I don't believe that there is an issue with CFLOCK. As for the issue with CFEXECUTE it is a known bug and is on file with MM:
#48300 - cfexecute does not return until the specified timeout value is reached, regardless if the command has completed executing. -Novak PS - A list of known CFMX issues can be found at the link below: http://www.macromedia.com/v1/Handlers/index.cfm?ID=23464&Method=Full ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 5:04 PM Subject: Re: ImageMagick and CFExecute > Is this the same way CFMX treats a timeout value in a <cflock> ?? > > At 04:10 PM 1/30/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >I don't think the issue you're having is a timeout issue. The problem with > >CFMX and CFEXECUTE is that the "timeout" attribute no longer works the way > >it's supposed to. In CF5 a timeout of 10 seconds meant that if your process > >didn't return within the allotted timeout an error would be thrown. > > > >In CFMX a timeout of 10 seconds means that you won't return from your > >process for 10 seconds! In other words, CFMX waits until the timeout value > >is reached before coming back from the CFEXECUTE. Very annoying. > > > >Did you have any luck with ImageMagick and files on the local hard drive? > >How about files in the same directory that ImageMagick is running in? You > >are using FULL paths on all filenames right? Are you using UNC paths or > >regular paths? > > > >Write me off list and I'll send you a copy of the code I'm using with > >ImageMagick. Maybe it will get you going in the right direction. > > > >-Novak > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Owens, Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:21 PM > >Subject: RE: ImageMagick and CFExecute > > > > > > > OK, I'll bite ... what's the timeout issue? > > > > > > After reading your suggestions, it occured to me that I had not tried > > > running CFExecute against a local file (instead of something off the > >network > > > drive), so I did that, and I got this error: > > > > > > An exception occurred when invoking an external process. > > > > > > Which I'm guessing might be related to this cryptic reference you make to > > > CFEXECUTE and TIMEOUT. > > > > > > I've search the macromedia site and the Web through google and found > >nothing > > > helpful ... also looked at the docs for CFMX. > > > > > > H. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:44 AM > > > > To: CF-Talk > > > > Subject: Re: ImageMagick and CFExecute > > > > > > > > Make sure that your CFMX server is set up with the appropriate > > > > permissions. > > > > Also, make sure you're aware of the TIMEOUT issue with CFEXECUTE tag in > > > > CFMX. I doubt that's your problem but once you get everything working > >it > > > > will probably be your next question. ;-) > > > > > > > > So, permissions would be the first thing I would check. > > > > > > > > I'm using CFMX, CFEXECUTE, and ImageMagic without any problems. > > > > > > > > -Novak > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Owens, Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:24 AM > > > > Subject: ImageMagick and CFExecute > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have an application I built on my CF 5.0 workstation (win2k), and it > > > > was > > > > > working fine (outside of cfschedule bugginess). > > > > > > > > > > I moved it to our new CFMX (win2k) machine, and I'm having some > >problems > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > The application uses ImageMagick/GhostScript to convert PDFs to JPGs. > > > > It > > > > > called IM through CFExecute. > > > > > > > > > > I can run IM find through the command line ... put in the same exact > > > > > attributes that I'm using in my CFExecute tag, and everything works > > > > > perfectly. But with CFExecute, I get an error. > > > > > > > > > > Here is my CFExecute code and the error I get .... anybody got any > > > > ideas > > > > as > > > > > to what is going on (again, all of this works on my own machine, IM > >and > > > > GS > > > > > are installed correctly on the new machine, and I've confirmed all the > > > > path > > > > > and file names are correct)? > > > > > > > > > > CODE: > > > > > <cfsavecontent variable="debugReport"> > > > > > <CFEXECUTE > > > > > NAME="E:\ImageMagick-5.5.3-Q8\mogrify.exe" > > > > > ARGUMENTS="-format jpg \\webpdf\inserts\manual\test.pdf > > > > > \\webpdf\inserts\manual\test.jpg" > > > > > TIMEOUT="200"> > > > > > </CFEXECUTE> > > > > > </cfsavecontent> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <cfoutput>#htmlcodeformat(debugReport)#</cfoutput> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ERROR: > > > > > > > > > > Error: /undefinedfilename in (and) > > > > > Operand stack: > > > > > > > > > > Execution stack: > > > > > %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > > > > > --nostringval-- 2 > >%stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > > > > > --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push --nostringval-- > > > > > --nostringval-- > > > > > Dictionary stack: > > > > --dict:1012/1123(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:67/200(L)-- > > > > > Current allocation mode is local > > > > > Last OS error: No such file or directory > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > Howard Owens > > > > > Internet Operations Coordinator > > > > > InsideVC.com/Ventura County Star > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > AIM: GoCatGo1956 > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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. 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