Re: cfxml/cffile character set?

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Hastings
Anthony Prato wrote: I'm assuming character set doesn't matter internally when you use CFXML, but when converting it to string in generates the xml start for it matters coming going. something to add the encoding= into the xml start sting? i.e. ?xml version=1.0 encoding=ISO-8859-1 ? i

RE: Unable to generate a proxy

2005-12-29 Thread Andrew Stevens
Hi John, I tried it in DW8, the error message was Unable to generate a proxy. WSDL2Java emitter timed out. I think that's the extent of it. DW seems to have a built in time limit on the generator. The WSDL Java DW/CF seems to take too long. It works in DW8 for a JSP with Axis and as it is

RE: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Snake
I was not suggesting that he used exchange, if you READ properly, I was listing some of the software that comes with Action Pack, including Exchange. Id you also refer to my previous reply, I had in fact suggested win2k3 which includes SMTP and POP3 services. Russ -Original Message-

Re: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Andy Allan
In regards the Action Pack, it is for internal usage only (application development and testing). The licenses are NOT intended for personal use, hosting customers applications, or installing on customer sites. So, if you put any of this software into production your are violating your license. As

RE: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Snake
Andy you are incorrect on all counts. There is no additonal cost other than the cost of the action pack. I know because we have 2 subscriptions. There is nothing stopping you using any of the software within the pack for personal use. In fact it would be rather impossible to use any of it for

RE: Unable to generate a proxy

2005-12-29 Thread Andrew Stevens
I can also say CF can't handle that WSDL either. 12/29 23:19:18 Error [web-0] - Could not generate stub objects for web service invocation.Name: http://www.sandbox.paypal.com/wsdl/PayPalSvc.wsdl. WSDL: http://www.sandbox.paypal.com/wsdl/PayPalSvc.wsdl. java.io.IOException: Type

Re: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Steve Logan
POP before SMTP is a way of authenticating an SMTP session. Basically, if the user can sucessfully POP mail from the server, the mail server would then let them send mail through it. Other methods of allowing mail relaying would typically be SMTP-Authentication (username password required

Re: Running a DTS package with CF

2005-12-29 Thread Jim Voris
You're looking for the dtsrun utitlityhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/coprompt/cp_dtsrun_95kp.aspwhich may be run via

RE: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Rick Faircloth
Thanks for the info, Steve! Rick -Original Message- From: Steve Logan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:16 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: free mail server preferences POP before SMTP is a way of authenticating an SMTP session. Basically, if the user

RE: How to test for null in a query object

2005-12-29 Thread Adrian Lynch
Or an easier way to explain it is that CF doesn't convert NULLs to empty strings until it outputs them or uses them in an operation. Ade -Original Message- From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 December 2005 04:21 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: How to test for null in a

Re: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Andy Allan
Fair enough. I based my comments on the following link: https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40009853 If I misinterpreted the information - or maybe you can get the Action Pack another way - fair enough. I never said the Action Pack was a bad idea. I was just posting that info (maybe I should

CFMX

2005-12-29 Thread Orlini, Robert
How can I find the admin password for the CF Admin in CFMX 6.1? Does it lock out after a certain number of attempts? Robert Orlini HW Wilson 718-588-8400 x2656 ô¿ô -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.7/214 -

RIFE

2005-12-29 Thread Katz, Dov B \(IT\)
Has anyone checked out RIFE (rifers.org) in comparison to cfmx? They seem to have alot of similar abstractions, (db, separate mail queue, cron-like scheduling, etc...) Just curious... Dov NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and

RE: CFMX

2005-12-29 Thread Snake
You can disable the password in the neo-security.xml file var name=admin.security.enabled boolean value=true / /var Set this to false. -- Russ -Original Message- From: Orlini, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 December 2005 14:00 To: CF-Talk Subject: CFMX How can I find

Re: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread John Paul Ashenfelter
On 12/29/05, Snake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy you are incorrect on all counts. Actually, you're not completely correct on a couple of counts to -- to be pendantic :) There is no additonal cost other than the cost of the action pack. I know because we have 2 subscriptions. Partner

