Flash Remoting to the rescue? ;) There's a flash app that looks like cftree... I can't imagine it'd be too hard to populate it or build a flash searching app to go through it all.
Food for thought. http://www.flashcfm.com/ has some basic Flash 5+ apps together. The latest CFDJ has an article by Dennis Baldwin dealing with Flash Remoting. ~Todd On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Mike Kear wrote: > Thanks Robert. Where were you when I had to develop the apps??! <g. > > Anyway, the app is for producing a whole lot of documents for a radio > station, including the day's playlist. There are about 5000 songs in the > station's database and the programmer has to select from these records and > insert them into the runsheet. This automatically produces the station log, > the dj's playlist, tells the dj which CDs to pull from the library, the > playlist on the web site, the royalty returns for APRA and the > communication back to the artists that the station is playing their material > etc. In other words, when the programmer points at a song and clicks, a > whole range of things are put in motion at the station. > > The advantage of CFTREE is that the whole library can be displayed as > artistname on the left of a screen, and when you click on the artist, it > displays all the songs in the library for that artist, and one click does > all the remaining jobs. I tried using a search screen or dropdown > selection controls and none of them worked - the drop down was FAR too long > (there are currently 513 artists in this database) and the search took just > too long. (The standard we have to meet is that 45 songs have to be > programmed in less than 30 minutes) > > So ... If CFTREE isn't to be used, then what? > > I'm open to suggestions. I wasn't happy on Friday night I can tell you, to > learn that this app suddenly didn't work after the station upgraded all > their browsers to IE6, and the programming for this week was not possible. I > have fudged a temporary solution for them but it's slower than the old one > and won't do for very long. > > Any ideas as to how I can select QUICKLY songs from the 5000 (and growing) > database would be appreciated. > > Cheers, > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > AFP WebWorks -- ============================================================ Todd Rafferty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.web-rat.com/ | Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion | http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ | http://www.flashCFM.com/ - webRat (Moderator) | http://www.ultrashock.com/ - webRat (Back-end Moderator) | ============================================================ ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. 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
