1996/jw-12-sockets.html > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
