I know, I know, this is a bad idea, but it *seems* possible, so I want to find out just how ugly the process is.
I'm writing some web services for which I'd very much like to return CF structures, since that's the most logical way for me to structure the data. Of course, I can consume these web services with Cold Fusion, but our partners are using .NET. I understand that CF structures are not converted to any web service format that can easily be consumed by .NET (or probably PHP, etc). I read on Adobe's livedocs that you can create a cfcomponent that mirrors the format of a CF structure, somehow return *that*, and then .NET will be able to interpret the structure correctly. However, the LiveDocs examples were thin at best. So, here's what I'm hoping to find: 1. Somebody who's had previous experience with this, and can tell me if this is even worth trying. 2. Some sample CF code that shows me how to structure my webservices. Ideally, I want the coding process to be as simple as possible for the callers, so if the solution requires a ton of hoop-jumping in .NET, then I'll do something else. My fallback is to just serialize the data into something like a querystring. That should suit my needs for now, but if I ever need to return more complex data than just string data, it would be nice to have this problem solved. Thanks in advance, Ben Mueller ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:271351 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
