Hey all, This is somewhat off-topic, but I can't find any good lists to post this question to and this is the only list I currently belong to. Sooooo, since this is a very active list with lots of helpful, intelligent folks (does it sound like I'm buttering you up? ;)...
I've just been asked to create some sort of script/program/webpage/whatever that will automatically pop up on the user's screen when they log in to our network (NT, migrating to W2K soon). It is very simple--just a countdown to the end of this fiscal year. They don't care if it is a real-time countdown or if it is just a display of the number of days to the end of the FY, but they want to make sure that EVERY employee sees it EVERY day, first thing. Well, since I am a ColdFusion person (not so great in other programming venues, though I dabble in Javascript and Java), my first thought was to get the networking team to modify the login script to auto-launch IE (our standard web browser) and have the default page set to a ColdFusion page that I create with the countdown info. The upside of doing it this way is that I can have it done within about 20 minutes. Also, they may want to add graphics and other "marketing" type stuff later. The other requirement is that this program/feature be implementable in all of our locations worldwide. That's why I'm thinking of the CF solution (run on our servers here) as opposed to Java or Javascript, which may be disabled on a user's machine. Then each location would have to modify their login script to point to that CF page. I don't think this is a very "cool" solution--I think it would be cooler to actually create some sort of screensaver or popup utility that updates automatically with the countdown number and runs right on the desktop. But I wouldn't even know where to begin to implement this or what snafus I may run into. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it. Any thoughts? Opinions? I'm all ears!!! Thanks! Terri ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm 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
