> 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.
As Samuel Neff suggested, you'll want to write this as a Java class, then call that from CF. If you're running CFMX on Windows, you might try Lewis Sellers' TCPClient COM object. I've been able to use it from within CFMX, although I'll add the caveat that I'd try to avoid COM from CFMX in general. >From the sound of it, though, you could do the "active" stuff without CF at all, I think. 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
