RE: Java in CF (CFMX)

2002-11-24 Thread Kwang Suh
2) Where CFMX can act as a gentle introduction to Java -- certainly this hybrid code would not be the best, but it would allow Java neophytes, like myself, to learn Java gracefully, without having to learn all the rules first. -- There is something about the fact that we can learn our

RE: how to add a MS Access Database as a datasource in SuSE Linux 8.0 ColdFusion 5.0

2002-11-24 Thread Michael Wolfe
Here's a link to a list of alternative ODBC providers: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Ken_North/odbcvend.htm HTH Mike Wolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 10:29 PM To: CF-Talk Subject:

Re: Java in CF (CFMX)

2002-11-24 Thread Dick Applebaum
On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 12:07 AM, Kwang Suh wrote: 2) Where CFMX can act as a gentle introduction to Java -- certainly this hybrid code would not be the best, but it would allow Java neophytes, like myself, to learn Java gracefully, without having to learn all the rules first. --

CFMX Wishlist URL?

2002-11-24 Thread Dick Applebaum
Anybody have the URL for the CFMX wishlist? TIA Dick ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribeforumid=4 FAQ:

How to convert 1-record query to structure (EBW)

2002-11-24 Thread Erik Britt-Webb
I'm selecting a single record from SQL Server and want to pass the results as a structured variable, rather than a query variable. How do I obtain the list of fields in the query so that I can loop through them? I know how to loop through a collection of fields in a structured variable and I

How do reference fields in a collection without structure name (EBW)

2002-11-24 Thread Erik Britt-Webb
Most of the fields I want to present on a page are contained within USERDETAILS structure variable, e.g. UserDetails.UserID, UserDetails.UserName, UserDetails.PrimaryEmail Is there a way to reference these while using the variable UserDetails only once? Something like this: CFOutput With

Re: Java in CF (CFMX)

2002-11-24 Thread Dave Carabetta
The biggest deterrent, I have found is the long learning curve. Sure, but I don't think the learning curve isn't as much the syntax as it is the conceptual differences between procedural and object-oriented programming. Time and time again I have seen the difference in thought processes be the

Issue verifying access datasources?

2002-11-24 Thread Dave
I just did a fresh install of CFMX, it installed the usual 3 sample datasources and verified them successfully. I also added and verified the datasource for the PetMarket App successfully. Now I restart my machine and NONE of the datasources verify successfully nor can I add any new datasources

Re: CFMX Wishlist URL?

2002-11-24 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
Anybody have the URL for the CFMX wishlist? http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/?6213=3 s. isaac dealey954-776-0046 new epoch http://www.turnkey.to lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to certified advanced coldfusion 5

Re: How do reference fields in a collection without structure name (EBW)

2002-11-24 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
Most of the fields I want to present on a page are contained within USERDETAILS structure variable, e.g. UserDetails.UserID, UserDetails.UserName, UserDetails.PrimaryEmail Is there a way to reference these while using the variable UserDetails only once? Something like this: CFOutput

Re: Java in CF (CFMX)

2002-11-24 Thread Sean A Corfield
On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 04:48 US/Pacific, Dick Applebaum wrote: What do you mean by design patterns -- that is a term that I am unfamiliar with? http://www.google.com/search?hl=enie=ISO-8859-1q=design+patterns The Patterns Home Page (http://hillside.net/patterns) is the first link and has

Re: temp variable storage?

2002-11-24 Thread Sean A Corfield
On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 02:26 US/Pacific, Jason Miller wrote: ...entire form's data. It's also a nicer user experience. ... So Sean - are you saying my complex layers solutions isn't a nice user experience? ;) Well, I haven't seen your specific solution running so I can't comment

RE: Java in CF (CFMX)

2002-11-24 Thread Kwang Suh
Yeah, what Sean said :) Further to this, I can't stress just how *easy* Java syntax is. I haven't coded a Java syntax error in about a month - it's getting that simple for me. It's everything else about Java that's a PITA. And, there's *no* way you can just learn Java syntax and then know, for

Re: How to convert 1-record query to structure (EBW)

2002-11-24 Thread Jeffry Houser
At 10:15 AM 11/24/2002 -0500, you wrote: I'm selecting a single record from SQL Server and want to pass the results as a structured variable, rather than a query variable. How do I obtain the list of fields in the query so that I can loop through them? queryname.columnlist will give you the