RE: Running a DTS package with CF

2005-12-29 Thread Rich Kroll
I found this when trying to accomplish the same thing, applies to CF / ASP http://www.pengoworks.com/index.cfm?action=articles:spExecuteDTS Rich Kroll Application Developer SITE Manageware, Inc. 2841 W. Cypress Creek Rd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 954-944-9020 x716

RE: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Rich Kroll
One thing I've found that you should watch out for is the concept of giving away free or low flat-fee type projects is the clients will be blown away by your work, and then expect to receive the same fees when coming back with further work. In my experience, I've found it better to charge the

RE: help with paypal ipn testing - always INVALID response

2005-12-29 Thread Jennifer Gavin-Wear
I've done this in CF with no problems. Did you use the sample code on the paypal site? This is the Paypal code which I use just as they've posted it and it works fine. !-- read post from PayPal system and add 'cmd' -- CFSET str=cmd=_notify-validate CFLOOP INDEX=TheField list=#Form.FieldNames#

Protecting Code

2005-12-29 Thread Jennifer Gavin-Wear
Hi ... is there any way of protecting code. I could be installing a cart application on someone's CF server and I don't necessarily want them to have access to the code. Thanks, Jenny ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase

Re: How to test for null in a query object

2005-12-29 Thread Claude Schneegans
Notice that the two QoQ produce different results. Ah ok, it is probabilly new with CFMX then, and I'll trust you :-) I know that QoQ have been considerabily improved in CFMX. -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See

RE: Running a DTS package with CF

2005-12-29 Thread Dawson, Michael
There are ways to run DTS packages using a stored procedure. You may need to Google execute DTS package with stored procedure. I remember a past issue of CFDJ had an article about this. M!ke ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new

RE: MS Action Pack

2005-12-29 Thread Snake
Everything MS related has grey areas, but at the end of the day they don't come to everyones house and checkup on you, many people and companies abuse those grey areas. I can tell you that a HUGE number of people buy the Action Pack for personal use anyway. for use at your primary business

RE: Running a DTS package with CF

2005-12-29 Thread Andy McShane
The following link should solve your problem for you. I found it extremely useful for executing DTS packages from CFM pages. http://www.pengoworks.com/index.cfm?action=articles:spExecuteDTS provides the scripts that you need. No credit to me but I hope it helps. -Original Message- From:

Re: Unable to generate a proxy

2005-12-29 Thread John Wilker
That's what I was afraid of. So CF no likey either :( You'd think there would be but I've had little to no luck finding anyone doing this except Scott and he has control of the server so can add Paypal's Jars to his classpath. I'll have to ask my host if that's possible On 12/29/05, Andrew

RE: Protecting Code

2005-12-29 Thread Adkins, Randy
You could encrypt the pages but not a foolproof way of protecting the code. -Original Message- From: Jennifer Gavin-Wear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 11:40 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Protecting Code Hi ... is there any way of protecting code. I could be

RE: RIFE

2005-12-29 Thread Kevin Aebig
Though I think the idea is sound, the scripting itself seems messy and cluttered with the commented syntax style they've gone with. Plus, it honestly seems like middle ground between Java and CF. It's pretty neat that there's a Lazlo sub-project... !K -Original Message- From: Katz, Dov

RE: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Jennifer Gavin-Wear
A basic registration on the MS Partner Programme is free: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/partner/sales_and_marketing/actionpack/default.a spx The Action Pack is available under the free registration. The free programme does not require any level of proven MS expertise. The AP software is licensed

RE: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Jennifer Gavin-Wear
http://www.xe.com/ -Original Message- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 December 2005 01:23 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: free mail server preferences Thanks for the tip, Russ... Anyone know the conversion rate for pounds to dollars? :o)

RE: help with paypal ipn testing - always INVALID response

2005-12-29 Thread Jennifer Gavin-Wear
Hi Stylo, Further thought on this, have you checked your firewall is allowing the traffic with Paypal? Jenny -Original Message- From: Jennifer Gavin-Wear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 December 2005 21:49 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: help with paypal ipn testing - always INVALID

