Perhaps you could use the CFSCHEDULE tag to programmatically schedule a job
to run ("soon") which generates the file and sends the email? Then the page
that the user sees will be done as soon as the job is scheduled (should be
quick). Though some people hate CFSCHEDULE and I haven't used it much.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 10:33 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Send response to browser, but continue working
> on request?
>
>
> That let's me get a message to the browser, but the request is still
> running and the browser is still waiting...
>
> I want to browser to stop waiting...
>
> > Have you tried cfflush? I believe this tag will allow you
> to send partial
> > responses to the browser. I might have spelled it wrong,
> but I am sure
> > there is a function in CF.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tony Schreiber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:17 AM
> > Subject: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
> >
> >
> > > I have a function that allows a user to create a file of available
> > > inventory. The problem is that it takes a long time and
> eventually the
> > > browser will timeout, but they haven't gotten their file yet...
> > >
> > > What I want to do is let the user make the request and
> then respond with
> > > "Thank you for your request. Your file will be created
> and emailed to you
> > > shortly".
> > >
> > > How can I "spawn" off the part that will actually create
> the file and
> > > still respond with a finished request to the browser?
> > >
> > >
> > > Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and
> Machine, Limited
> > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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