Re: Java in CF (CFMX)

2002-11-24 Thread Dick Applebaum
Thanks, guys! I am not quite convinced, but almost... About 6 years ago, I attempted to learn Java with a Teach Yourself book. I actually had some success, but the system was pretty rough (JDK 1.0.2 on a Mac II), there was no Swing GUI, and most importantly it was difficult develop

RE: Java in CF (CFMX)

2002-11-24 Thread Mike Brunt
Dick, I am reading the Beginning Java Objects book by Jacquie Barker, you can see it shown here with a couple of sample chapters (it is a good book). http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/Books/javaprogramming/begobjects/ I find it very helpful. I also use Fusebox in the CF Applications I

changes to CFDIRECTORY in CFMX

2002-11-24 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
In CF 5 I have this directory structure /parent /001 /003 /007 etc... So ... Say I want to change the length of those numbers ( number of digits ) from 3 to something else ( user defined ) I don't necessarily know how many digits the user will enter ... In CF 5, this is no problem with

RE: Issue verifying access datasources?

2002-11-24 Thread Tilbrook, Peter
Try doing the following: http://www.forta.com/cf/tips/index.cfm?age=49 == Peter Tilbrook Project Officer Strategic Development Australian Building Codes Board GPO Box 9839 CANBERRA ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: (02) 6213 6731 Mobile: 0439 401 823 Facsimile: (02)

RE: _date feature in CF5.0, possibly CFMX as well

2002-11-24 Thread Li Chunshen \(Don\)
I would respectfully argue for the worth the time to implement it not because a large number of developers would have this problem but rather the assumption/oversight of server-side validation such as _date prefix that there won't be column name ending with _date has proven to be incorrect/clear.

RE: Java in CF (CFMX) - MM Drivers

2002-11-24 Thread Joe Eugene
I got this partially resolved... Sean helped out.. Thanks Sean. It was a classpath problem. However after i load the drivers(macromedia.jdbc.MacromediaDriver) which is in the lib directory of your installation(eg. G:\CFusionMX\lib\macromedia_drivers.jar) and give it the connection url.. Connection

Anyone know of a good tutorial on building a calendar with repeating events?

2002-11-24 Thread Rick Faircloth
I need to build a calendar app that designates certain events as weekly, monthly, etc. and have them automatically appear in the calendar. I've built a lot of calendars, but never built this feature into one. Anyone now of any examples of how to code a calendar app for this? Thanks, Rick

RE: Java in CF (CFMX)

2002-11-24 Thread Joe Eugene
Dick, Jsp - the web presentation tier for Java J2EE applications is quite easy. Perhaps this might be a good place to start and then maybe progress into Middle Tier. A Simple page can look like. %@ page language=java import=java.util.* contentType=text/html% html body !-- This is for a block of

Re: _date feature in CF5.0, possibly CFMX as well

2002-11-24 Thread Sean A Corfield
On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 13:56 US/Pacific, Li Chunshen ((Don)) wrote: So, here, again, I was and am asking MM to remedy the server-side validation oversight. http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/?6213=3 Sean A Corfield -- Director, Architecture Web Technology Group --

Re: changes to CFDIRECTORY in CFMX

2002-11-24 Thread Sean A Corfield
On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 12:51 US/Pacific, S. Isaac Dealey wrote: cffile action=rename directory=#parent#/#rsdir.name# newdirectory=#parent#/#newdir# In CF 5 this works like a charm. In CFMX if the new value is the same as the old value an error is produced, saying that it

RE: Java in CF (CFMX)

2002-11-24 Thread Kwang Suh
Yes, I have that book as well and it is quite good. I should also mention that tools like Rational Rose will write a ton of code for you based on the design you have created - there's a very tight coupling in Java between design and implementation. -Original Message- From: Mike Brunt

Re: Java in CF (CFMX) - MM Drivers

2002-11-24 Thread Sean A Corfield
On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 14:23 US/Pacific, Joe Eugene wrote: I got this partially resolved... Sean helped out.. Thanks Sean. Glad to hear you got it working after we'd been chatting on IM. I was really puzzled since I got it to work on my Mac and we seemed to be typing the same commands

Re: Java in CF (CFMX)

2002-11-24 Thread Sean A Corfield
On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 17:43 US/Pacific, Kwang Suh wrote: I should also mention that tools like Rational Rose will write a ton of code for you based on the design you have created - there's a very tight coupling in Java between design and implementation. A better CASE tool, in my

