Definitely not COM - we're running CFMX on Linux, and aside from technical issues, I'm an equal-time Java / CF developer, so I'll go with what I know. That said (if anyone's interested in the resolution), I'm simply going to have a Java bean act as my broadcaster. You're right, I don't exactly need CF to do the "active" part, but since the reservations would be submitted through a CF app, it can simply use the bean as needed when certain reservations are initially submitted. The "passive" approach would simply use a slightly different interface to the same bean.
I've already written a little stub listener on a test server that seems to be recieving the data just fine, so with a few tweaks, I can have this rolled out pretty quickly. The client app developer will have to write a file if it wants to, but I think they just want the data. Thanks to everyone for their input, I really appreciate it. - Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 2:19 PM Subject: RE: Pushing a file to a specified port? > > 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
