Jeff - Actually, there isn't a server involved on the client side, just a standalone app that will be listening on a specific port. As such, I will basically just be sending a stream to that particular location, and hoping the client app knows what to do with it :)
- Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 2:03 PM Subject: Re:Pushing a file to a specified port? > Do you have any access to the server receiving the file? If so you could > write a java client/server app. I am in a somewhat similar position with > integrating a reservation system with our web site. > > The reservation system came with a java client/server socket app. The client > passes the data via the socket and the server side writes the file to a shared > folder which is polled for incoming files. The system processes the file and > writes a response file which then gets sent back to the web server via the > socket connection. > > Unfortunately, the "factory-supplied" web implementation does not support the > full functionality of our reservation system and our business logic is too > complex for it as well. Therefore we are going to do something custom - > possibly following the same java socket model. > > There is a lot of free info out there on the web dealing with java sockets. But > you could also pick up O'Reilly's "Java IO" which is a decent reference for the > classes most likely involved in whatever you develop if you go this route. > > Hope that helps. > > --Jeff > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
