Check the developer's gallery at Allaire for a tag called CFX_HTTP. It'll do the job
and won't hang.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: W Luke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 3:44 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Fileexists
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to check if a remote file exists on a server. At the
> moment I'm just
> using <cfhttp as follows:
>
> <Cfhttp throwonerror="Yes" method="get"
> url="http://193.237.194.136/online.gif" name="getfile" port="80"
> timeout="10">
>
> Inside a <Cftry>. But if it can't connect to the server, it just hangs -
> any ideas anyone?
>
> Thanks
>
> Will
>
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