Restrict the user from editing the excel sheet exported using cfcontent tag.
Dear Friends, Is there anyway we can restrict the user from editing the excel sheet exported using cfcontent tag. Your time help is really appreciated. ThanksRegards, Sathya ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:358740 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Restrict the user from editing the excel sheet exported using cfcontent tag.
Sathya - I'm no expert on CFContent but you might be able to extend the concept presented in http://www.bennadel.com/blog/461-creating-microsoft-excel-documents-with-coldfusion-and-xml.htm which uses a CFSaveContent to create an XML definition of a spreadsheet and then CFContent to save the file. Digging further, there is also CFSpreadSheet and in http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/CFMLRef/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cbec17cba-7f87.html there is a password parameter.which, Set a password for modifying the sheet. Hope this helps. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some smelting to find it. On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 2:42 AM, Sathyanarayanan Ramanathan sathya0...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, Is there anyway we can restrict the user from editing the excel sheet exported using cfcontent tag. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:358741 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Restrict the user from editing the excel sheet exported using cfcontent tag.
Keep in mind that setting a file level password is going to be the lowest form of security. it will be easy for even a casually determined user to crack. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 15, 2014, at 8:03 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey chumph...@gmail.com wrote: Sathya - I'm no expert on CFContent but you might be able to extend the concept presented in http://www.bennadel.com/blog/461-creating-microsoft-excel-documents-with-coldfusion-and-xml.htm which uses a CFSaveContent to create an XML definition of a spreadsheet and then CFContent to save the file. Digging further, there is also CFSpreadSheet and in http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/CFMLRef/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cbec17cba-7f87.html there is a password parameter.which, Set a password for modifying the sheet. Hope this helps. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some smelting to find it. On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 2:42 AM, Sathyanarayanan Ramanathan sathya0...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, Is there anyway we can restrict the user from editing the excel sheet exported using cfcontent tag. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:358742 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
No directory deletion after cfcontent
I am on CF9. I am making a temp folder and putting pdfs in it. Then I do a
merge.
Afterwards, I do a CFContent to view the pdf. Then I do a cfdirectory, get a
list of the Directories and delete any directories over an hour old. This is
not working.
If I comment out the cfcontent, it works fine and all is well. Put the
cfcontent back in and my directories are left. Some of these directories are
days old, so there is no active/open content in them. To assure this, I still
create the directories for the pdfs to merge, but I output it and view it in
the parent directory, so deleting these directories should be simple.
If I move the directory deletion BEFORE the cfcontet tag, then it deletes them
fine, but that's not where I need them to be.
So here's the code, but there is a directory created with a unique name (e.g.
Z-13221-503881377293800337) before this and stuffed with pdfs.
CFCONTENT type=application/pdf file=#view_file# deletefile=yes!---
---
!--- delete currently used dir ---
cfdirectory action=delete directory=#output_path# recurse=yes
cfdirectory action=list name=pdf_dir_listing directory=#directory_path#
after 1 folder deletebr
cfdump var=#pdf_dir_listing#
cfloop query=pdf_dir_listing
cfset the_mod_date = ParseDateTime(datelastmodified)
cfif DateDiff('n',the_mod_date,now()) gt 60 !--- more than 1 hr old ---
cfif DirectoryExists(tmp_path)
cfdirectory action=delete directory=#tmp_path# recurse=yes
/cfif
/cfif
/cfloop
after many folder deletebr
cfdirectory action=list name=pdf_dir_listing
directory=#directory_path# cfdump var=#pdf_dir_listing#
The paths are fine because this works without the cfcontent.
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Re: No directory deletion after cfcontent
I believe cfcontent effectively issues an abort after execution (at least the CF10 docs say so, not sure about CF9), so any code that follows the cfcontent is not executed. You might be better off setting up a recurring scheduled task to do your directory cleanup. HTH, -Carl V. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:356555 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: No directory deletion after cfcontent
Why not just create a scheduled task to delete your old folders then you
won't have the issue
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On 23 Aug 2013 23:51, daniel kessler dani...@umd.edu wrote:
I am on CF9. I am making a temp folder and putting pdfs in it. Then I do
a merge.
Afterwards, I do a CFContent to view the pdf. Then I do a cfdirectory,
get a list of the Directories and delete any directories over an hour old.
This is not working.
If I comment out the cfcontent, it works fine and all is well. Put the
cfcontent back in and my directories are left. Some of these directories
are days old, so there is no active/open content in them. To assure this,
I still create the directories for the pdfs to merge, but I output it and
view it in the parent directory, so deleting these directories should be
simple.
If I move the directory deletion BEFORE the cfcontet tag, then it deletes
them fine, but that's not where I need them to be.
So here's the code, but there is a directory created with a unique name
(e.g. Z-13221-503881377293800337) before this and stuffed with pdfs.
CFCONTENT type=application/pdf file=#view_file#
deletefile=yes!--- ---
!--- delete currently used dir ---
cfdirectory action=delete directory=#output_path# recurse=yes
cfdirectory action=list name=pdf_dir_listing
directory=#directory_path#
after 1 folder deletebr
cfdump var=#pdf_dir_listing#
cfloop query=pdf_dir_listing
cfset the_mod_date = ParseDateTime(datelastmodified)
cfif DateDiff('n',the_mod_date,now()) gt 60 !--- more than 1 hr old
---
cfif DirectoryExists(tmp_path)
cfdirectory action=delete directory=#tmp_path#
recurse=yes
/cfif
/cfif
/cfloop
after many folder deletebr
cfdirectory action=list name=pdf_dir_listing
directory=#directory_path# cfdump var=#pdf_dir_listing#
The paths are fine because this works without the cfcontent.
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Re: trouble with cfheader/cfcontent
I'm attempting to use cfheader/cfcontent to allow our users to download files and programs from our site. With *.exe files it is copying the file name correctly but the size does not match to the original file size. For example, the site has a file named WG.exe with a size of 1587KB, but it downloads as users/Randy/WG.exe with a size of 11kb. The code needs to work for all types of files. Here is the code: cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=#fName# / cfcontent type=application/unknown I don't see where you're actually serving the file itself: cfcontent file=... Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:356017 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
trouble with cfheader/cfcontent
I'm attempting to use cfheader/cfcontent to allow our users to download files and programs from our site. With *.exe files it is copying the file name correctly but the size does not match to the original file size. For example, the site has a file named WG.exe with a size of 1587KB, but it downloads as users/Randy/WG.exe with a size of 11kb. The code needs to work for all types of files. Here is the code: cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=#fName# / cfcontent type=application/unknown ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:355991 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: trouble with cfheader/cfcontent
Randy, This is more than likely your web server restricting the downloading of .exe files and not ColdFusion. Check with your server config. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Randy Robinson rlrobin...@sartellgroup.com wrote: I'm attempting to use cfheader/cfcontent to allow our users to download files and programs from our site. With *.exe files it is copying the file name correctly but the size does not match to the original file size. For example, the site has a file named WG.exe with a size of 1587KB, but it downloads as users/Randy/WG.exe with a size of 11kb. The code needs to work for all types of files. Here is the code: cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=#fName# / cfcontent type=application/unknown ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:355992 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Creating DOC file with image using CFCONTENT
I am trying to create a word document with images. I have all the of the HTML in a cfsavecontent, then I use that variable to write the document, then open it with cfcontent. I have done this successfully in the past but now I have a document with an image. How can I get it to use an image from a img tag? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:355270 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent changing name of file
On 30 Dec 2012 at 1:05, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Claude_Schn=E9 wrote: Hi Claude The attachment option forces a download without viewing, I want the user to be able to view the document and then save it if they choose. So far there are two options that I can use in the serving page classroom.cfm: cfheader name=Content-disposition value=inline;filename=#handout# / cfcontent type=application/pdf file=#handoutfile# deleteFile = no / This works great for viewing the file, but the name of the file is classroom.pdf since there is multiple handouts the user is likely to overwrite previously saved files cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment;filename=#handout# cfcontent type = application/pdf file=#handoutFile# DELETEFILE=no / This works great for forcing the download with a changed name but doesn't have the view option. Seems the simplest route is to create two links. View Handout and Download Handout Thanks Rob You need two tags: one to set the file name, one to send return the document cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=myFile.pdf cfcontent type = application/pdf file=#handoutFile# DELETEFILE=no RESET=yes ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353718 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent changing name of file
cfheader name=Content-disposition value=inline;filename=#handout# / cfcontent type=application/pdf file=#handoutfile# deleteFile = no / This works great for viewing the file, but the name of the file is classroom.pdf since there is multiple handouts the user is likely to overwrite previously saved files Well, if the file name is classroom.pdf, it must be because you have handout set to classroom.pdf, no? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353719 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent changing name of file
Hi Claude No classroom.cfm is the file that serves up the handouts. person clicks on a link: classroom.cfm?handout=session1.pdf classroom.cfm has cfheader name=Content-disposition value=inline;filename=#handout# / cfcontent type=application/pdf file=#handoutfile# deleteFile = no / handoutfile is the full path and file name This displays the file fine in the browser, but attempts to save it using the browser pdf save function will try to save it as classroom.pdf Interesting I just discovered that if I use the browsers save file it is saving it as session1.pdf My issue is with the browser's pdf reader save function. This is true for firefox and safari Rob On 30 Dec 2012 at 8:55, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Claude_Schn=E9 wrote: cfheader name=Content-disposition value=inline;filename=#handout# / cfcontent type=application/pdf file=#handoutfile# deleteFile = no / This works great for viewing the file, but the name of the file is classroom.pdf since there is multiple handouts the user is likely to overwrite previously saved files Well, if the file name is classroom.pdf, it must be because you have handout set to classroom.pdf, no? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353720 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent changing name of file
Well, I see. Then it definitely looks like a Firefox issue. Have you try with Explorer? I don't see what you can do from CF. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353722 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent changing name of file
Hi Claude It appears on all browsers. i think the issue is in the adobe pdf reader, not picking up the file name. it seems to fall under the rubric. Just when I thought I had idiot proofed the system they invented a more advanced idiot. My solution for now, or what I am prepared to put time into is to create a view link and a download link. Thanks Rob On 30 Dec 2012 at 11:18, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Claude_Schn=E9 wrote: Well, I see. Then it definitely looks like a Firefox issue. Have you try with Explorer? I don't see what you can do from CF. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353723 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
cfcontent changing name of file
Hi Folks I have a webpage called classroom.cfm It serves up a series of pdf handouts using cfcontent type = application/pdf file=#handoutFile# deleteFile = no handoutFile is the absolute path #handout# to a non web part of the server where the handouts are . Works fine except when someone wants to save the file to their computer the file is called classroom.pdf Is there a way to change the file name to #handout#. I have tried cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=filename=#handout# which doesn't work cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=#handout# works but it forces the saving of the file i want the person to be able to read the file and then save it if they want. Thanks Rob ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353712 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent changing name of file
try this. http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?640127-changing-filename-of-download-in-cfcontent On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 1:50 AM, Rob Voyle robvo...@voyle.com wrote: Hi Folks I have a webpage called classroom.cfm It serves up a series of pdf handouts using cfcontent type = application/pdf file=#handoutFile# deleteFile = no handoutFile is the absolute path #handout# to a non web part of the server where the handouts are . Works fine except when someone wants to save the file to their computer the file is called classroom.pdf Is there a way to change the file name to #handout#. I have tried cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=filename=#handout# which doesn't work cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=#handout# works but it forces the saving of the file i want the person to be able to read the file and then save it if they want. Thanks Rob ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353713 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent changing name of file
Hi Russ creating objects is beyond my expertise and I couldn't get the sitepoint idea to work. Kept getting an object error. However my suspicion is that it wouldn't solve my problem. cfheader name=Content-disposition value=attachment;filename=#downloadFile# / forces the browser to save the file not view the file. I want people to first view it and then save it if they want. Rob On 30 Dec 2012 at 2:34, Russ Michaels wrote: try this. http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?640127-changing-filen ame-of-download-in-cfcontent ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353714 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent changing name of file
Rob, The following should work: cfheader name=Content-disposition value=inline;filename=#downloadFile# / -Dan On Saturday, December 29, 2012, Rob Voyle wrote: Hi Russ creating objects is beyond my expertise and I couldn't get the sitepoint idea to work. Kept getting an object error. However my suspicion is that it wouldn't solve my problem. cfheader name=Content-disposition value=attachment;filename=#downloadFile# / forces the browser to save the file not view the file. I want people to first view it and then save it if they want. Rob On 30 Dec 2012 at 2:34, Russ Michaels wrote: try this. http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?640127-changing-filen ame-of-download-in-cfcontent ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353715 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent changing name of file
Hi Dan That doesn't work It opens the pdf fine: the url in the browser says www.host.com/webinars/classroom.cfm?handout=ai-session1.pdf and if I try to save the pdf file the file name is: classroom.pdf What I would like to do is save it as: ai-session1.pdf Rob On 29 Dec 2012 at 23:45, Dan G. Switzer, II wrote: Rob, The following should work: cfheader name=Content-disposition value=inline;filename=#downloadFile# / -Dan ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353716 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent changing name of file
You need two tags: one to set the file name, one to send return the document cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=myFile.pdf cfcontent type = application/pdf file=#handoutFile# DELETEFILE=no RESET=yes ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353717 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
CFCONTENT ClientAbortException: java.net.SocketException w/ CF10
We upgraded to CF10 over the weekend and now we are getting errors on large cfontent file downnloads. The users say the download finishes fine for them and they do not see any errors. Error Message: The cause of this output exception was that: ClientAbortException: java.net.SocketException: Connection reset by peer: socket write error. Any ideas? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353241 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
CFCONTENT does not reset
Hi, I came across a problem with CFCONTENT. Even if the attribute RESET=yes is used, the content which was previously set by cfhtmlhead is not reset. Ex 1: cfhtmlhead text = 'This is in the head section' cfcontent type=text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 RESET=yes This shouldn't have the head section. /cfcontent Ex 2: headThis is in the head section/head cfcontent type=text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 RESET=yes This shouldn't have the head section. /cfcontent In Ex 1, the text This is in the head section still appears in the page. In the ex 2 it does not. Is this a bug, or an undocumented feature ? Anyway, is there some way I could clear what was previously set with cfhtmlhead ? Thanks. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:352058 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFCONTENT does not reset
I came across a problem with CFCONTENT. Even if the attribute RESET=yes is used, the content which was previously set by cfhtmlhead is not reset. Ex 1: cfhtmlhead text = 'This is in the head section' cfcontent type=text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 RESET=yes This shouldn't have the head section. /cfcontent Ex 2: headThis is in the head section/head cfcontent type=text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 RESET=yes This shouldn't have the head section. /cfcontent In Ex 1, the text This is in the head section still appears in the page. In the ex 2 it does not. Is this a bug, or an undocumented feature ? Anyway, is there some way I could clear what was previously set with cfhtmlhead ? I believe this is the expected behavior. Once you use any functionality that explicitly writes part of the response (CFHTMLHEAD, CFHEADER, etc) you can't use functionality that lets you manipulate the storage buffer (CFCONTENT, CFFLUSH). Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:352059 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFCONTENT does not reset
Once you use any functionality that explicitly writes part of the response (CFHTMLHEAD, CFHEADER, etc) you can't use functionality that lets you manipulate the storage buffer (CFCONTENT, CFFLUSH). Not so sure about this. I've noticed that the effect of CFHTMLHEAD is to find the HEAD.../HEAD pair in the output at the end of the output creation and simply insert the text right before the /HEAD tag. If no HEAD tag is found, the text will be added at the beging of the output buffer. You may use HEAD.../HEAD after CFHTMLHEAD, even as the last line in your template, and text added by CFHTMLHEAD will still be inserted inside the HEAD.../HEAD pair which proves that the action is performed at time the output buffer is sent and not at the moment CFHTMLHEAD is executed. My understanding is that the RESET action is executed first, then the CFHTMLHEAD action. This last operation shoud be canceled by the RESET and it is not. IMHO it is definitely a bug. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:352062 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFCONTENT does not reset
Once you use any functionality that explicitly writes part of the response (CFHTMLHEAD, CFHEADER, etc) you can't use functionality that lets you manipulate the storage buffer (CFCONTENT, CFFLUSH). I think it is actually the opposite: Once you have used CFCONTENT, CFFLUSH, you cannot use any functionality that explicitly writes part of the response (CFHTMLHEAD, CFHEADER, etc), simply because the output buffer is already gone. Look at the docs for CFHTMLHEAD: If you use this tag after the cfflush tag on a page, an error is thrown. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:352063 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
File download speed disparity via CFContent
I could use some brainstorming help please to sort out this issue. A disclaimer is I'm attempting to get our sys admins to hook up the apache sendfile into iis 6.x, however the timeline might not help me here. We have two racks with a CF 8.x app server, file server, db server. They all run on win2k3 server. We have a requirement to use secure downloads off our file structure, based on cascading permissions. Both pages are currently using CFContent to send the user the file. The app servers under equal load conditions, going through the same router to an OC-3, are having a large disparity on file transfer times. One server is transferring around 1.5MB/sec, the other around 35KB/sec. The interesting thing is a direct download of a file on the slower server pushes through at 1.3MB/sec. As of a couple days ago, both app servers are completely in line configuration wise. This made no change to the speeds (slower one was a minor version nbr lower on JVM). Any thoughts? I'm pulling my hair out here. Thx. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350223 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Difference between cfcontent and cfheader in terms its usage?
as the names suggest, cfheader is for creating HTTP response headers and cfcontent is for sending mime encoded content (generally that of a file). cfcontent can set the mime content header but it's the only header it sets. http://cfdocs.org/cfheader http://cfdocs.org/cfcontent .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com http://cf4em.com -Original Message- From: Jay Pandya [mailto:jaypandy...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 2:01 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Difference between cfcontent and cfheader in terms its usage? Difference between cfcontent and cfheader in terms its usage? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349923 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Difference between cfcontent and cfheader in terms its usage?
Difference between cfcontent and cfheader in terms its usage? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349907 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Difference between cfcontent and cfheader in terms its usage?
Difference between cfcontent and cfheader in terms its usage? Generally, cfcontent is used to serve up a file from the server through ColdFusion (could be a generated PDF document, tracking image, or any other file you want to have ColdFusion serve up for you through the code). You can also use cfcontent to specifically set the content-type header through the type attribute (usually in conjunction with a file to be sent with the file attribute). It can also be used to reset the output buffer as long as output hasn't been flushed back to the server yet. The cfheader tag is used to set specific response headers or status codes for the HTTP request. This can be used to set the status code and one or more response headers as needed. It's commonly used to set a Content-Disposition header in conjunction with the cfcontent tag when serving up a file to give the client a hint as to what filename it should use for the file being served. It can be used to set a Location header (which was common in conjunction with a 301 status code in earlier versions of ColdFusion, or in conjunction with setting a cookie way back before the cflocation tag was fixed in this regard). -Justin ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349908 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: jboss cfcontent variable xls file no lopnger working.
well this was an easy fix. in CfAdmin there is a setting under the Advanced Settings to Enable binary large object retrieval (BLOB). In my case, it was unchecked. On the New server instance. On Jan 30, 2012 7:13 PM, morchella morchella.delici...@gmail.com wrote: so we have our file data stored in a blob. upgrading from websphere cf7 to jboss. cf9 for some reason i cant for the life of me trouble shoot correctly. some/most xls are no longer downloading correctly. if i upload a simple xls it works. so does an xls. but existing binary data from a blob field is not consistently downloading. pdfs are all good. any idea how i can debug the issue? thanks guys -p ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349703 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
jboss cfcontent variable xls file no lopnger working.
so we have our file data stored in a blob. upgrading from websphere cf7 to jboss. cf9 for some reason i cant for the life of me trouble shoot correctly. some/most xls are no longer downloading correctly. if i upload a simple xls it works. so does an xls. but existing binary data from a blob field is not consistently downloading. pdfs are all good. any idea how i can debug the issue? thanks guys -p ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349678 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
cfcontent parent page issues
Has anyone come across this issue (IE8-same behavior in XP and Windows 7): - index.cfm page displays a table from a cfquery. The query is based on cfselect list allowing multiple entries in a cfform. Clicking submit on the form, correctly displays the table output below the form based on the select list parameters passed to the cfquery via form variable. - a hyperlink in the form (not a submit), target=_blank opens same index.cfm using saveas=excel url parameter via cfcontent to display table data to Excel instead of html. - When the user clicks the hyperlink, the page opens in Excel and displays data correctly. They then close the file (and window). - On parent page, user chooses other values in the select list, then clicks submit on the form. Result: debugging shows all the form variables are null and table data is not displayed correctly. List selections are ignored. As long as the hyperlink to Excel file is not selected, user chooses other values in the select list as many times as desired, clicks submit on the form and all form variables are populated -- no problems. The only time the form variables become null is if the page is opened in Excel in a _blank target window via CFContent and then the user closes the window and tries to change parameters in the select list on the previous page and clicks submit. I'm stuck. Dawn Sekel, TCLEOSE Webmaster Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education 6330 East Highway 290, Suite 200 Email: dawn.se...@tcleose.state.tx.us Website: http://www.tcleose.state.tx.us ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:348262 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Specifying Excel Data Types in CFCONTENT?
Thanks for the info, now that the project is not hold anymore, I will do this. I've used the POIUtility long ago, I'll check it out again. so I can't develop for 9 strictly yet. As an alternative, try the POIUtility.cfc. Like cfspreadsheet it generates a true Excel file. IIRC it should work on MX7 too. If you prefer to stick with pseudo-excel files (ie html) there are a lot of old css tricks floating around. Do a search on mso-number-format or just play around with a local Excel file. Format the cells as desired and save the workbook as html to view the generated css. http://stackoverflow. com/question s/354476/html-to-excel-how-can-tell-excel-to-treat-columns-as-numbers ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:346479 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Specifying Excel Data Types in CFCONTENT?
Thanks Azadi, I know there are some additional features for the recent versions. I am using CF9 on my Dev by still CF7 on Production, so I can't develop for 9 strictly yet. Thanks for your help no, there isn't. cfcontent basically just tells the browser which mime type the content being delivered is to help the browser figure out how to display it. if you are on a recent cf version, check out cfspreadsheet group of tags and related functions. Azadi On 28/06/2011 23:26 , Feras Nabulsi wrote: ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345927 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Specifying Excel Data Types in CFCONTENT?
so I can't develop for 9 strictly yet. As an alternative, try the POIUtility.cfc. Like cfspreadsheet it generates a true Excel file. IIRC it should work on MX7 too. If you prefer to stick with pseudo-excel files (ie html) there are a lot of old css tricks floating around. Do a search on mso-number-format or just play around with a local Excel file. Format the cells as desired and save the workbook as html to view the generated css. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/354476/html-to-excel-how-can-tell-excel-to-treat-columns-as-numbers ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345933 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Specifying Excel Data Types in CFCONTENT?
Hello, I am using CFContent to create an excel spreadsheet. The type of data is different, some are currency and some are integers, ...etc. Each of these fields once put into Excel should be specified in order to properly format the spreadsheet. Is there a way to specify a data type for each column in Excel when created using CFContent? Thank you ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345846 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Specifying Excel Data Types in CFCONTENT?
no, there isn't. cfcontent basically just tells the browser which mime type the content being delivered is to help the browser figure out how to display it. if you are on a recent cf version, check out cfspreadsheet group of tags and related functions. Azadi On 28/06/2011 23:26 , Feras Nabulsi wrote: Hello, I am using CFContent to create an excel spreadsheet. The type of data is different, some are currency and some are integers, ...etc. Each of these fields once put into Excel should be specified in order to properly format the spreadsheet. Is there a way to specify a data type for each column in Excel when created using CFContent? Thank you ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345884 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
CFCONTENT in the background?
How can I pass content to Cfdocument and have it create and save a Pdf in the background without opening the Pdf? I then want to use Cfpdf to append this Pdf to an existing Pdf. I sure hope this is possible. Terry ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345365 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFCONTENT in the background?
Use cfdocument not cfcontent. Documentation at: http://cfquickdocs.com/cf9/#cfdocument ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345366 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFCONTENT in the background?
Ah wait, sorry, didn't read the message properly. The answer is to use filename attribute of cfdocument - this saves the file on disk, and doesn't send it to the browser. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:345367 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent to serve PDF files hanging
Jason, I am experiencing a similar problem. Did you ever find out exactly what was causing yours? thanks, Stephen Thank you for the ideas. We are going to change the mime/type and also add some I/O logging to see if we can find a correlation there. Should we find the issue I will certainly post back. Thanks for the time! Jason ON the other hand... I would expect a mime/type problem to result in an error on the browser - not a hanging request, unless of the course the hanging is the browsers cycling through choices to figure out how to display the file. How may files are in the directory in question? Do you perhaps have an I/O problem? Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG (402) 408-3733 ext 105 Skype: markakruger www.cfwebtools.com www.coldfusionmuse.com www.necfug.com Good call I think Jake... The only think I could think of is use application/pdf for the Content-Type (that is technically the correct mime type). -Jake On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Jas ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344401 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Attribute validation error for tag cfcontent
Hello, I have a system by which countless times intermittently, the following error occurs only with the browser refresh (F5), restores. I wonder what can be wrong for this problem from occurring Error: Attribute validation error for tag cfcontent coldfusion.runtime.Array is not a supported variable type. The variable is expected to contain binary data. I use the CF8 on my systems and database SQL Server 2005 ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:343684 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Attribute validation error for tag cfcontent
I think we will need to see some code to help you with this. On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Paulo Roberto so.messen...@hotmail.comwrote: Hello, I have a system by which countless times intermittently, the following error occurs only with the browser refresh (F5), restores. I wonder what can be wrong for this problem from occurring Error: Attribute validation error for tag cfcontent coldfusion.runtime.Array is not a supported variable type. The variable is expected to contain binary data. I use the CF8 on my systems and database SQL Server 2005 ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:343685 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
CFContent and IE open/save
I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this issue. Use the following code to get files from the server for end users GetFile.cfm cfsilent cfset mimeType = getPageContext().getServletContext().getMimeType(folder filename) cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=Attachment; filename=#filename# cfheader name=Expires value=#Now()# cfheader name=Content-Length value=#fileInfo.size# cfcontent type=#mimeType# file=#folder##filename# deletefile=No It works fine however, I do not see the 'Always ask for this type of file' check box, it's missing. The type of file is noted as is the size in the dialog box. These files come from out side the web root, in an unshared folder with permissions to 'read' for 'Everyone', though I don't grant direct access in anyway to everyone. However if I do a direct link to a file in a folder in the web root or virtual dir on the web server, the 'Always ask for this type of file' check box is present. Ever seen this? Know what it means? I need it to be consistent everywhere so the users of the intranet can uncheck the box. Header info I'm missing? Environment: Server 2008 R2-64bit / IIS7.5 CF9 IE 7.0.5 Thanks for your thoughts, Brent ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:343068 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: same content different result CFFile vs CFContent
First, make sure that cfsavecontent doesn't introduce any spaces: cfsavecontent variable=strTextcfoutput#myFile#/cfoutput/cfsavecontent Second, I would include the file name in quotes in the Content-Disposition header: cfheader name=Content-Disposition value='attachment; filename=#userInfo.lName#-#userInfo.fName#-#userInfo..UserID#-FI.txt' Third, just output the variable in the cfcontent tag, there's no need to pass through base64 -- Mack ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:343031 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
same content different result CFFile vs CFContent
I am converting some code that originally used CFFILE to write the contents of a variable to a file on the server and then attached it to an email and emailed. For security reasons, we have switched to https:// and are providing a link for an authenticated user that takes the contents of the variable and generates an inline file for the user to download. The new version however, contains a single ASCII character 32 (space) at the end â while the older version did not. Would anyone be able to compare the to versions of my code and see if they can identify why the space is being added? It is the very last character of the file. Thanks in advance for any advice. Dawn The original code was: !--- Create File --- cffile action=write addnewline=no file=#GetDirectoryFromPath(ExpandPath(*.*))##userInfo.LName#-#userInfo.FName#-#userInfo.UserID#-FI.txt output=#myFile# The new code is !--- Create File --- cfsavecontent variable=strText cfoutput#myFile#/cfoutput /cfsavecontent !--- Set the header info to force that file attachment. --- cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=#userInfo.lName#-#userInfo.fName#-#userInfo..UserID#-FI.txt / !--- Stream the text. To do so, we have to convert it to Base64 first, then convert that to binary. --- cfcontent type=text/plain reset=true variable=#ToBinary(ToBase64(strText))# / ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:343000 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFContent failing on large files since moving to ColdFusion 9
This is a known bug, please log in at the Adobe site and vote for getting it fixed: http://cfbugs.adobe.com/cfbugreport/flexbugui/cfbugtracker/main.html#bugId=83425 ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342913 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFContent failing on large files since moving to ColdFusion 9
This is a known bug, please log in at the Adobe site and vote for it: http://cfbugs.adobe.com/cfbugreport/flexbugui/cfbugtracker/main.html#bugId=83425 ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342914 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Is there a way to replace the default HTTP header info with cfcontent?
Thanks for your suggestion. I'm sure your solution would have worked but I started messing with getPageContext() and was able to use that to overwrite the existing headers. I found that by doing the following after cfcontent it corrected my problem. cfset getPageContext().getResponse().setHeader(Cache-control, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0) cfset getPageContext().getResponse().setHeader(Pragma,public) Thanks, Asaf Hi Asaf. Did you ever get this resolved? I am trying to download files to a user's browser via SSL. I too am having no problems in Firefox or Safari, but in IE 8 I just get the actual text of the document streamed to the browser instead of downloaded. Here's the code I'm using: cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=test. doc cfcontent type=application/unknown file=c:\sites\test.doc I've tried using inline instead of attachment, and being more specific with the content type (i.e. application/msword) but nothing I'm doing is helping this work in Internet Explorer. If someone has any idea, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, - Andrew. Thanks, this really saved me. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342704 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Is there a way to replace the default HTTP header info with cfcontent?
Thanks for your suggestion. I'm sure your solution would have worked but I started messing with getPageContext() and was able to use that to overwrite the existing headers. I found that by doing the following after cfcontent it corrected my problem. cfset getPageContext().getResponse().setHeader(Cache-control, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0) cfset getPageContext().getResponse().setHeader(Pragma,public) Thanks, Asaf Thanks, this really saved me. I've been working of this issue for 4 days. cfset..., is the only thing that worked. steven Hi Asaf. Did you ever get this resolved? I am trying to download files to a user's browser via SSL. I too am having no problems in Firefox or Safari, but in IE 8 I just get the actual text of the document streamed to the browser instead of downloaded. Here's the code I'm using: cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=test. doc cfcontent type=application/unknown file=c:\sites\test.doc I've tried using inline instead of attachment, and being more specific with the content type (i.e. application/msword) but nothing I'm doing is helping this work in Internet Explorer. If someone has any idea, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, - Andrew. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342705 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent and save as
well it works perfectly in all browsers except safari (windows)... after tearing all my hair out, realized the pop up block in safari was on! :\ ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342649 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent and save as
thanks for all the help, now works perfect! well it works perfectly in all browsers except safari (windows)... have searched the internet and found this is a common problem although even when i add the suggestions it still doesn't work, can anyone spot what is wrong with this code: cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=Attachment;FILENAME=#fileName# charset=utf-8 cfcontent type = application/vnd.ms-excel; charset=utf-8 file=#fullPath# deleteFile = yes many thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342597 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent and save as
I thought I could remember something quirky. My memory sucks. If only I could remember if there's a resolution. Good luck. On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 6:35 AM, Richard White rich...@j7is.co.uk wrote: thanks for all the help, now works perfect! well it works perfectly in all browsers except safari (windows)... have searched the internet and found this is a common problem although even when i add the suggestions it still doesn't work, can anyone spot what is wrong with this code: cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=Attachment;FILENAME=#fileName# charset=utf-8 cfcontent type = application/vnd.ms-excel; charset=utf-8 file=#fullPath# deleteFile = yes many thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342598 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent and save as
thanks for all the help, now works perfect! Hi, for security we store xls documents in a non-web root folder. We then use a cfcontent tag to serve the file to the user. the problem is when the user clicks the link they are displayed a download dialogue and all is fine if they click 'open with ms excel', but if they click 'save as' it saves the .cfm file and not the xls file is there a way to save the xls file if the user clicks 'save as' thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342588 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: cfcontent and save as
To force a download no matter the type: cfheader name=Content-Type value=application/unknown / cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=#filename# / Dennis Powers UXB Internet - A website Design and Hosting Company P.O. Box 6028, Wolcott, CT 06716 - T:203-879-2844 W: http://www.uxbinternet.com W: http://www.ctbusinesslist.com -Original Message- From: Richard White [mailto:rich...@j7is.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 1:22 PM To: cf-talk Subject: cfcontent and save as Hi, for security we store xls documents in a non-web root folder. We then use a cfcontent tag to serve the file to the user. the problem is when the user clicks the link they are displayed a download dialogue and all is fine if they click 'open with ms excel', but if they click 'save as' it saves the .cfm file and not the xls file is there a way to save the xls file if the user clicks 'save as' thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342595 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent and save as
Also, read this blog post of mine for more details on serving files up for download. http://www.trunkful.com/index.cfm/2010/8/4/Serving-File-Downloads-with-ColdFusion Wil Genovese Sr. Web Application Developer/ Systems Administrator CF Webtools www.cfwebtools.com wilg...@trunkful.com www.trunkful.com On Feb 25, 2011, at 4:09 PM, UXB wrote: To force a download no matter the type: cfheader name=Content-Type value=application/unknown / cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=#filename# / Dennis Powers UXB Internet - A website Design and Hosting Company P.O. Box 6028, Wolcott, CT 06716 - T:203-879-2844 W: http://www.uxbinternet.com W: http://www.ctbusinesslist.com -Original Message- From: Richard White [mailto:rich...@j7is.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 1:22 PM To: cf-talk Subject: cfcontent and save as Hi, for security we store xls documents in a non-web root folder. We then use a cfcontent tag to serve the file to the user. the problem is when the user clicks the link they are displayed a download dialogue and all is fine if they click 'open with ms excel', but if they click 'save as' it saves the .cfm file and not the xls file is there a way to save the xls file if the user clicks 'save as' thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342596 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
cfcontent and save as
Hi, for security we store xls documents in a non-web root folder. We then use a cfcontent tag to serve the file to the user. the problem is when the user clicks the link they are displayed a download dialogue and all is fine if they click 'open with ms excel', but if they click 'save as' it saves the .cfm file and not the xls file is there a way to save the xls file if the user clicks 'save as' thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342583 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: cfcontent and save as
You need to use the cfheader tag and tell it the filename. Regards, Andrew Scott http://www.andyscott.id.au/ -Original Message- From: Richard White [mailto:rich...@j7is.co.uk] Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 5:22 AM To: cf-talk Subject: cfcontent and save as Hi, for security we store xls documents in a non-web root folder. We then use a cfcontent tag to serve the file to the user. the problem is when the user clicks the link they are displayed a download dialogue and all is fine if they click 'open with ms excel', but if they click 'save as' it saves the .cfm file and not the xls file is there a way to save the xls file if the user clicks 'save as' thanks ~~ ~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion- Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- talk/message.cfm/messageid:342583 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- talk/unsubscribe.cfm ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342584 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent and save as
This question comes up pretty often. I don't remember if there's actually a fix or not. I remember people having problems despite using cfheader to define content-type and disposition. Perhaps some of these will help: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:24528 http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:24528 http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:8207 On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Richard White rich...@j7is.co.uk wrote: Hi, for security we store xls documents in a non-web root folder. We then use a cfcontent tag to serve the file to the user. the problem is when the user clicks the link they are displayed a download dialogue and all is fine if they click 'open with ms excel', but if they click 'save as' it saves the .cfm file and not the xls file is there a way to save the xls file if the user clicks 'save as' thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342585 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: cfcontent and save as
As long as you use attachment as well as filename in the cfcontent you will never have a problem. So it should something like this cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=Attachment;FILENAME=#FileName# Regards, Andrew Scott http://www.andyscott.id.au/ -Original Message- From: Michael Grant [mailto:mgr...@modus.bz] Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 5:46 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: cfcontent and save as This question comes up pretty often. I don't remember if there's actually a fix or not. I remember people having problems despite using cfheader to define content-type and disposition. Perhaps some of these will help: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:24528 http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- talk/thread.cfm/threadid:24528 http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:8207 On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Richard White rich...@j7is.co.uk wrote: Hi, for security we store xls documents in a non-web root folder. We then use a cfcontent tag to serve the file to the user. the problem is when the user clicks the link they are displayed a download dialogue and all is fine if they click 'open with ms excel', but if they click 'save as' it saves the .cfm file and not the xls file is there a way to save the xls file if the user clicks 'save as' thanks ~~ ~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion- Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- talk/message.cfm/messageid:342585 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- talk/unsubscribe.cfm ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342586 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent and save as
Ah, these are the threads I was remembering. http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:62324#339820 http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:62324#339820 http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:62327#339828 http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:339828 On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Andrew Scott andr...@andyscott.id.auwrote: As long as you use attachment as well as filename in the cfcontent you will never have a problem. So it should something like this cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=Attachment;FILENAME=#FileName# Regards, Andrew Scott http://www.andyscott.id.au/ -Original Message- From: Michael Grant [mailto:mgr...@modus.bz] Sent: Friday, 25 February 2011 5:46 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: cfcontent and save as This question comes up pretty often. I don't remember if there's actually a fix or not. I remember people having problems despite using cfheader to define content-type and disposition. Perhaps some of these will help: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:24528 http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- talk/thread.cfm/threadid:24528 http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:8207 On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Richard White rich...@j7is.co.uk wrote: Hi, for security we store xls documents in a non-web root folder. We then use a cfcontent tag to serve the file to the user. the problem is when the user clicks the link they are displayed a download dialogue and all is fine if they click 'open with ms excel', but if they click 'save as' it saves the .cfm file and not the xls file is there a way to save the xls file if the user clicks 'save as' thanks ~~ ~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion- Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- talk/message.cfm/messageid:342585 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- talk/unsubscribe.cfm ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342587 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
CFcontent puts \n at top of file -- solution?
I have a web application that creates writes text string of data to be used by a VB application and streams it to a file to be saved on the end user's computer. I am generating a text file from an online database that needs to be opened by the VB application with a CHR(10) character delimeter between fields. The end user clicks download in my application and then saves the file to their computer to use with the VB application (3rd party written). Here is an example of my code. When opening the text file locally, it alway's has a new line character at the top of the file which chokes the VB program. Any suggestions on an alternate way of doing this? Even hardcoding the line this is a test in the cfsavecontent statement causes the /n character to be inserted at the top of the file. In the real application the text string is #fname# CHR(10) #lname# etc. Thanks, in advance - Dawn !--- Store the text you want to stream. --- cfsavecontent variable=strText This is a test. /cfsavecontent !--- Set the header info to force that file attachment. --- cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=test.txt / !--- Stream the text. To do so, we have to convert it to Base64 first, then convert that to binary. --- cfcontent type=text/plain reset=true variable=#ToBinary(ToBase64(strText))# / ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341012 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFcontent puts \n at top of file -- solution?
I am generating a text file from an online database that needs to be opened by the VB application with a CHR(10) character delimeter between fields. The end user clicks download in my application and then saves the file to their computer to use with the VB application (3rd party written). Here is an example of my code. When opening the text file locally, it alway's has a new line character at the top of the file which chokes the VB program. Any suggestions on an alternate way of doing this? Even hardcoding the line this is a test in the cfsavecontent statement causes the /n character to be inserted at the top of the file. In the real application the text string is #fname# CHR(10) #lname# etc. !--- Store the text you want to stream. --- cfsavecontent variable=strText This is a test. /cfsavecontent You have a newline at the beginning and end of your CFSAVECONTENT, I suspect. Try rewriting it as a single line: cfsavecontent ...This is a test/cfsavecontent Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or on ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341013 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFcontent puts \n at top of file -- solution?
Either of these should work for you... cfsavecontent variable=strTextStart text here. /cfsavecontent OR cfcontent type=text/plain reset=true variable=#ToBinary(ToBase64(trim(strText)))# / ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341014 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Alternative to CFCONTENT
We are serving files from a file server to users using cfcontent/cfheader. When we upgraded to CF9, we started getting the java heap space errors when users would try to download files larger than 250mb. We have the min and max heap space settings on 1024mb. Are there any other alternatives that we could use? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338678 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Alternative to CFCONTENT
The reason most people use cfcontent like this is to secure files from public access. The alternative is just to use authenticated access using. Htaccess, this means users must login to access files. Russ On 29 Oct 2010 17:45, Chad Baloga cbal...@gmail.com wrote: We are serving files from a file server to users using cfcontent/cfheader. When we upgraded to CF9, we started getting the java heap space errors when users would try to download files larger than 250mb. We have the min and max heap space settings on 1024mb. Are there any other alternatives that we could use? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338683 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Alternative to CFCONTENT
Try mod xsendfile if you are on apache http://tn123.ath.cx/mod_xsendfile/ Mark Sent from my mobile device On 30 Oct 2010 03:45, Chad Baloga cbal...@gmail.com wrote: ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338688 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: jQuery and cfcontent
+1 for Dan's approach. Dave On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Dan G. Switzer, II dswit...@pengoworks.com wrote: On Tuesday, October 12, 2010, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: You can't prompt the user to download a file if you're invoking the URL with standard jQuery AJAX calls. You have to basically just fetch the URL into a new or blank window. I'd recommend posting to an iframe. You can even build the iframe dynamically if you want, it doesn't have to be visible on the page. I've used this technique in the past with great success. -Dan ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338110 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
jQuery and cfcontent
Hi, I have a page with a button on it. When the button is clicked a jQuery script runs a cfc , which basically cfoutputs the query in a table, puts it a variables and returns it I need to download the returned table in excel. Unfortunately it doesn't work and the table is displyed on the page. I have tried to include : cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=inline; filename=fileName.xlscfcontent type=application/msexcel in the savecontent variable returned and append it to the returned variable in jQuery with no luck. If I run the page as stand alone it works fine and it display the save as or open dialog box. Any idea how can I do this using jQuery? Thanks Victor ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338056 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: jQuery and cfcontent
Try this, of course swapping out the variable value to whatever var name holds you xls content: cfheader name=Content-disposition value=attachment; filename=fileName.xls / cfcontent type=application/unknown variable=your-XLS-content-var / On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Victor Moore victor.mo...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, I have a page with a button on it. When the button is clicked a jQuery script runs a cfc , which basically cfoutputs the query in a table, puts it a variables and returns it I need to download the returned table in excel. Unfortunately it doesn't work and the table is displyed on the page. I have tried to include : cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=inline; filename=fileName.xlscfcontent type=application/msexcel in the savecontent variable returned and append it to the returned variable in jQuery with no luck. If I run the page as stand alone it works fine and it display the save as or open dialog box. Any idea how can I do this using jQuery? Thanks Victor ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338069 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: jQuery and cfcontent
P.S. I use application/unknown to force it as a download. On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Michael Grant mgr...@modus.bz wrote: Try this, of course swapping out the variable value to whatever var name holds you xls content: cfheader name=Content-disposition value=attachment; filename=fileName.xls / cfcontent type=application/unknown variable=your-XLS-content-var / On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Victor Moore victor.mo...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, I have a page with a button on it. When the button is clicked a jQuery script runs a cfc , which basically cfoutputs the query in a table, puts it a variables and returns it I need to download the returned table in excel. Unfortunately it doesn't work and the table is displyed on the page. I have tried to include : cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=inline; filename=fileName.xlscfcontent type=application/msexcel in the savecontent variable returned and append it to the returned variable in jQuery with no luck. If I run the page as stand alone it works fine and it display the save as or open dialog box. Any idea how can I do this using jQuery? Thanks Victor ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338070 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: jQuery and cfcontent
I usually locate to another page which holds the cfheader code. What ends up happening when you locate to another page is you are never redirected and the page prompts to download. Doing it in jquery is unnecessary unless you want to use a wait icon to ensure the processing is finished before locating, which then all you need is a document.location.href=page-to-cfheader.cfm; ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338071 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: jQuery and cfcontent
I think I may end up using this approach, to open a new window. @Michael the variable is expected to contain binary data. In my case is just a string. Thank you guys Much appreciated Victor On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Tony Bentley cascadefreehee...@gmail.com wrote: I usually locate to another page which holds the cfheader code. What ends up happening when you locate to another page is you are never redirected and the page prompts to download. Doing it in jquery is unnecessary unless you want to use a wait icon to ensure the processing is finished before locating, which then all you need is a document.location.href=page-to-cfheader.cfm; ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338076 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: jQuery and cfcontent
Here's a working example: !--- Read the file --- cffile action = read file = /seedRequests.xls variable = xlsXML !--- Set content-dispostion --- cfheader name=Content-disposition value=attachment; filename=seedRequests.xls / !--- feed the file to the browser --- cfcontent type=application/unknown variable=#ToBinary( ToBase64( xlsXML.Trim().ReplaceAll( '\s+', '' ).ReplaceAll( '\s+', '' ) ) )# / On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Victor Moore victor.mo...@gmail.comwrote: I think I may end up using this approach, to open a new window. @Michael the variable is expected to contain binary data. In my case is just a string. Thank you guys Much appreciated Victor On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Tony Bentley cascadefreehee...@gmail.com wrote: I usually locate to another page which holds the cfheader code. What ends up happening when you locate to another page is you are never redirected and the page prompts to download. Doing it in jquery is unnecessary unless you want to use a wait icon to ensure the processing is finished before locating, which then all you need is a document.location.href=page-to-cfheader.cfm; ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338077 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: jQuery and cfcontent
Hi Michael, Thanks for the example. My case it's a little bit different. I get the info from a db call and want to allow the user to download it as an excel file. And it works fine in stand alone mode but when invoked through jQuery the cfcontent is ignored. So I had to manually open another window which will trigger the download. Thanks Victor On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Michael Grant mgr...@modus.bz wrote: Here's a working example: !--- Read the file --- cffile action = read file = /seedRequests.xls variable = xlsXML !--- Set content-dispostion --- cfheader name=Content-disposition value=attachment; filename=seedRequests.xls / !--- feed the file to the browser --- cfcontent type=application/unknown variable=#ToBinary( ToBase64( xlsXML.Trim().ReplaceAll( '\s+', '' ).ReplaceAll( '\s+', '' ) ) )# / ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338104 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: jQuery and cfcontent
Ah, totally missed the jquery invocation part. Gotcha. On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Victor Moore victor.mo...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Michael, Thanks for the example. My case it's a little bit different. I get the info from a db call and want to allow the user to download it as an excel file. And it works fine in stand alone mode but when invoked through jQuery the cfcontent is ignored. So I had to manually open another window which will trigger the download. Thanks Victor On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Michael Grant mgr...@modus.bz wrote: Here's a working example: !--- Read the file --- cffile action = read file = /seedRequests.xls variable = xlsXML !--- Set content-dispostion --- cfheader name=Content-disposition value=attachment; filename=seedRequests.xls / !--- feed the file to the browser --- cfcontent type=application/unknown variable=#ToBinary( ToBase64( xlsXML.Trim().ReplaceAll( '\s+', '' ).ReplaceAll( '\s+', '' ) ) )# / ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338105 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: jQuery and cfcontent
Thanks for the example. My case it's a little bit different. I get the info from a db call and want to allow the user to download it as an excel file. And it works fine in stand alone mode but when invoked through jQuery the cfcontent is ignored. So I had to manually open another window which will trigger the download. You can't prompt the user to download a file if you're invoking the URL with standard jQuery AJAX calls. You have to basically just fetch the URL into a new or blank window. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338106 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: jQuery and cfcontent
On Tuesday, October 12, 2010, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: You can't prompt the user to download a file if you're invoking the URL with standard jQuery AJAX calls. You have to basically just fetch the URL into a new or blank window. I'd recommend posting to an iframe. You can even build the iframe dynamically if you want, it doesn't have to be visible on the page. I've used this technique in the past with great success. -Dan ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338107 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent to serve PDF files hanging
Thank you for the ideas. We are going to change the mime/type and also add some I/O logging to see if we can find a correlation there. Should we find the issue I will certainly post back. Thanks for the time! Jason ON the other hand... I would expect a mime/type problem to result in an error on the browser - not a hanging request, unless of the course the hanging is the browsers cycling through choices to figure out how to display the file. How may files are in the directory in question? Do you perhaps have an I/O problem? Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG (402) 408-3733 ext 105 Skype: markakruger www.cfwebtools.com www.coldfusionmuse.com www.necfug.com Good call I think Jake... The only think I could think of is use application/pdf for the Content-Type (that is technically the correct mime type). -Jake On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Jas ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336740 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
cfcontent to serve PDF files hanging
Our application uses cfcontent to serve back some PDF files and several times per day, the request for a pdf will just hang, like 300,000 + milliseconds to bring back a PDF that is already created. The code we are using is quite simple and each users file is fully generated before this call is made. cfcontent reset=true / cfheader name=Content-Type value=pdf cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=#type)#; filename=#userid#_file.pdf Has anyone ran into this before or have any ideas what might be going on? Thanks Jason ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336672 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: cfcontent to serve PDF files hanging
The only think I could think of is use application/pdf for the Content-Type (that is technically the correct mime type). -Jake On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Jason Fill jasonf...@gmail.com wrote: Our application uses cfcontent to serve back some PDF files and several times per day, the request for a pdf will just hang, like 300,000 + milliseconds to bring back a PDF that is already created. The code we are using is quite simple and each users file is fully generated before this call is made. cfcontent reset=true / cfheader name=Content-Type value=pdf cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=#type)#; filename=#userid#_file.pdf Has anyone ran into this before or have any ideas what might be going on? Thanks Jason ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336674 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: cfcontent to serve PDF files hanging
Good call I think Jake... -Original Message- From: Jake Churchill [mailto:reyna...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:02 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: cfcontent to serve PDF files hanging The only think I could think of is use application/pdf for the Content-Type (that is technically the correct mime type). -Jake On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Jason Fill jasonf...@gmail.com wrote: Our application uses cfcontent to serve back some PDF files and several times per day, the request for a pdf will just hang, like 300,000 + milliseconds to bring back a PDF that is already created. The code we are using is quite simple and each users file is fully generated before this call is made. cfcontent reset=true / cfheader name=Content-Type value=pdf cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=#type)#; filename=#userid#_file.pdf Has anyone ran into this before or have any ideas what might be going on? Thanks Jason ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336676 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: cfcontent to serve PDF files hanging
ON the other hand... I would expect a mime/type problem to result in an error on the browser - not a hanging request, unless of the course the hanging is the browsers cycling through choices to figure out how to display the file. How may files are in the directory in question? Do you perhaps have an I/O problem? Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG (402) 408-3733 ext 105 Skype: markakruger www.cfwebtools.com www.coldfusionmuse.com www.necfug.com -Original Message- From: Mark A. Kruger [mailto:mkru...@cfwebtools.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:13 AM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: cfcontent to serve PDF files hanging Good call I think Jake... -Original Message- From: Jake Churchill [mailto:reyna...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:02 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: cfcontent to serve PDF files hanging The only think I could think of is use application/pdf for the Content-Type (that is technically the correct mime type). -Jake On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Jason Fill jasonf...@gmail.com wrote: Our application uses cfcontent to serve back some PDF files and several times per day, the request for a pdf will just hang, like 300,000 + milliseconds to bring back a PDF that is already created. The code we are using is quite simple and each users file is fully generated before this call is made. cfcontent reset=true / cfheader name=Content-Type value=pdf cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=#type)#; filename=#userid#_file.pdf Has anyone ran into this before or have any ideas what might be going on? Thanks Jason ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336678 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Style sheets with cfcontent
Hi All - I am trying to export some data to excel, and the CSS styles do not seem to be working. It works fine when I use inline style attribute, but when I use class attributes and link to the external stylesheet, it does not seem to be working. I am using MS Office 2003. Did anyone face similar kind of problem? Thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336604 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Style sheets with cfcontent
I've had the same problem in the past. Instead of using a link to load the stylesheet, try this in the head section of your page: head style cfinclude template=/path-to-your-css/your-css-file.css /style This will embed the external stylesheet into your page. HTH, Carl Hi All - I am trying to export some data to excel, and the CSS styles do not seem to be working. It works fine when I use inline style attribute, but when I use class attributes and link to the external stylesheet, it does not seem to be working. I am using MS Office 2003. Did anyone face similar kind of problem? Thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336605 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
CSS and cfcontent
Hi All- Does linked CSS document apply styles to the HTML within cfcontent (type=excel). I do not see any CSS formatting in the excel document... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335712 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
CFContent failing on large files since moving to ColdFusion 9
Hi All, I was wondering if somebody could help with a problem we have encountered since moving to ColdFusion 9 from ColdFusion 8. When we use CFContent to serve a file, it fails on large files (300+mb) but works on smaller (-30mb) files. It fails consistantly without a ColdFusion error, the browser receives a 404 error Example response in Chrome : Error 6 (net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND): The file or directory could not be found. Nothing changed on the server except for the ColdFusion application server. Server : 64bit Windows Server, ColdFusion 9 Standard Hoping somebody has come across this before as I have exhausted all the usual places without any luck. Thanks in advance, Dan. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334720 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFContent failing on large files since moving to ColdFusion 9
On Tuesday 22 Jun 2010 14:11:24 you wrote: Hi All, I was wondering if somebody could help with a problem we have encountered since moving to ColdFusion 9 from ColdFusion 8. When we use CFContent to serve a file, it fails on large files (300+mb) but works on smaller (-30mb) files. It fails consistantly without a ColdFusion error, the browser receives a 404 error Does it get this error immediately ? Or after transferring some of the file ? I'd suspect some setting you've not copied into the new server, like request timeout or RAM limits. -- Tom Chiverton Helping to completely establish visionary second-generation one-to-one niches as part of the IT team of the year 2010, '09 and '08 This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office together with a list of those non members who are referred to as partners. We use the word partner to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.co ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334725 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFContent failing on large files since moving to ColdFusion 9
Hi Tom, Everything has been double-checked and request limits checked. I tried on anther CF9 server and the same thing happens. CF8 with the exact same settings works I'm at a complete loss and wondering if anyone else out there with CF9 could try a simple test and see what happens? cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=cf9.exe cfcontent type=unknown file=C:\temp\cf9.exe deletefile=No Dan. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Tom Chiverton tom.chiver...@halliwells.com wrote: On Tuesday 22 Jun 2010 14:11:24 you wrote: Hi All, I was wondering if somebody could help with a problem we have encountered since moving to ColdFusion 9 from ColdFusion 8. When we use CFContent to serve a file, it fails on large files (300+mb) but works on smaller (-30mb) files. It fails consistantly without a ColdFusion error, the browser receives a 404 error Does it get this error immediately ? Or after transferring some of the file ? I'd suspect some setting you've not copied into the new server, like request timeout or RAM limits. -- Tom Chiverton Helping to completely establish visionary second-generation one-to-one niches as part of the IT team of the year 2010, '09 and '08 This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office together with a list of those non members who are referred to as partners. We use the word partner to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.co ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334728 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFContent failing on large files since moving to ColdFusion 9
On Tuesday 22 Jun 2010 14:57:12 Daniel Mackey wrote: cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=cf9.exe cfcontent type=unknown file=C:\temp\cf9.exe deletefile=No Confirmed broken I think - congratulations, you've found a bug in ColdFusion :-) I'm on 64bit SuSE Linux here, so used the CF9.0.0 installer for that O/S - file not found in FireFox. Change the 'file' patch in CFCONTENT to a much smaller file like /etc/hosts and it all works as expected. Fun fun fun. -- Tom Chiverton Helping to continually disseminate vertical eigth-generation exceptional B2C e-tailers as part of the IT team of the year 2010, '09 and '08 This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office together with a list of those non members who are referred to as partners. We use the word partner to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.co ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334729 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFContent failing on large files since moving to ColdFusion 9
Update: I now can't get anything to work on the box, because : Error,jrpp-15,06/22/10,15:10:25,billpack,Java heap space The specific sequence of files included or processed is: /home/chivertont/workspace/billpack/webroot/t.cfm'' java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space Of course a swift bounce of CF fixes that, but I wonder if you could try increasing you heap size to beyond the file size and see what happens ? -- Tom Chiverton Helping to greatly seize B2B mission-critical compelling niches as part of the IT team of the year 2010, '09 and '08 This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office together with a list of those non members who are referred to as partners. We use the word partner to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.co ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334731 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFContent failing on large files since moving to ColdFusion 9
Ugghhh. I was secretly hoping that wasn't going to be the case... Anyone got any alternatives? Could this be performed using Java? Dan. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Tom Chiverton tom.chiver...@halliwells.com wrote: On Tuesday 22 Jun 2010 14:57:12 Daniel Mackey wrote: cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=cf9.exe cfcontent type=unknown file=C:\temp\cf9.exe deletefile=No Confirmed broken I think - congratulations, you've found a bug in ColdFusion :-) I'm on 64bit SuSE Linux here, so used the CF9.0.0 installer for that O/S - file not found in FireFox. Change the 'file' patch in CFCONTENT to a much smaller file like /etc/hosts and it all works as expected. Fun fun fun. -- Tom Chiverton Helping to continually disseminate vertical eigth-generation exceptional B2C e-tailers as part of the IT team of the year 2010, '09 and '08 This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office together with a list of those non members who are referred to as partners. We use the word partner to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.co ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334732 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFContent failing on large files since moving to ColdFusion 9
