Isn't this what the Event Gateway in ColdFusion could be used for? Either the CFML or a combo of the CFML and Directory Watcher.
"This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Jordan To: CF-Talk Sent: Thu Dec 21 17:04:02 2006 Subject: Re: No, I'll call you... This probably isn't what you want either, but... You could have your report program write to a table when it's complete. The record would consist of who needs to be notified, and the status of their notification. Maybe the session ID or some session variable could be stored. Then you could have a javascript function that you include at the top of every page (like from the Application.cfm) that fires off an ajax call to check this table for the presence of finished jobs that belong to the current session or user or whatever. Does that sound feasible? Cheers, Chris Brad Wood wrote: > Ok, so I am working on some very long reports and am peddling ideas... > > > > Here's the idea: The user runs a very long report, and the request will > simply be placed in some sort of queue to be ran asynchronously. The > user is told he/she will be notified when it is completed. > > Then the user surfs away to another portion of the site. Half an hour > later when the report finishes, a message pops up on the users screen > saying "Your report is finished, you may view the result now". > > > > My first thought was I could place a receiver JavaScript function in > every page in the site, then make an Ajax call to run the report. When > the Ajax call returned, it would fire the function and display/alert the > message. > > > > Well, no dice on that. I tried it in IE and FF. IE actually leaves the > TCP connections open until the call returns, but there is nothing > listening to receive it. FF actually threw an unhappy error when I > tried to navigate away while the call was going, and then it closed the > TCP connection. > > > > I'm really afraid the correct answer to this is "The web is stateless. > What you need is a client server app. Convert your entire site to Flex > 2 Enterprise and use their sweet messaging services and all your woes > will disappear" > > > > Now, as much as I would like to do that, that's not really an option > right now. Any suggestions? > > > > ~Brad > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:264754 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
