Excellent, thanks, Dave. So I don't have to worry about merging threads back together or stuff like that? Because that scared me when I read up on it. But kicking off one thread looks doable even to me :-)
Rick, I had your model in mind too but wanted to avoid any kind of polling if possible (got enough of that already for other parts of the app :-) Thanks all, I'll test cfthread tomorrow and report back with results (and also when the site is up). This list rocks. Cheers Stefan On 21 Oct 2009, at 14:50, Dave Watts wrote: > >> How could I change this so that the response is sent first, and then >> the conversion kicked into life? The Flex client can later check the >> conversion status itself by polling the database. > > This is a perfect job for CFTHREAD. Put the PDF generation code within > CFTHREAD. and simply return a "job accepted" message after launching > the thread. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:327477 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
