Ryan, there is CFEXEC (or similarly named) that executes a dos level job of anything you want... takes the interaction off the user at that point and puts the job in a secure execution mode... just an idea.... -paris http://www.pubcrawler.com [finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present] [connecting people, places and things] -----Original Message----- From: "Ryan Sabir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 11:51:44 +1000 Subject: Executing a CF page > > Hi all, > > Is there a way to run a Cold Fusion page not through a browser, but > spawned > from a browser... confused.. imagine this... > > I want to give my user a button to click on a web page that runs a > very > lengthy process, say exporting the entire database to a CSV file, but > I dont > want to do the processing in a browser window, because if my user > closes > that window halfway through, it might cancel the processing. Is there > a way > to get the server processing something but not relying on a browser > window > for it? > > One way I can think of is to set up a one off CFSCHEDULE command to > execute > a page in 5 seconds time, which then removes itself from the > schedule, but > that seems a little messy.. any better way? > > ----------------------- > Ryan Sabir > Newgency Pty Ltd > 2a Broughton St > Paddington 2021 > Sydney, Australia > Ph (02) 9331 2133 > Fax (02) 9331 5199 > Mobile: 0411 512 454 > http://www.newgency.com/index.cfm?referer=rysig > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
