I have done some instant messaging stuff, but it was all for an intranet where everyone permanently had a web browser open.
It also depends on how instant you need the messages to be. The system I worked on was pretty simple because a delay of up to 30 seconds was acceptable. I just created a page with a hidden frame that polled the server for new messages. You could do something similar with a shorter poll time if you need a quick and dirty solution, or you could look at creating some sort of applet/flash system if you need something a bit more solid. Is there any particular reason why you have to use CF? How about Jabber? Spike > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (REC) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 24 September 2002 12:52 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: [ cf-dev ] Instant Messenger > > > that was obvioulsy to Spike directly... damn my inbox... but > it holds true for all on the list... if you have let me know ;-) > > > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (REC) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 24 September 2002 11:50 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] CFMX Invoke > > > Hey Spike, > > hows things? heres a Q for ya.... have you ever worked or > developed an Instant Messenger style client with ColdFusion? > Oh, pre-MX and FlashCom ;-p > > N > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Spike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 01 August 2002 11:28 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] CFMX Invoke > > > Do you have a coldfusion mapping calle '/' pointing to the > webroot directory. > > If not then I'd guess that's what the problem is. > > The component attribute of the cfinvoke tag works a bit like > the template attribute of the cfmodule tag. > > i.e. > > <cfmodule template="/extremeCF/employeemgr.cfm"> > > would look like > > <cfinvoke component="extremeCF.employeemgr"... > > You drop the first slash and replace the rest of them with '.' > > This is just an example, trying to invoke employeemgr.cfm > won't work, because it's not a cfc, but hopefully you get the > idea of how pathing works for the cfcomponent tag. > > Spike > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Douglas Humphris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 01 August 2002 12:13 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [ cf-dev ] CFMX Invoke > > > > > > Okay folks, I don't understand this cfinvoke component carry on... > > > > I've got one of the MM demo apps which calls: > > <cfinvoke > > component="extremeCF.employeemgr" > > method="listEmployee" > > returnvariable="listEmployeeRet"> > > </cfinvoke> > > > > the cfc sits in the same dir as the cfm template - just as it > > came, and the whole app sits in wwwroot/extremeCF/ just like > > it's supposed to... but when I run it, I get "Could not find > > the template extremeCF.employeemgr". Does the reference to > > the component require an absolute path from the webroot (in > > which case, extremeCF.employeemgr is correct) or does it > > require a relative path from the calling template (in which > > case, I put employeemgr into a sub folder called extremeCF). > > In both cases, the script fails, but if I change the cfinvoke to: > > > > <cfinvoke > > component="employeemgr" > > method="listEmployee" > > returnvariable="listEmployeeRet"> > > </cfinvoke> > > > > then it all works! Why is this? Surely this implies that it's > > a relative path that's required, but why does it not work > > when employeemgr.cfc is in a sub folder called extremeCF from > > the calling cfm template? > > > > Confused? I am! > > Douglas > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