That's interesting. I don't get any messages logged and the server stays up I might give the heap space a lash and see I'm always confused as to where to set the heap, perma and all that jazz and what effects it all has Dan. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Tom Chiverton tom.chiver...@halliwells.com wrote: Update: I now can't get anything to work on the box, because : Error,jrpp-15,06/22/10,15:10:25,billpack,Java heap space The specific sequence of files included or processed is: /home/chivertont/workspace/billpack/webroot/t.cfm'' java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space Of course a swift bounce of CF fixes that, but I wonder if you could try increasing you heap size to beyond the file size and see what happens ? -- Tom Chiverton Helping to greatly seize B2B mission-critical compelling niches as part of the IT team of the year 2010, '09 and '08 This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office together with a list of those non members who are referred to as partners. We use the word partner to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.co ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334734 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFContent failing on large files since moving to ColdFusion 9
Unfortunately changing the heap (to 1024) didn't make a blind bit of difference :-( Anyone got any suggestions on a possible work around? Dan. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Daniel Mackey dmac...@gmail.com wrote: That's interesting. I don't get any messages logged and the server stays up I might give the heap space a lash and see I'm always confused as to where to set the heap, perma and all that jazz and what effects it all has Dan. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Tom Chiverton tom.chiver...@halliwells.com wrote: Update: I now can't get anything to work on the box, because : Error,jrpp-15,06/22/10,15:10:25,billpack,Java heap space The specific sequence of files included or processed is: /home/chivertont/workspace/billpack/webroot/t.cfm'' java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space Of course a swift bounce of CF fixes that, but I wonder if you could try increasing you heap size to beyond the file size and see what happens ? -- Tom Chiverton Helping to greatly seize B2B mission-critical compelling niches as part of the IT team of the year 2010, '09 and '08 This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office together with a list of those non members who are referred to as partners. We use the word partner to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.co ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334735 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: CFContent failing on large files since moving to ColdFusion 9
Did you restart the ColdFusion service after making this change? Increasing the Maximum JVM Heap Size doesn't take effect until the cf service is restarted. How much disk space is left on your server? How much ram does your server have? -Original Message- From: Daniel Mackey [mailto:dmac...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:39 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: CFContent failing on large files since moving to ColdFusion 9 Unfortunately changing the heap (to 1024) didn't make a blind bit of difference :-( Anyone got any suggestions on a possible work around? Dan. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Daniel Mackey dmac...@gmail.com wrote: That's interesting. I don't get any messages logged and the server stays up I might give the heap space a lash and see I'm always confused as to where to set the heap, perma and all that jazz and what effects it all has Dan. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Tom Chiverton tom.chiver...@halliwells.com wrote: Update: I now can't get anything to work on the box, because : Error,jrpp-15,06/22/10,15:10:25,billpack,Java heap space The specific sequence of files included or processed is: /home/chivertont/workspace/billpack/webroot/t.cfm'' java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space Of course a swift bounce of CF fixes that, but I wonder if you could try increasing you heap size to beyond the file size and see what happens ? -- Tom Chiverton Helping to greatly seize B2B mission-critical compelling niches as part of the IT team of the year 2010, '09 and '08 This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office together with a list of those non members who are referred to as partners. We use the word partner to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.co ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334739 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFContent failing on large files since moving to ColdFusion 9
Yeah, I restarted the service. We have 1 terrabyte free and 24gigs of RAM. I'm truly perplexed at this one. Exact same code ran fine on CF8 with the same settings on the same server Dan. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Paul Alkema paulalkemadesi...@gmail.comwrote: Did you restart the ColdFusion service after making this change? Increasing the Maximum JVM Heap Size doesn't take effect until the cf service is restarted. How much disk space is left on your server? How much ram does your server have? -Original Message- From: Daniel Mackey [mailto:dmac...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:39 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: CFContent failing on large files since moving to ColdFusion 9 Unfortunately changing the heap (to 1024) didn't make a blind bit of difference :-( Anyone got any suggestions on a possible work around? Dan. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Daniel Mackey dmac...@gmail.com wrote: That's interesting. I don't get any messages logged and the server stays up I might give the heap space a lash and see I'm always confused as to where to set the heap, perma and all that jazz and what effects it all has Dan. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Tom Chiverton tom.chiver...@halliwells.com wrote: Update: I now can't get anything to work on the box, because : Error,jrpp-15,06/22/10,15:10:25,billpack,Java heap space The specific sequence of files included or processed is: /home/chivertont/workspace/billpack/webroot/t.cfm'' java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space Of course a swift bounce of CF fixes that, but I wonder if you could try increasing you heap size to beyond the file size and see what happens ? -- Tom Chiverton Helping to greatly seize B2B mission-critical compelling niches as part of the IT team of the year 2010, '09 and '08 This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office together with a list of those non members who are referred to as partners. We use the word partner to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.co ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334740 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Serving Files via cfcontent - how much processing is required
Mark: otherwise I would say use mod_xsendfile I have sort of gone down the IIS road but have found a company that has an Apache emulator ISAPI that is willing to add that functionality to their product. http://www.helicontech.com/ape/ I will see what they come up with. Dave: A symlink is just a pointer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link I was indeed misunderstanding your original post and its intent. This may have real possibilities and I will have to look further into testing the practical application of generating and deleting them programmatically. I still favor the mod_x-sendfile methodology available in Apache which puts the burden on the correct layer, the web server, to do the heavy lifting and will have to see if it can be added to IIS. William: I would highly recommend using a Content Delivery Network like Mosso Files to store your files Over the past 3 years I have looked at various Content delivery services, although not at Mosso, and all have been a magnitude more expensive at the volume we run over our current methodology and with no way to control costs. In this particular endeavor we have more time than money to spend. The intent was always break even. And while not perfect, close enough is better than all others have done in this particular niche market (Halo Custom Edition). Gentlemen, Thank you for your responses they have all helped and given me much to think about and digest. Thanks again. Dennis Powers UXB Internet - A Website Design Hosting Company P.O. Box 6028 Wolcott, CT 06716 203-879-2844 http://www.uxbinternet.com ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334659 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Serving Files via cfcontent - how much processing is required
Greetings, I am hoping to pick some of your brains. I find myself in a quandary. If you will indulge me I will explain the situation as briefly as I can. We current have a website, several really, that are fairly heavily trafficked about 12 - 18 million pages per month primarily used to obtain video game maps and assets for the games. The website is not the issue since we store the actual files for download on remote servers and link people to them for download via FTP. For the past 3 years this has been working fairly well. We average over 15,000GB / Month in file traffic and serve an average of 350,000 Files /month using this method. We have recently upgraded our remote servers to Athlon 64 X2 3400+, DualCore 64 Bit, 2x 1.8 GHz, 4 GB DDR2-RAM Win2008 X64 Web IIS7 with substantially more bandwidth availability. Since it is a newer OS I was unable to use the old CF5 installation on the remote server and since only needing minimal functionality installed Tomcat and Open BlueDragon for the CFML engine. This seems to work as before since we only use cf on the remote servers to check if the file exists before sending them to the ftp. In other applications I routinely use cfcontent to serve protected files on extranet applications however the traffic ( 10-20 files/day) is nowhere near as rigorous as will be required here with 12,000 per day of 40Meg average per file. I am considering serving the files now through cfcontent via HTTP instead of FTP for a couple of reasons. 1) because most Internet Security programs block FTP and we have to help people (mostly kids) open the port and 2) to prevent direct linking to the files because this endeavor is funded by ads on the website (and my wallet). I know the most efficient way to serve this quantity and size of files is via ftp but what I don't know is what is required by the various CF engines AdobeCF, OpenBD, Bluedragon, Ralio to serve up the same via HTTP. Will our new server hardware handle that kind of HTTP file traffic (I suspect so), will OpenBD/Tomcat be up to the task or will I need a different CFML engine? Essentially what I need to know is what it would take to routinely serve that many/size files through the CF engine. I don't want to go down this road and find that people are having problems downloading because the CF engine / Web server can't keep up. Has anyone had experience with this and can you offer some advice? Dennis Powers UXB Internet - A Website Design Hosting Company P.O. Box 6028 Wolcott, CT 06716 203-879-2844 http://www.uxbinternet.com ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334625 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Serving Files via cfcontent - how much processing is required
In other applications I routinely use cfcontent to serve protected files on extranet applications however the traffic ( 10-20 files/day) is nowhere near as rigorous as will be required here with 12,000 per day of 40Meg average per file. I am considering serving the files now through cfcontent via HTTP instead of FTP for a couple of reasons. 1) because most Internet Security programs block FTP and we have to help people (mostly kids) open the port and 2) to prevent direct linking to the files because this endeavor is funded by ads on the website (and my wallet). I know the most efficient way to serve this quantity and size of files is via ftp but what I don't know is what is required by the various CF engines AdobeCF, OpenBD, Bluedragon, Ralio to serve up the same via HTTP. Will our new server hardware handle that kind of HTTP file traffic (I suspect so), will OpenBD/Tomcat be up to the task or will I need a different CFML engine? Essentially what I need to know is what it would take to routinely serve that many/size files through the CF engine. I don't want to go down this road and find that people are having problems downloading because the CF engine / Web server can't keep up. Has anyone had experience with this and can you offer some advice? My advice for you would be to avoid using CFCONTENT for this, as it's really not designed for this. Each request using CFCONTENT will use one of your threads, I think, and there are decent alternatives. The alternative I'd recommend would be the use of temporary symlinks. When someone is granted access to a file, you'd create a symlink for that file, pointing to a web-accessible location, then let the user download it via HTTP. Sometime after, you'd delete the symlink. Exactly how long after, I'm not sure - that would be a balance of convenience to the user (in case they don't download it immediately) versus the potential for abuse (the user provides the link to someone else). Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsi ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334627 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