Re: changes to CFDIRECTORY in CFMX

2002-11-24 Thread S . Isaac Dealey
On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 12:51 US/Pacific, S. Isaac Dealey wrote: cffile action=rename directory=#parent#/#rsdir.name# newdirectory=#parent#/#newdir# In CF 5 this works like a charm. In CFMX if the new value is the same as the old value an error is produced, saying that it

Image creation

2002-11-24 Thread Scott Wolf
I'm just wondering if there is any way using CF 5.0 to do on the fly image creation like what can be done with PHP. Easy question, yes? Thanks! Scott Wolf ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4

RE: Image creation

2002-11-24 Thread Jared Clinton
This is a CF list, I wouldn't know what can be done with PHP .. well thats not really true, but what is it that you are referring to explicitly? -Original Message- From: Scott Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 25 November 2002 12:27 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Image creation I'm

Re: Image creation

2002-11-24 Thread Scott Wolf
Yes, I'm well aware of the CF-ness of this list. It's why I subscribed. :P I'm referring to PHP's functionality because I know it can be done in that language, otherwise I wouldn't bring it up. There is a standard PHP library that allows a script to create images on the fly. You can either

Re: Image creation

2002-11-24 Thread cf-talk
This probably isn't what you're looking for but try taking a look at ImageMagik. You can use it in conjunction with CFEXECUTE or I believe someone even wrote a custom tag wrapper for it. Depending on the types of manipulations you want to do, this could be a possible solution for you. -Novak

RE: Image creation

2002-11-24 Thread Jared Clinton
Yes there are lots, look for COM tools for the best fit, although you can always try using cfexecute in conjunction with http://www.imagemagick.org/ libraries/executable. (I just looked at the PHP functions, they seem to be damn good) -Original Message- From: Scott Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Java in CF (CFMX) - MM Drivers

2002-11-24 Thread Joe Eugene
Thanks Sean once again for pointing out the license thing, anyways i got it working with SQL Server Drivers. really puzzled since I got it to work on my Mac and we seemed to be typing the same commands (modulo you using Windows). Yes.. it was really frustrating.. i couldnt get it to work with

Re: Java in CF (CFMX) - MM Drivers

2002-11-24 Thread Sean A Corfield
On Sunday, Nov 24, 2002, at 20:05 US/Pacific, Joe Eugene wrote: Thanks Sean once again for pointing out the license thing, anyways i got it working with SQL Server Drivers. Yes, those would not be protected by the Macromedia license I guess. On windows, this is what worked for me. java -cp

What are your experiences with PDF forms/FDF/CFMX?

2002-11-24 Thread Jeff Small
Large insurance company has a lot of forms that are pdf files. They're not true forms, in the sense that they've had form fields placed in them and defined. They're merely Word documents (and in some caseno lie...scans of older forms, saved as tifs, and output as a pdf from photoshop...trust

Re: Anyone know of a good tutorial on building a calendar with repeating events?

2002-11-24 Thread Jeffry Houser
This is one of the examples in Instant ColdFusion. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072132388/instantcoldfu-20 If you aren't in an urgent mood to support my book-writing habit, you are still more than welcome to download the code for Chapter 15 from here:

RE: How to convert 1-record query to structure (EBW)

2002-11-24 Thread Erik Britt-Webb
Jeffry, Thanks for the input. I usually work with the Query object when getting record sets, but when I'm creating new or editing existing records (e.g. user or event), the form will pass all these fields to target tag (actually to index.cfm using Fusebox architecture), which will then validate

RE: How to convert 1-record query to structure (EBW)

2002-11-24 Thread Jeffry Houser
At 12:47 AM 11/25/2002 -0500, you wrote: Thanks for the input. I usually work with the Query object when getting record sets, but when I'm creating new or editing existing records (e.g. user or event), the form will pass all these fields to target tag (actually to index.cfm using Fusebox

RE: Anyone know of a good tutorial on building a calendar with repeating events?

2002-11-24 Thread Rick Faircloth
Thanks for the code, Jeffry. I took at brief look at the chapter 15 code. I wasn't sure if I was looking at the right page for the calendar. The pages looked more like pages and code for a discussion app. Could you check it and make sure the file chapter15icf.zip is the right one? Thanks, Rick