Shane Trahan wrote: > Ideally I would like to have a client with VB software that will use a CF > based web service. The VB client software will pass the date, an identifier, > and a file to the webservice. The webservice would return the server filename > to the user indicating that the file has been saved to the server.. I can > pass the date and identifier without any problems but the file is giving me > grief.. > > I think what I am failing to understand (since I am new to this services > stuff) is that complex types such as files cannot be used for services as > easily as other types such as strings and queries/datasets etc. so perhaps I > am expecting to much out of the service.. Yes, files are more difficult, but quite possible to send to a web service. I was researching an issue last week and looking at VB code for creating and sending HTTP requests including multi-part file requests. I don't have any examples at my fingertips but I'm positive a bit of Google searching will turn something up.
Once the VB code is uploading the mult-part HTTP request, CF can handle it very easily. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:286679 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
