Agreed, Web based might not be the best idea for this app... although if you're going to try for it, look into having a page with a META tag that refreshes the page every 60 seconds, something like:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="60"> Also, separate your reminder "creator" from your reminder "alarm" windows. Possibly have a parent window with a link to a pop-up that launches your reminder information entry window. Then use Javascript to pop-up the "alarm" window. Your parent would be the one that would have the meta tag on it. Good luck! Hatton > That sounds like a perfect job for VB. It's hard using just JS and CF to > push data to a browser. And to do it, I think it really is going > to perform > poorly. You COULD do this with web programming, but why? It just > seems like > a tiny little VB app could do this much more effectively and not have the > overhead of a browser window. > > Just my $0.02. > > Jeremy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raj Thilak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 2:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Reminder Application Using Coldfusion > > > Hey Guys, > > I'm given an application... Reminder Application. Assumption is > user always has his browser open. > > All the application does is: > 1. Input the reminder text from the user. > 2. Input the reminder date/time from the user. > 3. Pop that text to the user in a popup window to the user at that > exact date and time. When the window is popped up, the user has two > options, > a. to close the pop up and > b. to SNOOZE, in which case, the pop up (closes and) pops again > at the interval of 5 minutes. > > The environment is ColdFusion 4.5/SQL 7.0/JavaScript. > > If I schedule an event using scheduler, thats a lot of system > resource as i have to check every minute. > > How do I do it effectively? > > Thanks and REgards. > > -Thilak > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email server is running an evaluation copy of the MailShield anti- spam software. Please contact your email administrator if you have any questions about this message. MailShield product info: www.mailshield.com ----------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe / unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email server is running an evaluation copy of the MailShield anti- spam software. Please contact your email administrator if you have any questions about this message. MailShield product info: www.mailshield.com ----------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe / unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org
