Isn't the event gateway only available in CF7? If it fits though, and this is the sort of thing it was meant for, then... sweet! :o)
Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) wrote: > Isn't this what the Event Gateway in ColdFusion could be used for? Either > the CFML or a combo of the CFML and Directory Watcher. > > > > > > > > > "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, > Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, > Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is > confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the > intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note > that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the > information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call > our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this > communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." > Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Jordan > To: CF-Talk > Sent: Thu Dec 21 17:04:02 2006 > Subject: Re: No, I'll call you... > > This probably isn't what you want either, but... > > You could have your report program write to a table when it's complete. > The record would consist of who needs to be notified, and the status of > their notification. Maybe the session ID or some session variable could > be stored. > > Then you could have a javascript function that you include at the top of > every page (like from the Application.cfm) that fires off an ajax call > to check this table for the presence of finished jobs that belong to the > current session or user or whatever. > > Does that sound feasible? > > Cheers, > Chris > > Brad Wood wrote: > >> Ok, so I am working on some very long reports and am peddling ideas... >> >> >> >> Here's the idea: The user runs a very long report, and the request will >> simply be placed in some sort of queue to be ran asynchronously. The >> user is told he/she will be notified when it is completed. >> >> Then the user surfs away to another portion of the site. Half an hour >> later when the report finishes, a message pops up on the users screen >> saying "Your report is finished, you may view the result now". >> >> >> >> My first thought was I could place a receiver JavaScript function in >> every page in the site, then make an Ajax call to run the report. When >> the Ajax call returned, it would fire the function and display/alert the >> message. >> >> >> >> Well, no dice on that. I tried it in IE and FF. IE actually leaves the >> TCP connections open until the call returns, but there is nothing >> listening to receive it. FF actually threw an unhappy error when I >> tried to navigate away while the call was going, and then it closed the >> TCP connection. >> >> >> >> I'm really afraid the correct answer to this is "The web is stateless. >> What you need is a client server app. Convert your entire site to Flex >> 2 Enterprise and use their sweet messaging services and all your woes >> will disappear" >> >> >> >> Now, as much as I would like to do that, that's not really an option >> right now. Any suggestions? >> >> >> >> ~Brad >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:264761 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
