packet, you probably don't need WDDX (unless the commands return WDDX).
You should be building an XML packet in the formated by the software,
putting it into a string with toString(), and passing it via SOAP or a
CFHTTP POST or GET... then parsing the response as is appropriate.
~Simon
Simon Horwith
CTO, eTRILOGY ltd.
Member of Team Macromedia
Macromedia Certified Master Instructor
Blog - http://www.horwith.com
John Stanley wrote:
>What I am supposed to be doing is interacting with a software suite located
>on our network that listens from a specific port and can accept XML
>commands.
>
>So I would think my steps would be:
> 1. Build an xml document
> 2. Make a call to the ip:port with the xml
> 3. Get a response.
> 4. Rinse and repeat as necessary.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Simon Horwith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 2:04 PM
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: Re: XML and WDDX
>
>
>if you're outputting valid XML on a page then you're already
>"transmitting XML". To see the XML as an XML object using CFHTTP, get
>the page contents using CFHTTP and then xmlParse the cfhttp.filecontents
>variable. WDDX has nothing to do with it, unless what you're trying to
>represent with XML is raw data and you want to represent it as WDDX. In
>that case you should be outputting the results of a CFWDDX tag call
>(action="" and the page that makes an HTTP request to it
>should be doing a CFWDDX action="" on it's cfhttp.filecontents.
>
>~Simon
>
>Simon Horwith
>CTO, eTRILOGY ltd.
>Member of Team Macromedia
>Macromedia Certified Master Instructor
>Blog - http://www.horwith.com
>
>
>John Stanley wrote:
>
>
>
>>All,
>>I have a feeling this is a blindingly easy process, but am
>>drawing a blank. Does anyone have a link to an example on how to transmit
>>XML via HTTP? I have no problem generating the XML document, or using the
>>CFHTTP method. But am not sure as to whether I need to be using CFHTTP or
>>WDDX. Thanks in advance.
>>
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