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----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly Tetterton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 5:22 AM Subject: RE: Kiosks > Just an alternative voice here... > > My company just completed a kiosk project for one of the local park districts; it's >a cf app running against a database that pushes data out to a stand-alone kiosk that's primarily flash. It's working really nicely for the client. > > Short version of how it's built: the admin runs as a standard web application. Four >times a day, there's a scheduled task that builds text files and swfs (using generator, developer version) and pushes them out to an ftp site. The kiosk machine also has 4 scheduled task times where it goes out & grabs the latest files from the ftp site. Voila! > > The kiosk itself is a touchscreen monitor running IE, but using SiteKiosk software >to lock down the browser. > > Kelly Tetterton > Technical Lead, Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Developer > duoDesign: Internet Design, Technology & Marketing > > 847-491-3000 main | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 847-491-3100 fax | www.duoDesign.com > 847-491-7125 direct > > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Clark - =TMM= [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 4:20 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Kiosks > > > Yep, David is correct, unless you are running the kiosk on a network > then a CF app is not ideal (unless you are running CFAS standalone are > not planning to update the DB (if any) at all!). > > Most kiosks are in fact touchscreen monitors (there are proper kiosks > systems, but can be very expensive!) which are running either IE in full > screen mode, or Director/Flash applications as stand alone projectors. > > Best > > N > > Neil Clark > Team Macromedia Spectra > http://www.macromedia.com/go/team > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com 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
