You could also use cfthread. Spawn the execution off into another
thread, then use the cfthread join action to make current processing
wait until the child thread is finished and rejoined. Put your logic
to check for file existence in the child thread where the execution of
the external app is. Th
> If you just add a timeout to your cfexecute, CF will wait and
> continue
> when the legacy program is ready.
Cool, yeah that looks like a good addition to this particular process.
Mary Jo
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>maybe use cfdirectory and look at 'dateLastModified' to wait for it to be
>2~5 old (so you know it has finished writing to it)
Well, not sure that has any benefit by itself versus just checking if the file
exists.
>I would make a retry loop, say 5 times with a sleep in between
>and break out
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 1:03 AM, Mary Jo Sminkey wrote:
> Basically I have situations where I need to wait for ColdFusion to finish
> creating a file before displaying it. The legacy code I'm working with using
> a cfexecute to run an executable file, and it uses this code snippet:
>
>
If you
maybe use cfdirectory and look at 'dateLastModified' to wait for it to be
2~5 old (so you know it has finished writing to it)
I would make a retry loop, say 5 times with a sleep in between
and break out if file found
On 30 May 2012 07:03, Mary Jo Sminkey wrote:
>
> I've run into this a number
I've run into this a number of times the last few months and couldn't find
anything in the archives that really seemed to address it. It's a common enough
issue that I'm sure people have dealt with it, and I'm curious what solutions
you might use.
Basically I have situations where I need to w
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