RE: Protecting Code

2005-12-29 Thread Jennifer Gavin-Wear
Hmm .. that's a thought .. maybe hosting a subdomain of theirs on my own server would be best? -Original Message- From: Adkins, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 December 2005 15:20 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Protecting Code You could encrypt the pages but not a foolproof way of

RE: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Adrian Lynch
I'd counter that by saying that you could point out to the customer that they are getting a good deal. Tell them in as many ways as you can think of! Showing the full price on the invoice with a discount makes them feel all glowy inside :O) Work: £100,000,000

Re: Protecting Code

2005-12-29 Thread J W
Yeah, the Adobe Coldfusion (That doesn't roll off the tounge right) encryption is kind of weak. IF Blue Dragon is an option for you, it seems to have template encryption down pat.. http://www.newatlanta.com/c/products/bluedragon/self_help/faq/detail?faqId=233 Jeff On 12/29/05, Adkins, Randy

RE: Protecting Code

2005-12-29 Thread Snake
Distribute the compiled bytecode and not the source. This is only supported from cf7 tho. Russ -Original Message- From: Adkins, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 December 2005 15:20 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Protecting Code You could encrypt the pages but not a foolproof way of

RE: more of my SQL issues :)

2005-12-29 Thread Dave Francis
Not tested, and I know it's old-style, but wouldn't WHERE IN work here? ie. something like SELECT * FROM typelookup WHERE (TypeIDFK = 1 AND Type IN (3,4)) AND WHERE Type IN (SELECT Type FROM typelookup WHERE (TypeIDFK = 2 AND Type IN (1,5)) AND WHERE Type IN

Re: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Bryan Stevenson
Might I suggest a subscription to the Microsoft Action Pack. It only costs £200 per year, and for that you get several grands worth of software, including win2k3, sql server, Small business Server, and even Exchange server i think. Yep...I second the Action Pack idealoads of software for

Re: more of my SQL issues :)

2005-12-29 Thread John Wilker
Ain't nuthin wrong with old school :) I'll give both a try today. On 12/29/05, Dave Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not tested, and I know it's old-style, but wouldn't WHERE IN work here? ie. something like SELECT * FROM typelookup WHERE (TypeIDFK = 1 AND Type IN (3,4)) AND WHERE Type IN

Re: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Bryan Stevenson
Wow...I think Matt and I are on the same page...well said Matt!! ;-) The next step, which I haven't done yet, is to bring in a CF coder. the trouble with expanding your staff is your clients want *you* to do the work if the relationship is right, and you're stepping away from them. Another

Re: is this thing on?

2005-12-29 Thread Anthony Prato
cool, my other thread got answered, thanks for replying, it works! :) On 12/28/05, Rick Faircloth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got your message, but have no idea how to answer your questionsorry... Rick -Original Message- From: Anthony Prato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Bryan Stevenson
As an aside, you also need to be a level 3 Registered Member of the Microsoft Partner Program, which undoubtedly costs more money. Andy Not sure about that level 3 req.but I know we did NOT pay anything but the Action Pack fee Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP Director of E-Commerce

HELP! CFID Not Maintained

2005-12-29 Thread Aldon Moore
I am in the process of completing a cart app and I CFID are used as the CartID and is saved to a database. Problem? After add something to cart the CFID Changes and the Cart is not being maintained, on viewing the database all CFID's generated are there for each item I added. Any help would

RE: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Rick Faircloth
Thanks, Jennifer... Rick -Original Message- From: Jennifer Gavin-Wear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 6:52 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: free mail server preferences http://www.xe.com/

cfx_pdf installation help

2005-12-29 Thread Matt Osbun
I'm running into a frustrating problem with the cfx_pdf tag. Easel2 Software isn't answering their helpline, but promises that I can leave them a message and get an answer back by mid next week. Hopefully someone here can get me a quicker answer... As the install directions say to do, I've put

