I want to point out here... Lotus Notes was designed explicitly, from the ground up, for this type of interaction.
Theoretically it shouldn't be hard to design a ColdFusion compiler / interperter as you describe below. ( The hard part is designing the language, right? ) It seems way to far out of ( What I perceive as) Macromedia's primary market for ColdFusion. Maybe the folks over at TagServlet could help... At 10:42 AM 3/24/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Here's an example of a typical online/stand-alone app I want to write: > >1) Connect to web/intranet > >2) Download a list of calls to follow-up > >3) Disconnect from web > >4) Throughout the day, make/return calls and flesh out the a local >follow-up db or file. Probably involves querying a variety of local and >remote sources, original data entry, manipulation and copy/paste from >text files, word processing docs, databases, spread sheets, emails, etc. > >5) Connect to web/intranet > >6) Upload/update/synchronize local data with host. > >IMO, the best way to build such an app is to write custom apps at both >ends... > >I want to be able to use CF at both ends.... > > Not CF and Perl > Not CF and Java > Not CF and php > Not CF and Basic > Not CF and AppleScript > Not CF and JavaScript > Not CF and Flash > >but, CF and CF > >I really think that there is a need for such a homogeneous approach! > >Dick > > > > > > > > > > > > >On Friday, March 22, 2002, at 05:20 PM, Dick Applebaum wrote: > > > Thanks, John... I'll check it out > > > > Dick > > > > On Friday, March 22, 2002, at 03:40 PM, John Dowdell wrote: > > > >> At 8:36 AM 3/22/2, Dick Applebaum wrote: > >>> I am not aware of the MM strategy for Flash However, I found Flash > >>> to be more limited, specialized, and harder to learn than CF. > >>> If MM plan to make CF scripting available on the desktop, I applaud > >>> them, whatever vehicle they choose! > >> > >> This paper may be of great interest: > >> "Macromedia Flash MX -- A Next-Generation Rich Client" > >> Jeremy Allaire > >> http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flash/whitepapers/richclient.pdf > >> > >> Summary: Web applications which rely on the server sending static pages > >> have only limited scope. Clientside interactivity and offline > >> persistence > >> are quite helpful for advanced web applications, particularly as client > >> machines become more portable. > >> > >> jd > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> John Dowdell, Macromedia Developer Support, San Francisco CA US > >> Search technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ > >> Offlist email risks capture by the spam filters. I may not see your > >> email if it's not on the list. Private one-on-one email options are > >> available via Priority Access: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ > >> > >> > >> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
