RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
Sorry for my nondescript answer yesterday but I didn't have the exact answer in front of me. Use cfhttp in your kickstart template to make a post to the action template with a timeout=1. -Original Message- From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 4:07 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? Thanks, that sounds good, but I was hoping to not have to use CFSCHEDULE. Any other ideas? ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
CFHTTP with a timeout of 1? Hmm. I got it working with CFEXECUTE (Timeout 0), but ultimately CFHTTP may be easier to use (because I can pump some cookie variables into it)... Sorry for my nondescript answer yesterday but I didn't have the exact answer in front of me. Use cfhttp in your kickstart template to make a post to the action template with a timeout=1. -Original Message- From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 4:07 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? Thanks, that sounds good, but I was hoping to not have to use CFSCHEDULE. Any other ideas? ~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
I don't know how this will work if you are running both templates on the same server. We had the kickstart template on the webserver and the action template on a different machine. -Original Message- From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:28 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? CFHTTP with a timeout of 1? Hmm. I got it working with CFEXECUTE (Timeout 0), but ultimately CFHTTP may be easier to use (because I can pump some cookie variables into it)... Sorry for my nondescript answer yesterday but I didn't have the exact answer in front of me. Use cfhttp in your kickstart template to make a post to the action template with a timeout=1. -Original Message- From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 4:07 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? Thanks, that sounds good, but I was hoping to not have to use CFSCHEDULE. Any other ideas? ~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
If you are running CF5, just use CFFLUSH. Sample: ... Hey, I'm doing a bunch of junk, please stand by CFFLUSH CFREALSLOWTHING === Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo IM : morpheus My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. - Yoda -Original Message- From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 10:17 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? I have a function that allows a user to create a file of available inventory. The problem is that it takes a long time and eventually the browser will timeout, but they haven't gotten their file yet... What I want to do is let the user make the request and then respond with Thank you for your request. Your file will be created and emailed to you shortly. How can I spawn off the part that will actually create the file and still respond with a finished request to the browser? Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and Machine, Limited mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technocraft.com http://www.simplemessageboard.com ___Free Forum Software for Cold Fusion http://www.is300.net ___The Enthusiast's Home of the Lexus IS300 http://www.digitacamera.com __DigitA Camera Scripts and Tips http://www.linklabexchange.com _Miata Link ECU Data Exchange ~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
Have you tried cfflush? I believe this tag will allow you to send partial responses to the browser. I might have spelled it wrong, but I am sure there is a function in CF. David - Original Message - From: Tony Schreiber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:17 AM Subject: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? I have a function that allows a user to create a file of available inventory. The problem is that it takes a long time and eventually the browser will timeout, but they haven't gotten their file yet... What I want to do is let the user make the request and then respond with Thank you for your request. Your file will be created and emailed to you shortly. How can I spawn off the part that will actually create the file and still respond with a finished request to the browser? Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and Machine, Limited mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technocraft.com http://www.simplemessageboard.com ___Free Forum Software for Cold Fusion http://www.is300.net ___The Enthusiast's Home of the Lexus IS300 http://www.digitacamera.com __DigitA Camera Scripts and Tips http://www.linklabexchange.com _Miata Link ECU Data Exchange ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
That let's me get a message to the browser, but the request is still running and the browser is still waiting... I want to browser to stop waiting... Have you tried cfflush? I believe this tag will allow you to send partial responses to the browser. I might have spelled it wrong, but I am sure there is a function in CF. David - Original Message - From: Tony Schreiber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:17 AM Subject: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? I have a function that allows a user to create a file of available inventory. The problem is that it takes a long time and eventually the browser will timeout, but they haven't gotten their file yet... What I want to do is let the user make the request and then respond with Thank you for your request. Your file will be created and emailed to you shortly. How can I spawn off the part that will actually create the file and still respond with a finished request to the browser? Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and Machine, Limited mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technocraft.com http://www.simplemessageboard.com ___Free Forum Software for Cold Fusion http://www.is300.net ___The Enthusiast's Home of the Lexus IS300 http://www.digitacamera.com __DigitA Camera Scripts and Tips http://www.linklabexchange.com _Miata Link ECU Data Exchange ~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
