This isn't the solution you are looking for... But I bet you can use his idea for your project
http://www.webveteran.com/blog/index.php/web-coding/coldfusion/coldfusion-file-upload-progress/ On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > 3 or 4 minutes is a long time to see a progress bar... I know this > isn't answering the question you asked, but I would consider sending > the report request to the server and letting the user go on about > their business in the app. Set a timer to ping the server and check > to see if the report is complete every 10 seconds or so - when it is, > visually alert the user that it's ready to be picked up and kill the > timer. > > QuickBooks Online Edition does this fairly well for a few "tax filing" > type things that have to interface with govt systems and can sometimes > take a real long time. You submit the form, go about your business, > and then a little icon along the bottom of the QBOE page lights up to > alert you when the process is complete. You can click the icon and it > brings you to the results page. > > -Cameron > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Laurence MacNeill > <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's generating a report file to download, which can take 3 to 4 minutes > > before it's finished... > > > > L. > > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> What's the long running process doing? I've used some CF > >> EventGateways and producer/consumer classes to make this type of > >> thing async on the server before. Potential scale issues may exist > >> with that solution though. > >> > >> -Cameron > >> > >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Laurence MacNeill > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I know that this is a Flex/Flash users group, but I'm hoping that > >> > someone > >> > here will know enough about ColdFusion 9 to answer this question... > >> > > >> > Is there a way to get a ColdFusion function in a .cfc file to throw > >> > events > >> > that a Flex program can read and act upon? Not just the event that > gets > >> > thrown when it returns data or a fault-message, but something I can > use > >> > while the function is running to (for example) update a progress-bar > in > >> > my > >> > Flex program? > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > Laurence MacNeill > >> > Mableton, Georgia, USA > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in > >> the subject line > >> > >> For more info, see http://www.affug.com > >> Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > >> List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > >> ------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Cameron Childress > Sumo Consulting Inc > http://www.sumoc.com > --- > cell: 678.637.5072 > aim: cameroncf > email: [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in > the subject line > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- Eric R. DeCoff Changing the world, 1 line of code at a time
