I agree with Jason on this and there is actually a good article by Ben Forta:
http://forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2012/11/25/When-Using-ColdFusion-No-Longer-Makes-Sense On Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 8:02:59 AM UTC-7, Jason Allen wrote: > > I used to use CFCaptcha. It's ok, but in practice (and tech) Google's > REcapatcha is a better solution. It's easier to read, use, and implement, > plus it's actively supported. > > > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 10:40 PM, Magnus <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> I am running it on a local server on top of Tomcat 8.5. It is very >> without any special configuratioins. >> >> Magnus >> >> >> On Saturday, 1 October 2016 09:03:53 UTC-7, Aaron J. White wrote: >>> >>> Cfcaptcha looks to be working just fine. This is using your code on >>> Jetty Desktop with OpenBD 3.2. >>> Try a different browser. Also use your inspector tools to figure out >>> what's blocking the CFCaptchaengine.cfm file. The networking tab will be >>> helpful too. I'm pretty sure the issue is something with your configuration >>> Magnus. Are you testing this locally or on a server? >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iBSTmcwT1iQ/V-_dV_-rn7I/AAAAAAAAAJo/CpYnPcNhuikj_xYaGWiXjTxFI2JuZ2ndwCLcB/s1600/cfcaptcha.png> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iBSTmcwT1iQ/V-_dV_-rn7I/AAAAAAAAAJo/CpYnPcNhuikj_xYaGWiXjTxFI2JuZ2ndwCLcB/s1600/cfcaptcha.png> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 9:50:45 PM UTC-5, Magnus wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jh-O48nkrDk/V-yBQFmDAwI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/QgMh7LYnYtkkVUv00EHCCedm0pKoV4O8wCLcB/s1600/captcha.jpg> >>>> Here is ny entire file. It is just trying to get a feel for the tag so >>>> it is as simple as can be. There is no URL re-writing and happending at >>>> the >>>> app;lication level to influence the page: >>>> >>>> <cfset captchaString = "CFML"> >>>> >>>> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" " >>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";> >>>> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> >>>> <head> >>>> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> >>>> <title>Captcha Test</title> >>>> </head> >>>> <body> >>>> >>>> <h1>Captcha Test</h1> >>>> <cfcaptcha width=200 height=50 displaystring="#captchaString#"> >>>> >>>> </body> >>>> </html> >>>> >>>> >>>> And the attached image is what I get. >>>> >>>> So what am I missing? >>>> >>>> Thanks, Magnus >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, 9 September 2016 05:25:56 UTC-7, Aaron J. White wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey Magnus, >>>>> >>>>> Unless there is a bug in the engine I imagine you just need to make >>>>> sure that the cfcaptcha resource file is ignored by whatever URL >>>>> rewriting >>>>> you are using. Are you using an URL rewriting or any other "thing" that >>>>> manages your resource files? As Alan mentioned cfcaptcha needs to caught >>>>> by >>>>> the engine so if there's anything trying to take control of the captcha >>>>> resource file it won't work. (Hope this is making sense) >>>>> >>>>> It's similar to the other tags like cfjavascript that create files. >>>>> Here is the rule I use in Tuckey to ignore resources that the engine >>>>> needs: >>>>> >>>>> <rule enabled="true"> >>>>> <name>Generic Pretty URLs Pass-through</name> >>>>> <condition type="request-uri" >>>>> operator="notequal">^/(index\.cfm|error\.cfm|robots.txt|osd.xml|flex2gateway|cfide|cfformgateway|assets|favicon|bluedragon|debugger|media|load\.cfres)</condition> >>>>> <from>^/(.*)$</from> >>>>> <to type="passthrough">/index.cfm/$1</to> >>>>> </rule> >>>>> >>>>> The easiest way to check if cfcaptcha is working is with a completely >>>>> blank application with no MVC framework or URL rewriting. Maybe use >>>>> JettyDesktop to remove your server configuration from the cause too. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Aaron J. White >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 5:55:26 PM UTC-5, Magnus wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> So it seems like it is buggy. it is a bit of a black box, so I don't >>>>>> know what, if anything, I can do to make it work. >>>>>> >>>>>> Can anyone suggest an alternative? >>>>>> >>>>>> Magnus >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, 6 September 2016 15:05:32 UTC-7, Al Holden wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My memory is even worse, so I may be confusing this with another >>>>>>> issue when I say: >>>>>>> It may have something to do with whether or not the host machine was >>>>>>> "headless" (had no libraries or daemons with which to prepare graphics >>>>>>> for >>>>>>> console use). >>>>>>> Hmmm. Maybe that was for bar codes. If so then never mind. >>>>>>> Al >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 9/6/2016 2:07 PM, Ernest McCloskey wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> From what I remember the captacha image is saved in a temp directory >>>>>>> within openbd that I never could figure out how to get too. I gave up >>>>>>> on >>>>>>> it along time ago and used Googles Captcha. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 9/6/2016 4:52 PM, Magnus wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am just getting a broken image. Is there a setting need to set in >>>>>>> the administrator. I am using a fairly recent nightly build. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Magnus >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Monday, 5 September 2016 19:12:19 UTC-7, Alan Williamson wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> that is a special file that is caught by the engine before it deems >>>>>>>> it unfound >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On September 5, 2016 10:10:24 PM EDT, Magnus <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Does CFCAPTCHA work? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Using this code: >>>>>>>>> <cfcaptcha width=200 height=50 displaystring="#captchaString#"> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ...it produces this output: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> <img src='/CFCaptchaEngine.cfm?id=1473126765877' width='200' >>>>>>>>> height='50' border='1' style=''> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> But CFCaptchaEngine/cfm is not a file on my machine so the image does >>>>>>>>> not show. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> What's up? And if it doesn't work, what is a good alternative? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en --- You received this >>>>>>> message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open >>>>>>> BlueDragon" >>>>>>> group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from >>>>>>> it, >>>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. For more options, >>>>>>> visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en --- You received this >>>>>>> message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open >>>>>>> BlueDragon" >>>>>>> group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from >>>>>>> it, >>>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. 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