Jeffry AFAIK, Lotus Notes is platform and OS specific...that would be a limitation.
In fact, there was a desktop CF Interpreter that ran most of the CF tags. It was called CFAnywhere. I actually downloaded a copy and played around a bit with som scripts. Great things were planned in the "Next Release", but Allaire bought the company (to get JRun) and then killed CFAnywhere. I always thought that a desktop CF compiler/interpreter was a good idea that would complement and increase awareness/use of CF server products (rather than compete with them)/ Much the way that a free Acrobat Reader or Flash Plugin increases the penetration and sales of the related (purchased) product. Dick On Sunday, March 24, 2002, at 11:35 AM, Jeffry Houser wrote: > 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/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.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
