Exactly - the person visiting the website has to download the executable to see its output - CF isn't a VM player for executables.
On 9/28/07, Maximilian Nyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike, > > I still don't understand how running a exe on the server where no user > will be able to see anything will help? > If you execute the file on the webserver (which cfexecute or the Java > alternative will do) who will see the result/presentation. Certainly > no one from the "outside". So unless you're sitting in front of the > webserver, you wont see anything that exe might produce. > > Cheers, > Max > > > On 9/28/07, Mike Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They have a quite confusing customising flash gizmo that lets > > customers specify a lot of options and see what the finished product > > is goign to be like before the order is committed. the exe file in > > question is to demonstrate how to use this gizmo properly. (lets not > > go towards asking whether it might be better to redesign the gizmo > > instead so a demo isnt needed! Been there. Seen the movie. Didn't > > like it!!) > > > > So the client proudly said "here Mike. Just put this demo.exe up on > > the site for us and the indent section of the site's completed.". > > Ok . "just" put it up on the site. > > > > Now I have to figure out the best way to get it working. > > > > > > I dont really want to run it on the client machine because it's 12MB. > > thats a long time to download before anything happens on the user's > > screen, but if that's the only practical way to do it, I'll have to > > do that. > > > > I didnt know you could run exe files using java even if they're > > blocked in other ways. Worth checking out. Thanks Max. -- mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles: http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:289716 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