Preaching about licensing Re: MS Action Pack

2005-12-29 Thread John Paul Ashenfelter
On 12/29/05, Snake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everything MS related has grey areas, but at the end of the day they don't come to everyones house and checkup on you, many people and companies abuse those grey areas. I can tell you that a HUGE number of people buy the Action Pack for personal use

Re: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Ken Ferguson
I have used XMail when I needed a free mail server and it seems to work very well. There are tons of extensions written for it too! http://www.xmailserver.org/ --Ferg ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's

Re: cfx_pdf installation help

2005-12-29 Thread John Wilker
If you're using cf7, why not use cfdocument to generate your PDFs? On 12/29/05, Matt Osbun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running into a frustrating problem with the cfx_pdf tag. Easel2 Software isn't answering their helpline, but promises that I can leave them a message and get an answer back

Re: cfx_pdf installation help

2005-12-29 Thread Bryan Stevenson
1st...if it's CF 7...why not use CFDOCUMENT??? more answers below just in case As the install directions say to do, I've put the CFX_PDF.jar file in the CFusion7/cfx/java folder and added d:\CFusionMX7\cfx\java\CFX_PDF.jar to the Coldfusion Class Path in the Coldfusion Administrator.

Re: cfx_pdf installation help

2005-12-29 Thread Matt Osbun
Because for some reason, I can't get CFDocument to render an image to PDF over a secure connection. Works just fine with http, but not https. Don't know exactly what it is, and I stopped looking/caring once I got cfx_pdf installed in our test environment. Matt On 12/29/05, John Wilker [EMAIL

Re: Protecting Code

2005-12-29 Thread John Paul Ashenfelter
On 12/29/05, Snake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Distribute the compiled bytecode and not the source. This is only supported from cf7 tho. Sean talks about it here http://www.corfield.org/blog/index.cfm?do=blog.entryentry=4879EDC2-F8C4-B633-C44FDABDDD608FDF since sourceless and j2ee (war/ear)

RE: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Rick Faircloth
I just checked out the specifics on the Action Pack...found out it is only for internal use and cannot be used commercially. So what would be the point... Rick -Original Message- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 10:47 AM To: CF-Talk

Re: Protecting Code

2005-12-29 Thread John Paul Ashenfelter
On 12/29/05, Jennifer Gavin-Wear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm .. that's a thought .. maybe hosting a subdomain of theirs on my own server would be best? I wouldn't waste the time encrypting the pages. It takes about 60s on google to find a decryption tool for cf. It also complicates your

Re: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread John Paul Ashenfelter
On 12/29/05, Adrian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd counter that by saying that you could point out to the customer that they are getting a good deal. Tell them in as many ways as you can think of! Showing the full price on the invoice with a discount makes them feel all glowy inside :O)

Re: cfx_pdf installation help

2005-12-29 Thread Bryan Stevenson
Because for some reason, I can't get CFDocument to render an image to PDF over a secure connection. Works just fine with http, but not https. Don't know exactly what it is, and I stopped looking/caring once I got cfx_pdf installed in our test environment. Well you still have access to iText

RE: Protecting Code

2005-12-29 Thread Adrian Lynch
What about obfuscation? Anyone done that, pros, cons? Ade -Original Message- From: John Paul Ashenfelter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 December 2005 16:37 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Protecting Code On 12/29/05, Jennifer Gavin-Wear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm .. that's a thought ..

