> -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 5:47 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Cold Fusion and Telnet > > > Here's an interesting one and conceivable not possible, but I > thought I would ask all the wise ones here on the CF-Talk > list before I tell my client NO!. Has anybody ever done > anything connecting Cold Fusion and Telnet? Basically the > client wants to create a web-based telnet session to a back > end application on a HP L3000 Unix server so that every > computer in the organization doesn't have to have the > customized telnet client installed and maintained/upgraded on them. > > Is this even possible? If not, any other suggestions on how > such a system may be created? Anybody know of any > tools/custom tags/CFX/applications or something else that may > do this already?
There are several options... You could use something like ASPSock in conjunction with a lot of JavaScript (perhaps even code from my article on using a GIF as a data-pipe) to do a decent version. ASPSock gives you (via a COM object) simple access to the winsock API (this is a server-side, not a client-side component). The GIF as a datapipe would let you create the dialog (back and forth conversation) without constantly refreshing the page. ASPSock: http://www.serverobjects.com/products.htm#aspsock GIF as a Data Pipe: http://www.depressedpress.com/DepressedPress/Content/ColdFusion/Essays/G IFAsPipe/Index.cfm If you're on CFMX (or 4.5 or 5 for that matter, but MX makes it easier) you could do this same thing but use the native Java classes instead of the ActiveX control. However there are tools specfically to do this kind of thing that you might want to take a look at. The most popular, I think, is "Rumba": http://www.netmanage.com/products/rumba/rumbaw2h.asp In the answer (as always) is "nothing's impossible with ColdFusion". ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
