On Apr 3, 2004, at 10:00 AM, Brad Roberts wrote:
> Re-posting Steve Nelson's suggestion:
>
> ... CFML on the desktop... http://www.pcaonline.com/coral/index.cfm
> ...Looks
> pretty powerful
>
> -Brad
>
> ��-----Original Message-----
> ��From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ��Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 12:02 PM
> ��To: CF-Talk
> ��Subject: Re: desktop application
>
> ��Unless I am mistaken, the company that made cfAnywhere was
> purchased by
> ��Allaire & cfAnywhare became JRun
>
> ��I have always felt that CF would be very good for ad hoc desktop
> apps.
>
> ��With the advent of the initial version of CFMX and its integrated
> JRun,
> ��and integrated RDBMS (PointBase) it seemed that everything existed
> in a
> ��single pkg to easily do this --- and it was a rather trivial
> install.
>
> ��The latest versions of CFMX perform much better, compile directly to
> ��Java bytecode.��so performance is greatly improved.��There is a
> looser
> ��integration with JRun (more install options) and a somewhat more
> ��difficult install.
>
> ��But, it's still all right there in a single package.��I can write
> ��desktop apps with CFMX that access the web, local databases, local
> ��files, execute other programs or scripts, yadda, yadda, yadda,
>
> ��I can use the familiar HTML Browser as a front end and UI.��Or, I
> can
> ��use a RIA with Flash or Robs PIA front end.
>
> ��When you do web development and testing on a single machine, as I
> do,
> ��every CF application is a desktop application.
>
> ��Some apps I write, never go beyond localhost -- these in effect, are
> ��desktop only CF apps.
>
> ��But more often than not, I need to combine dynamic local data (from
> ��files, databases, other desktop applications)��with other dynamic
> data
> ��available on the web.��Then a combo Desktop/Web app is in order.
>
> ��A good example of a combo app is a status monitor where local
> ��historical data is combined with dynamic data from the web.��Some
> ��examples might be:
>
> ��--- monitoring the status of multiple web servers
> ��--- monitoring stock portfolios *
> ��--- tracking shipments
> ��--- monitoring sales leads & tele-marketing
>
> ��* The stock portfolio app is one that I use daily -- during market
> ��hours it shows me how my stocks are performing with real-time data
> from
> ��the web.��It alerts me of stocks that need attention by combining
> the
> ��web data with local data that contains (buy/sell) thresholds I have
> set
> ��and other position information (purchase price, days held) that may
> ��have tax implications.
>
> ��Given an ideal world I could write quite a nice cross-platform,
> ��self-contained desktop(or combo) app in CFMX and have trial versions
> ��available (for download and/or on CD) that would self install
> ��(including, CFMX, JRun, DB) or be run from CD.��(Of course, in the
> ��ideal world, licensing and pricing of the integrated products would
> be
> ��changed to satisfy the needs of this broader market).
>
> ��I wish I could do that!
>
> ��Dick
>
> ��On Apr 3, 2004, at 7:34 AM, Stephen Moretti wrote:
>
> ��> Dick Applebaum wrote:
> ��>
> ��>��> ahhh ... if only we had CFAnywhere..... :)
> ��>��>
> ��>��~cough~��bluedragon....
> ��>��Thats what CFAnywhere became.��Plus you're showing your age now
> ��> Dick.. ;)
> ��>
> ��>��Unfortuately doesn't really help John with a cross-platform
> desktop
> ��>��application.��Yeah I know it should run everywhere, but nothing
> is
> ��> ever
> ��>��quite that simple and in this instance cf/php/etc are all a
> little on
> ��>��the heavy side. Mini flash app should be more than sufficient.
> (he
> ��> says
> ��>��sticking to the thread)
> ��>
> ��>��Stephen
> ��>
>
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