Re: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Robert Munn
I'll second X-Mail, although setting it up isn't a matter of cliking Run|Next|Next|Finish. It does just about everything you could want, but there is a bit of a learning curve before you can create a base configuration. I would still recommend it, though. The only thing it doesn't do is IMAP,

Re: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Bryan Stevenson
I just checked out the specifics on the Action Pack...found out it is only for internal use and cannot be used commercially. So what would be the point... Rick Well consider what 10 installs of Windows would cost yathen ask that question again ;-) Commercially means not in a production

reading/writing MS Word

2005-12-29 Thread Robert Munn
I have been asked to repair an old CF application that relies on rtf templates to generate Word docs on the fly. The document flow is something like this. A person creates a Word doc and manually inserts a bunch of CF variables in the document, e.g. #f18#. Another person takes that document,

RE: Preaching about licensing Re: MS Action Pack

2005-12-29 Thread Snake
Well on this topic, Macromedia would not sell you any copy of CF prior to the current version. So if we had a client with a CF4 or 5 app that needed a new server, we have no choice but to use an existing license as MM wont sell us another one. Either that or you have to needlessly upgrade all

RE: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Snake
To kit out your office for £200 :-) If you’re a development company anyway. -Original Message- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 December 2005 16:41 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: free mail server preferences I just checked out the specifics on the Action Pack...found

RE: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Rick Faircloth
Hmmm...looks kinda scary in the docs...I'm one of those Plug-n-play MS kinda guys...too many manual installation and configuration steps leads to problems... Am I missing the forest for the trees? Rick -Original Message- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday,

Re: Preaching about licensing Re: MS Action Pack

2005-12-29 Thread Bryan Stevenson
A lot of folks weren't worried about sharing music online. Take a look at how folks fighting RIAA lawsuits have faired (not well). Me, I listen to internet radio instead :) Move to Canada where it's legal ;-) Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems

RE: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Adrian Lynch
Oh crapola! Work: £100,000,000 Because it's you discount: £99,000,000 Because you're the bestest: £999,999 Total: £1 :OD -Original Message- From: John Paul Ashenfelter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 December 2005

RE: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Rick Faircloth
I guess it depends on your workflow...I'm a one-man shop, one server...used to develop on my workstation, now I just use development domains on the production server for development and testing...saves time and doesn't require installing CF, et al on my workstation. I use MySQL exclusively, so

RE: HELP! CFID Not Maintained

2005-12-29 Thread Gaulin, Mark
Just so you know, CFID is not unique by itself... you need CFTOKEN too to have a truly unique id. Check you cfapplication tag to make sure you've for settings for cookies in there. If not, you'll end up with new id token values on each hit. Dump your cookies scope *before* the cfapplication

RE: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Kevin Aebig
LOL... o my... !K -Original Message- From: John Paul Ashenfelter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 29, 2005 10:45 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: A Contractor or Two On 12/29/05, Adrian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd counter that by saying that you could point out to the

Re: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Robert Munn
You are right on. There are a bunch of bunch of manual configuration steps to deal with, but in all fairness there are tools that automate most of it. I would be happy to send you my working baseline configuration files if you want to try it. Once you get the baseline configuration running,

Re: reading/writing MS Word

2005-12-29 Thread Owner, Three Ravens Consulting
I tried using it for excel, but to was too processor intensive. I would try to create spreadsheets with 20k records and it would time out before completeing. Even if I set the application to run it's course, it would never complete...even housr later. It is a promising set of java classes,

Re: cfx_pdf installation help

2005-12-29 Thread Owner, Three Ravens Consulting
You might have to unjar the file first. Iam not sure about java based tags, but that is something you have to do when adding classes... Eric On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:26:36 -0500 Matt Osbun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running into a frustrating problem with the cfx_pdf tag. Easel2

RE: reading/writing MS Word

2005-12-29 Thread Adrian Lynch
Surely it had to be your code or the set-up rather than POI taking hours to complete? Ade -Original Message- From: Owner, Three Ravens Consulting [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 December 2005 17:17 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: reading/writing MS Word I tried using it for excel, but to

RE: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Rick Faircloth
Thanks, Rob, but I think at this point I'd be better off paying $88 for a full, easy to install and configure email server and be able to spend time on developing sites. I just got an email from a client wondering how much longer it was going to take to get their site done...clients... always

Re: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Aaron Rouse
Well the best sales person is the one who makes each customer think they are getting a deal better than anyone else could get there. I charge different clients different rates but do not charge different rates for types of work on the same project. On 12/29/05, Adrian Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Preaching about licensing Re: MS Action Pack

2005-12-29 Thread Dave Watts
Well on this topic, Macromedia would not sell you any copy of CF prior to the current version. So if we had a client with a CF4 or 5 app that needed a new server, we have no choice but to use an existing license as MM wont sell us another one. Either that or you have to needlessly upgrade

Re: Preaching about licensing Re: MS Action Pack

2005-12-29 Thread Aaron Rouse
It happens in very large companies all the time. I'd hate to know how much is spent here just in trying to track what software packages are loaded onto computers. All sorts of big brother packages are running to scan peoples machines and log the information and I would still bet anything that

RE: Preaching about licensing Re: MS Action Pack

2005-12-29 Thread Snake
We don't buy direct from MM, so we never had a sales rep. I just had to call and ask them about this as several suppiers had said the same thing, and they blatently refused and said tuff sh*it basically and the sales rep also agreed that you would have to just use an existing license if you still

RE: HELP! CFID Not Maintained

2005-12-29 Thread Burns, John D
Are you somehow clearing sessions? Or do you perhaps have multiple cfapplication tags maybe naming each application differently? As a last guess, you're not setting a variable called CFID yourself are you? John Burns Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer Wyle Laboratories, Inc. | Web

RE: free mail server preferences

2005-12-29 Thread Jim Davis
-Original Message- From: John Paul Ashenfelter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 December 2005 01:27 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: free mail server preferences On 12/28/05, Snake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Might I suggest a subscription to the Microsoft Action Pack. It only costs

Re: reading/writing MS Word

2005-12-29 Thread Robert Munn
OK, I just half-solved this question myself, but I wanted to get opinions on my solution. Instead of saving the document as rtf, I saved the document as XML, which created a very faithful (if somewhat piggish) WordML version of my document. I then read the document using cffile and used string

Re: Running a DTS package with CF

2005-12-29 Thread Mickael Elmalem
Thanks for the info that works great. I just need to figure out, as Bryan said why it runs as per the schedule most times but does not at others. Mike ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support

Fun jrun error

2005-12-29 Thread Figy, Kam
Anyone ever see a error from CF 6.1 like this? --- begin source --- P B P B P B P B P B P B P B P B P B P B P B P B P B P ./B --- end source --- I think I tracked it down to a jsp file it was trying to run to generate images based on a font, but its still vaguely disturbing that it got itself

Re: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Ali Awan
I loved reading Bryan’s post, about the grocery store analogy. I’ve tried to dip my foot in the pool of freelancing, and I’ve turned down a lot for the same reasons. Oh we just want to give this a try for a couple of months (without pay), and if it works out….. Yeah, hopefully the

Re: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Tim Claremont
You could modify the Dilbert cartoon from a few weeks ago and just say that the discount will be between 1 and two million dollars. It'll be a lot closer to the 'one dollar' than the 'two million' dollars, but it will definately be between those two numbers!

Re: Fun jrun error

2005-12-29 Thread Tim Claremont
Definately a Peanut Butter error. ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for

Re: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Les Mizzell
When I 1st started contracting I had a hard time saying my rate out load Yea, same here. But, I'm almost too busy now, so maybe it's time to raise rates a little bit. I don't back down on them for anybody. I now do most jobs in phases: 1. Meet with client and work out site map and site

Re: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Tim Claremont
The customer will do whatever you ALLOW them to do. It is the same old adage... People get treated the way they ALLOW themselves to be treated. A client who wants to circumvent a sound business practice is not a client that can be considered a good investment of your time.

