Yep, that was my first thought, too. I'm just wondering if there's another (non-CF) way to do it...
Thanks! ----Original Message Follows---- From: Tracy Bost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT: autorun program at logon? Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 15:43:55 -0600 (CST) Received: from [64.118.64.245] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBDD7E07500B34004315D407640F5045E0; Wed, 05 Dec 2001 13:45:37 -0800 Received: from hof001.cfhosting.net ([64.118.64.245]) by hof001.houseoffusion.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-54969U100L100S0V35) with ESMTP id com for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 16:47:41 -0500 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, 05 Dec 2001 13:46:11 -0800 message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> precedence: bulk References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You should be able to do what you need to do in ColdFusion and give the url to the systems guys.. They should be able put a batch script in the users' login that will open IE to that URL. That would save the large amount of time that would be spent changing everyone's default homepage.. Quoting Terri Stocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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
