Alert component

2008-02-08 Thread Don L
Hi, I did some quick research for an Alert component/function to no avail. Here's the problem/objective statement. Say, my schedule data is stored in a db table, I would like to be alerted 30 minutes or 45 minutes or whatever you name it before the the event and also let's assume I'm at my

Re: Alert component

2008-02-08 Thread s. isaac dealey
I'm fond of the notion of a .swf to handle this sort of thing myself. You might have to use the Eolas workaround hack for right now to make it work properly in IE although I heard that's supposed to end soon. I say swf because it seems like you might be able to get the functionality irrespective

Re: Alert component

2008-02-08 Thread Josh Nathanson
. -- Josh - Original Message - From: Don L [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 1:53 PM Subject: Alert component Hi, I did some quick research for an Alert component/function to no avail. Here's the problem/objective statement. Say

RE: Alert component

2008-02-08 Thread Will Swain
To: CF-Talk Subject: Alert component Hi, I did some quick research for an Alert component/function to no avail. Here's the problem/objective statement. Say, my schedule data is stored in a db table, I would like to be alerted 30 minutes or 45 minutes or whatever you name it before the the event

RE: Alert component

2008-02-08 Thread Brad Wood
, this is nothing I've done, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. ~Brad -Original Message- From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 5:27 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Alert component Someone else might be able to shed more light, but is this something you could

Re: Alert component

2008-02-08 Thread Don L
Thank you, Josh, isaac and Will, Yeah, javascript approach would be more efficient performance-wise, and yet as issac so elegantly put it, Flash or Flex or Air as Will pointed out, would be more appealing. My limited experience with Flex suggests that its loading is just too slow or because