As you now CFML was previously processed at least on windows by an ISAPI Sever (C++ exe). Pages were compiled and executed with each request.
Now CFML is processed in Java (by Macromedia CFMX Server, ad BD Java Version) resulting in compiled java classes (bytecode) - much the same as JSP pages might. CFML in this environment has native access to Java classes, and bridged access to COM (on windows platforms) In BD.Net, CFML results in compiled MSIL (Microsoft's version of Java bytecode) - ASP.Net of any flavour (J#,C#,Javascript,VB.Net,Eiffel ete etc) also results in these same compiled files. CFML in the .Net environment has native access to .Net Classes (written in any language) and bridged access to COM like ASP.Net itself. I doubt very much that you can use CFML to write .Net classes (I guess you can't do that now either in Java), in the same way you can with the other languages which are supported. BD has done something very clever I think ASP.Net builds on top of .Net sorta like Java Servlets build on top of the Java RE. CFML via BD.Net *replaces/augments* the ASP.Net part of that equation. CFML pages can include and forward to ASP.Net templates! via BD.Net (in much the same way CFML might have access to JSPs in the Java Environment). ASP.Net controls are in any case just HTML/DTML/Javascript things in much the same way <cfform> and <cfinput> wrap up these things for ease of reuse etc. Havn't seen what BD have done with these CF tags yet. Some one just posted on the MachII forums they had run a non-trivial MachII app flawlessly on DB.NET!!!!!!! Well done New Atlanta! The point of all this is our CFML apps are either J2EE or .NET and that means fit nicely with a large share of the webdev market More investigation is needed at this point - I just want to support CFML as a language regardless of whether it is Allaire, Macromedia or New Atlanta. .Net itself is being implemented for Unix (project called MONO) Elliot's 4 cents worth "Elliot Russo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, > > last night I ran my first CFML page (successfully) on BlueDragon.Net - > "Hello WORLD" - long live CFML!!! > > Install was seemless and took only moments (must have .Net 1.1 Installed). > Admin is great config is dead easy, .cfm pages just map to the same dll in > IIS (done for you - so be careful it doesn't overwite you previous mapping > if using single web instance IIS on 2000/XP) > > Elliot > > PS: Where else can I share such geeky excitement! > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
