From what I've heard about the demo...I didn't think it had anything to do with the browser.  I think the text file got dropped to a folder, Java triggered an event that triggered a CFC function to parse the text file and insert into a db and then Ben manually went back and refreshed the page.  Basically, just to show that the CFC was fired and did what it was supposed to.

I could be wrong though..

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 11:02 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: blackstone talk at CFUN

What I was wondering is:

1) Was there a browser request pending for CF Template & the server event satisfied the request (Pull)
2) Was there an autorefresh in the page that made a server request every n seconds (Pull)
3) Did the server send an unsolicited page to an idle browser (Push)

I know how to do 1 and 2, but am hoping that Blackstone will support 3.

You would likely need to authorize the server to send unsolicited requests, to the browser(s).

But this opens up some interesting possibilities:

-- Real-time status monitoring
-- Efficient chats/whiteboards/collaboration
-- Streamers
-- Motion detectors & alarms

Maybe Ben will need to answer this.

TIA

On Jul 2, 2004, at 7:37 AM, Doug James wrote:

> If I remember correctly the gateway polled the directory and when the  
> file showed up it fired the appropriate event and the CF server
> responded.
>
>  Doug
>
>  Dick Applebaum wrote:
>
>  >On Jul 2, 2004, at 6:19 AM, Doug James wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >> - demonstrated a file drop gateway  >>    - produced a text file
> and placed it into a directory  >>    - the gateway produced the event  
> >>    - CF server responded and picked the file out of the directory
> and  >> displayed its contents on the web page automagically  >>  >>  
> >>  >  >Was this an unsolicited  push from a server to a client
> browser?
>  >
>  >TIA
>  >
>  >Dick
>  >
>  >"In times like these, it helps to recall that  >there have always
> been times like these."
>  >- Paul Harvey -
>  >
>  >
>  >
>
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