Funny you should ask ... ;-) http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/read/101326.htm http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/articles/imgateway.html
The docs that come with CFMX 7 are also REALLY great for learning about gateways, and there are a few other articles about gateways on macromedia.com in the devnet area: http://www.macromedia.com/devnet Matt On 7/15/05, Kevin Fricke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what is a good resource to learn more about event gateways? > > Kevin > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Matt Woodward > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 9:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: This just in: Event Gateways kick a@@! > > > Cool stuff Peter! Good point about the developer edition--since that > has the same functionality as Enterprise you can definitely play with > all this stuff quite easily. I've started using the asynchronous > gateway for all sorts of long-running processes that don't really > involve the user end of things and it's been a godsend. > > Matt > > On 7/15/05, Peter Tilbrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well crap then! > > > > Sorry if I was wrong. > > > > But use the Dev edition to see if EG's make it. > > > > I've been using Enterprise ColdFusion since it there was an E version (CF5 > I > > think) - 10 years is too long. > > > > Anyway here is one example I recently coded for "event gateways" with MX 7 > > (updater 3). > > > > 1. Complete stranger (new user) visits site to apply for a job. > > > > 2. User applies for job and submits resume (physical file). > > > > 3. File is uploaded successfully and user is notified on screen. > > > > And here is where the really cool stuff now happens automatically. > > > > 4. CF identifies the new Resume (say a MS Word document or a PDF) uploaded > > into a temporary folder. > > > > 5. File is scanned for viruses/malicious code, etc. If doc fails doc is > > neutralised and sender notified via email. Event logged using CFLOG just > in > > case. > > > > 6. If doc passes scan (correct MIME type included) is moved to another > > folder - also watched by an event gateway. > > > > 7. Document is parsed and depending on job description is passed to the > > "Verity" folder for indexing and inclusion in database and search engine. > > > > 8. Site owner is notified via email, job application via email and/or SMS > > that application received. > > > > Total processing time about 600 milliseconds from accepting the file, > > rejecting it or forwarding it, and notifying the necessary people. > > > > Peter Tilbrook > > ColdGen Internet Solutions > > Manager, ACT and Region ColdFusion Users Group > > PO Box 2247 > > Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620 > > AUSTRALIA > > > > WWW 1: http://www.coldgen.com/ > > WWW 2: http://www.actcfug.com/ > > Telephone: +61-2-6284-2727 > > Mobile: 0432 897 437 > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Matt Woodward > > Sent: Saturday, 16 July 2005 12:04 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: This just in: Event Gateways kick a@@! > > > > Yep Mark--event gateways are only available in CFMX 7 Enterprise. Not > sure > > what gateways Peter is referring to as available in Standard, but event > > gateways are an Enterprise-only feature (and well worth the money if you > > need them!). > > > > Matt > > > > On 7/15/05, Mark Knox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Don't you have to be running CFMX Enterprise to take advantage of the > > > gateways? > > > > > > -Mark > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of Matt Woodward > > > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 3:02 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: This just in: Event Gateways kick a@@! > > > > > > I've done some very cool things with the asynchronous gateway so far, > > > and there's so much more that can be done with gateways. It'll > > > probably be two years before people really figure out what gateways > > > can really allow us to do. Might make a good meeting topic if you're > > > up for presenting ... (I know, I'm a meeting topic whore!) > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > On 7/14/05, Adrian J. Moreno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I built and launched a file cabinet module for our contract > > > > management application recently. Our parent company wanted something > > > > more secure than e-mail to transfer files between us and our partner > > > > companies, so I built it as simply & quickly as I could. > > > > > > > > Problem is that we've got dozens of companies that will be uploading > > > > files to us and it's got nothing more than <cffile> and a nice UI > > > > due to time constraints. So this morning I looked up Event Gateways > > > > on livedocs and had a DirectoryWatcher running and logging changes > > > > on my local dev server in about five minutes. Two minutes later, > > > > it's sending e-mail notifications. > > > > > > > > Finally I've got a great reason to upgrade the main servers to CFMX 7. > > > > The CD's been sitting on the shelf for to long. Mwah-ha-ha-ha! > > > > > > > > -- Adrian > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe: > > > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > > > > To subscribe: > > > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Matt Woodward > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.mattwoodward.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > To post, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe: > > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > > > To subscribe: > > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > To post, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe: > > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > > > To subscribe: > > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Matt Woodward > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.mattwoodward.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > To post, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe: > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > > To subscribe: > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > To post, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe: > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > > To subscribe: > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > > > > > > > -- > Matt Woodward > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mattwoodward.com > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > To subscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > To subscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > -- Matt Woodward [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattwoodward.com ---------------------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm To subscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm
