On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Peyton Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Howard, if I were to sent the office manager a link to the PDF instead of > attaching the PDF to his email, how would I do that? Now that I am writing > the PDFs to a directory outside the web root, how could a link reach that > directory? And if I continue to place the PDFs in a subdirectory of the web > root, how could I secure it? > What I would do is not generate the PDF until requested. That is, email the user a link to a CFM page that compiles the PDF from db and returns it to the user. Alternately if there is a business requirement that the PDF actually exist on disk, put it a place outside the webroot and use the cfcontent tag to serve it up via the link in the email. -- Howard Fore, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don't push it." - Jeff Atwood ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
