That's exactly what I ended up doing actually :) Only difference is
that I converted the form vars to URL vars and passed as a query
string to the .dll.
Although there is another .dll that comes with dtSearch that has a COM
and JAVA API that I want to try and get <cfobject> or createOjbect()
to work with. seems like it would be a cleaner solution than the
extra http call.
But since it does currently work, that goes on my list of "things to
do when I have spare time" :)
Thanks for the response.
Charlie
On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 07:38:16 +1000, Aaron DC
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Charlie
>
> If it's a .dll that is called as a URL then you should be able to
> 1. grab your form vars
> 2. call the .dll using CFHTTP (or variants), passing the form vars to the .dll (as if the form had been submitted as per usual)
> 3. receive the results
> 4. display results or parse and massage the results, outputting them how you please.
>
> HTH
> Aaron
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charlie Griefer
> To: CF-Talk
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 2:40 AM
> Subject: OT: dtSearch
>
> Hi all:
>
> A while back, somebody here recommended dtSearch as an alternative to
> Verity. We've purchased the product, and in a nutshell, we're pretty
> happy with it.
>
> However, dtSearch builds its search form (automatically) inside of a
> frameset. left frame is search form/results, right frame is target
> for search results (click a search result in the left frame, document
> is displayed in the right).
>
> We're trying to do away with the frames and embed the search and
> results directly into our pages...primarily to maintain our look and
> feel.
>
> I can do the search form itself...but the action attribute of the form
> is a .dll file (/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll). This currently presents me
> the search results (a la Google) on its own page. Problem is I want
> to embed this into our current page. If I change the action attribute
> of the search form to 'page2.cfm' (for example), I'm not quite sure
> how to go about getting the form data to the .dll and embedding the
> results into the .cfm page.
>
> I've got an email into dtSearch (who, FWIW, have been very
> responsive), but I'm not quite sure how far they'll go to support my
> desire to use CF and maintain our own look and feel.
>
> Hoping somebody else might have done this already...or might know how
> I can more effectively use/manipulate the .dll file (instead of using
> it as the form's action page...somehow passing it attributes and doing
> a <cfinclude>-type deal on it.
>
> ?
>
> Thx!
> --
> Charlie Griefer
>
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> "You know, most of these sports are based on the idea of one group
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>
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