Thanks to all for the input, I'm glad I asked before getting in too deep... I think I'm going to ditch CF for 2 of the 3 "real time" projects I have on the plate. The one that I have attempted is definitely not even near real time, but goes something like this: I cfhttp a file every 15 minutes. When a user first loads the page, I have init (param) values set to 0. The file gets parsed and I compare the first set of values with the param values. I then begin to feed the controls and the meters smoothly ramp up to the first data set points over the next fifteen minutes. I then re-get the file, which has been overwritten with a new set of values. These are in turn compared to the last set and a range is then fed to the controls which then ramp to that set over the ensuing 15 minute period. So, its kind of a smoothed representation of what is happening with a 15 minute lag. It seems safe that CF can accomplish this much. Thanks again, > John Chase > Web Programmer > National Renewable Energy Laboratory > 1617 Cole Boulevard > Golden, CO 80401-3393 > (303) 275-3620 > (303) 275-3603 FAX > > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
