OK. I'm getting the .swf file via CFHTTP. No problem. I see it on the server and if I click on it, it fires up my flash player. However, when I try to deliver it to the page via cfcontent, I get garbled output instead of starting up the flash player. Any clues? Below is how I called it.
<CFHTTP URL="http://someserver.ohio.edu/news.swf"; METHOD="GET" PATH="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\newssvc\options" FILE="news.swf" RESOLVEURL="false"> <CFCONTENT TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" FILE="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\newssvc\news.swf" DELETEFILE="No"> Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 3:31 PM Subject: RE: Protecting Content > > CFHttp doesn't like anything other than ASCII content. > > Perhaps you can do a raw grab (probably require a COM > > object or CFX - there's bound to be something on the > > tag gallery) as opposed to <cfhttp> - then I think it'd > > be easy to use CFContent to deliver the goods. > > I think you can use CFHTTP to retrieve any sort of file you like; you'l l > have to use the PATH and maybe the FILE attribute to save it to the > filesystem, though, rather than referencing CFHTTP.FileContent. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > ______________________________________________________________________ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb 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