Tony Schreiber wrote: That let's me get a message to the browser, but the request is still running and the browser is still waiting... I want to browser to stop waiting... Could you send some javascript to the browser with CFFLUSH that does a redirect? script language=javascript window.location = thankyou.cfm; /script Jochem ~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
you are wanting the browser to make a request for a file but not wait for the file to be retrieved? if so, I don't think that's feasible. a general solution for the problem of generating the email would be to have a img src=createfile.cfm that can send out the email and you can show them whatever message you'd like to show them and the browser waiting for more should have no effect on the cfm or on the user. -Original Message- From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 9:33 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? That let's me get a message to the browser, but the request is still running and the browser is still waiting... I want to browser to stop waiting... Have you tried cfflush? I believe this tag will allow you to send partial responses to the browser. I might have spelled it wrong, but I am sure there is a function in CF. David - Original Message - From: Tony Schreiber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:17 AM Subject: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? I have a function that allows a user to create a file of available inventory. The problem is that it takes a long time and eventually the browser will timeout, but they haven't gotten their file yet... What I want to do is let the user make the request and then respond with Thank you for your request. Your file will be created and emailed to you shortly. How can I spawn off the part that will actually create the file and still respond with a finished request to the browser? Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and Machine, Limited mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technocraft.com http://www.simplemessageboard.com ___Free Forum Software for Cold Fusion http://www.is300.net ___The Enthusiast's Home of the Lexus IS300 http://www.digitacamera.com __DigitA Camera Scripts and Tips http://www.linklabexchange.com _Miata Link ECU Data Exchange ~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
Perhaps you could use the CFSCHEDULE tag to programmatically schedule a job to run (soon) which generates the file and sends the email? Then the page that the user sees will be done as soon as the job is scheduled (should be quick). Though some people hate CFSCHEDULE and I haven't used it much. -Original Message- From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 10:33 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? That let's me get a message to the browser, but the request is still running and the browser is still waiting... I want to browser to stop waiting... Have you tried cfflush? I believe this tag will allow you to send partial responses to the browser. I might have spelled it wrong, but I am sure there is a function in CF. David - Original Message - From: Tony Schreiber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:17 AM Subject: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? I have a function that allows a user to create a file of available inventory. The problem is that it takes a long time and eventually the browser will timeout, but they haven't gotten their file yet... What I want to do is let the user make the request and then respond with Thank you for your request. Your file will be created and emailed to you shortly. How can I spawn off the part that will actually create the file and still respond with a finished request to the browser? Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and Machine, Limited mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technocraft.com http://www.simplemessageboard.com ___Free Forum Software for Cold Fusion http://www.is300.net ___The Enthusiast's Home of the Lexus IS300 http://www.digitacamera.com __DigitA Camera Scripts and Tips http://www.linklabexchange.com _Miata Link ECU Data Exchange ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
Tony; The scheme I used in the past to do something similar was the following. Please keep in mind this is pre-version 5 and may no longer be the best practice. 1) Update a database with the user's id and the details on the page to generate (any variables passed, etc.). Display a page explaining the user will receive an email with download instructions. 2) CFSCHEDULE the page to generate the report ON ANOTHER BOX so you won't bog down a production server with long running pages. Set the timeout on this template to serve your needs. Make sure you use CFERROR or CFCATCH to monitor the template's progress. It is a good idea to set yourself up to be notified in case of errors. 3) Use CFFILE to create the file and store the file name and path in a database for later removal. 4) Update the database to indicate the page has generated or Delete the record to remove it from the queue. 5) CFMAIL the client download instructions on successful creation of the file. Tell the user how long they will have to download the file. You may wish to have the client download the page via CFCONTENT and have some error handling set up at this stage to avoid any snafus. 6) CFSCHEDULE another page to delete old files using the information stored in step 3. No need to keep reports that have already been created. Good luck, Mike -Original Message- From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 10:17 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? I have a function that allows a user to create a file of available inventory. The problem is that it takes a long time and eventually the browser will timeout, but they haven't gotten their file yet... What I want to do is let the user make the request and then respond with Thank you for your request. Your file will be created and emailed to you shortly. How can I spawn off the part that will actually create the file and still respond with a finished request to the browser? Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and Machine, Limited mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technocraft.com http://www.simplemessageboard.com ___Free Forum Software for Cold Fusion http://www.is300.net ___The Enthusiast's Home of the Lexus IS300 http://www.digitacamera.com __DigitA Camera Scripts and Tips http://www.linklabexchange.com _Miata Link ECU Data Exchange ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
Thanks, that sounds good, but I was hoping to not have to use CFSCHEDULE. Any other ideas? The scheme I used in the past to do something similar was the following. Please keep in mind this is pre-version 5 and may no longer be the best practice. 1) Update a database with the user's id and the details on the page to generate (any variables passed, etc.). Display a page explaining the user will receive an email with download instructions. 2) CFSCHEDULE the page to generate the report ON ANOTHER BOX so you won't bog down a production server with long running pages. Set the timeout on this template to serve your needs. Make sure you use CFERROR or CFCATCH to monitor the template's progress. It is a good idea to set yourself up to be notified in case of errors. 3) Use CFFILE to create the file and store the file name and path in a database for later removal. 4) Update the database to indicate the page has generated or Delete the record to remove it from the queue. 5) CFMAIL the client download instructions on successful creation of the file. Tell the user how long they will have to download the file. You may wish to have the client download the page via CFCONTENT and have some error handling set up at this stage to avoid any snafus. 6) CFSCHEDULE another page to delete old files using the information stored in step 3. No need to keep reports that have already been created. Good luck, Mike -Original Message- From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 10:17 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? I have a function that allows a user to create a file of available inventory. The problem is that it takes a long time and eventually the browser will timeout, but they haven't gotten their file yet... What I want to do is let the user make the request and then respond with Thank you for your request. Your file will be created and emailed to you shortly. How can I spawn off the part that will actually create the file and still respond with a finished request to the browser? Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and Machine, Limited mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technocraft.com http://www.simplemessageboard.com ___Free Forum Software for Cold Fusion http://www.is300.net ___The Enthusiast's Home of the Lexus IS300 http://www.digitacamera.com __DigitA Camera Scripts and Tips http://www.linklabexchange.com _Miata Link ECU Data Exchange ~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
No, I want the browser to request a page that returns immediately (so the broswer isn't waiting for a request to be completed and ultimately time out), but spawns a long-running request that will create the requested file and then email it to the user... I think the previously posted javascript/cfflush might work... you are wanting the browser to make a request for a file but not wait for the file to be retrieved? if so, I don't think that's feasible. a general solution for the problem of generating the email would be to have a img src=createfile.cfm that can send out the email and you can show them whatever message you'd like to show them and the browser waiting for more should have no effect on the cfm or on the user. -Original Message- From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 9:33 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? That let's me get a message to the browser, but the request is still running and the browser is still waiting... I want to browser to stop waiting... Have you tried cfflush? I believe this tag will allow you to send partial responses to the browser. I might have spelled it wrong, but I am sure there is a function in CF. David - Original Message - From: Tony Schreiber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:17 AM Subject: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? I have a function that allows a user to create a file of available inventory. The problem is that it takes a long time and eventually the browser will timeout, but they haven't gotten their file yet... What I want to do is let the user make the request and then respond with Thank you for your request. Your file will be created and emailed to you shortly. How can I spawn off the part that will actually create the file and still respond with a finished request to the browser? Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and Machine, Limited mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technocraft.com http://www.simplemessageboard.com ___Free Forum Software for Cold Fusion http://www.is300.net ___The Enthusiast's Home of the Lexus IS300 http://www.digitacamera.com __DigitA Camera Scripts and Tips http://www.linklabexchange.com _Miata Link ECU Data Exchange ~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
Tony, I don't know what OS/platform you are using, but CFEXECUTE should do what you want. Recently I was working on this exact problem. The application is a content management system for an advertising agency. When Jobs are updated, sometimes HUGE files need to be moved, hundreds of megabytes in fact. The best way I found to do this was to spawn a batch file with cfexecute, set the timeout to 0, which is a non-blocking mode of execution. This means the process will run in the background and return control to the browser right away. The batch file can execute a ColdFusion template that will do the requested file manipulation, OR you can use your operation system's native file commands and then send the execution to a ColdFusion template to send the email confirmation. The possibilities are somewhat large if not endless. What I've done is take this process and update a database field, effectively locking access to parts of the Job until