Re: reading/writing MS Word

2005-12-29 Thread Owner, Three Ravens Consulting
Nope...i am not the onlyone that has this problem apparently. It was a pretty simple set up that produced the initial workbook, then looped through each of the worksheets. it created a summarry sheet that had aliasting of student names and a few other items of data and the name were links

RE: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Michael E. Carluen
Les, interesting point on progress payments. I'm curious as to how and how many enforce billing based on progress ie 1/3 work done, 33.3% of job billed/paid. Thanks, Michael -Original Message- From: Les Mizzell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 10:09 AM

Re: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Aaron Rouse
I used to do this, did it in 1/4s or 1/3s depending on the jobs. However at some point in the past couple of years I have switched to strictly hourly rates. I think once I started getting so busy, one of my clients is essentially a full time job at around 40 hours per week, is when I switched to

RE: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Adkins, Randy
I am considering going to a strict hourly basis. Right now most of what I do is project based fee. I usually do like what was mentioned previously, 1. Meet with client and discuss all requirements. 2. establish contract and get signatures. 3. request 25% of contract cost prior to any development

Re: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Bryan Stevenson
Glad to shed some lightbest of luck ;-) Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.electricedgesystems.com

Re: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Bryan Stevenson
and further to what Lez has said Some folks think it's harsh to use such strict change control. I say no way. Clients end up appreciateing it because everything is so detailed they aren't left with any grey areasthey aren't left guessing what the outcome may be...it's right there in

Re: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Matt Robertson
On 12/29/05, Michael E. Carluen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Les, interesting point on progress payments. I'm curious as to how and how many enforce billing based on progress ie 1/3 work done, 33.3% of job billed/paid. I sidestep this issue with weekly billings. Each billing includes a

Re: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Bryan Stevenson
The customer will do whatever you ALLOW them to do. It is the same old adage... People get treated the way they ALLOW themselves to be treated. A client who wants to circumvent a sound business practice is not a client that can be considered a good investment of your time. Well said...if

RE: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Cornillon, Matthieu \(Consultant\)
All, I don't have much more to add, except for some reinforcement of already stated ideas. My mother and step-father have been running very successful engineering consulting firms out of their house for years, and their advice to me has echoed what the folks on this list have said: 1) Never

Re: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Les Mizzell
Michael E. Carluen wrote: Les, interesting point on progress payments. I'm curious as to how and how many enforce billing based on progress ie 1/3 work done, 33.3% of job billed/paid. It can vary a little per client, but unless it's somebody I know and love and do continual work with, I

Re: A Contractor or Two

2005-12-29 Thread Les Mizzell
I sidestep this issue with weekly billings. Each billing includes a shorthand, day-by-day di this today list. Now there's a thought. Keeps your cash flow a little more regular too... ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase

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2005-12-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please ignore. Sorry. :) I'm having trouble getting email from this list and I'd like to see if this is just a lull in the convo or something worse (This is what I suspect). mail2web - Check your email from the web at

Re: reading/writing MS Word

2005-12-29 Thread Dave Ross
I've used HWPF (part of POI) to extract content from word docs... I'm not sure how robust the library is for generating word docs though. I'm interested why you wer unable to gen large worksheets with POI though... I've had a few people tell me they gen sheets in excess of 100k rows with MX +

writing/reading calendar data to/from MS Exchange

2005-12-29 Thread Chris Gottshall
Hi all, I'm in the planning stage of a web-based calendar that will store its event data in a MS Exchange calendar. I haven't really looked much into the problem of reading/writing data with CF and Exchange, but I know it is something that I am going to need to do in the very near future.

RE: writing/reading calendar data to/from MS Exchange

2005-12-29 Thread Burns, John D
I'm not sure what it would take now, but thought you may be interested in the recent topic questions by Ben Forta: http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2005/12/9/ColdFusion-Exchange-Integr ation I would assume that the way to do it now would be via LDAP or a CFX of some sort. John Burns

Re: cfxml/cffile character set?

2005-12-29 Thread Anthony Prato
Thanks that worked... I found another easy way too after reading here how to change the default: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=ColdFusion_Documentationfile=1207.htm Just go into the administrator and check out settings

RE: writing/reading calendar data to/from MS Exchange

2005-12-29 Thread Dawson, Michael
I use ASP on the Exchange server to read data from Exchange calendars. The ASP page pulls the calendar information, then places it in a SQL database. The Exchange integration is not very fast, hence the SQL database for faster retrieval. We use Outlook as the interface to maintain the calendars.

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