Neil, That's pretty common nowadays. As I said I wasn't trying to say anything negative against BlueDragon. If you are at such a cross-roads and have the money for reinvestment then cutting over to another server might be exactly what you need to do.
rish -----Original Message----- From: Neil Middleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 10:14 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: .NET under CFMX No java investment yet, do Bluedragon .NET is still an option As you may have guessed we're at the Java/.NET crossroads. On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:02:21 -0500, Katz, Dov B (IT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just curious. Are there any java runtime .NET hosts? (which provides > api functionality to run .NET classes from inside a running Java app)? > More general than just for CF. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Guy Rish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 10:50 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: .NET under CFMX > > Neil, > > The product in question is Black Knight. > http://www.gestaltech.com/products/blackknight/blackknight_overview.cf > m > > Black Knight provides a .NET runtime host and an API that matches the > CFX API exactly. You write a CFX in any .NET language and call it > through a proxy. > > You could use BlueDragon but that would mean having to switch over to > another server and it would not allow you to run both Java and .NET > stuff - it's a one or the other option. Using Black Knight you can > leverage .NET with your current installation without giving up one for > the other. > I'm not bashing on BlueDragon in anyway mind you - I worked on the > product briefly for New Atlanta. It's a matter of needs. If you've a > Java investment and also need to use .NET then your options begin to > narrow a bit. > > rish > > ---------------------------------------------- > Guy Rish > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Gestaltech, Inc. > be more... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Middleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:06 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: .NET under CFMX > > Any links for the CFX interface? > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:40:13 +0000, JediHomer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Depends on the Application i suppose. > > > > For a while, one one of the sites we run, because there were > > sections of code that didnt need access to session information or > > Application information (except Datasource which we hardcoded) our > > site ran CF and > > > ASP.NET in tandem. > > > > It depends on how you want to use dot net.... Matt Liotta and his > > company write a CFX interface for dot net so you could access > > components that way. > > > > If a component is written with COM in mind it possible to create COM > > objects which CF may be able to talk to... > > > > HTH > > > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:45:20 +0000, Neil Middleton > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am trying to find out about using .NET components underneath a > > > Coldfusion front end. > > > > > > Reason I say this is that a large number of our clients are > > > pushing for .NET applications, but we currently have a large group > > > of legacy > > > > CF based applications and all of our in-house expertise is also CF. > > > > > > So, the question is, can .NET be used from CF in much the same way > > > as Java can? Can we write some parts of our application .NET > > > without having to move entirely across? Do we need something like > > > Bluedragon or would CFMX on Windows with the .NET framework suffice? > > > Are there any other considerations I might have missed? > > > > > > -- > > > Neil > > > http://theservicefactory.blogspot.com > > > > > > Get Firefox - http://www.getfirefox.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware: 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 free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:191205 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