file executions are done. You can even create a queue for pending file operations in this way! Also, another trick you can do is to execute the cf templates from the batch file with the user's session id, namely cfid and cftoken. In addition, if they have to log in, you can have a page where they can go to view the status of the file operations in progress, merely by reading a value from the database. You have to be careful because you can run into some problems when you get this granular. An example would be a process that is spawned goes off into never-never land. This is why there should be some kind of reporting for long running spawned processes. There are many ways to accomplish that, though. Have fun! Andy -Original Message- From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 4:10 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? No, I want the browser to request a page that returns immediately (so the broswer isn't waiting for a request to be completed and ultimately time out), but spawns a long-running request that will create the requested file and then email it to the user... I think the previously posted javascript/cfflush might work... you are wanting the browser to make a request for a file but not wait for the file to be retrieved? if so, I don't think that's feasible. a general solution for the problem of generating the email would be to have a img src=createfile.cfm that can send out the email and you can show them whatever message you'd like to show them and the browser waiting for more should have no effect on the cfm or on the user. -Original Message- From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 9:33 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? That let's me get a message to the browser, but the request is still running and the browser is still waiting... I want to browser to stop waiting... Have you tried cfflush? I believe this tag will allow you to send partial responses to the browser. I might have spelled it wrong, but I am sure there is a function in CF. David - Original Message - From: Tony Schreiber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:17 AM Subject: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? I have a function that allows a user to create a file of available inventory. The problem is that it takes a long time and eventually the browser will timeout, but they haven't gotten their file yet... What I want to do is let the user make the request and then respond with Thank you for your request. Your file will be created and emailed to you shortly. How can I spawn off the part that will actually create the file and still respond with a finished request to the browser? Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and Machine, Limited mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technocraft.com http://www.simplemessageboard.com ___Free Forum Software for Cold Fusion http://www.is300.net ___The Enthusiast's Home of the Lexus IS300 http://www.digitacamera.com __DigitA Camera Scripts and Tips http://www.linklabexchange.com _Miata Link ECU Data Exchange ~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request?
I didn't know you could do that with CFEXECUTE, that sounds like it will work perfectly. I can simply use cfexecute to initiate the cf template that generates the file... Very cool. I don't know what OS/platform you are using, but CFEXECUTE should do what you want. Recently I was working on this exact problem. The application is a content management system for an advertising agency. When Jobs are updated, sometimes HUGE files need to be moved, hundreds of megabytes in fact. The best way I found to do this was to spawn a batch file with cfexecute, set the timeout to 0, which is a non-blocking mode of execution. This means the process will run in the background and return control to the browser right away. The batch file can execute a ColdFusion template that will do the requested file manipulation, OR you can use your operation system's native file commands and then send the execution to a ColdFusion template to send the email confirmation. The possibilities are somewhat large if not endless. What I've done is take this process and update a database field, effectively locking access to parts of the Job until file executions are done. You can even create a queue for pending file operations in this way! Also, another trick you can do is to execute the cf templates from the batch file with the user's session id, namely cfid and cftoken. In addition, if they have to log in, you can have a page where they can go to view the status of the file operations in progress, merely by reading a value from the database. You have to be careful because you can run into some problems when you get this granular. An example would be a process that is spawned goes off into never-never land. This is why there should be some kind of reporting for long running spawned processes. There are many ways to accomplish that, though. Have fun! Andy -Original Message- From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 4:10 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? No, I want the browser to request a page that returns immediately (so the broswer isn't waiting for a request to be completed and ultimately time out), but spawns a long-running request that will create the requested file and then email it to the user... I think the previously posted javascript/cfflush might work... you are wanting the browser to make a request for a file but not wait for the file to be retrieved? if so, I don't think that's feasible. a general solution for the problem of generating the email would be to have a img src=createfile.cfm that can send out the email and you can show them whatever message you'd like to show them and the browser waiting for more should have no effect on the cfm or on the user. -Original Message- From: Tony Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 9:33 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? That let's me get a message to the browser, but the request is still running and the browser is still waiting... I want to browser to stop waiting... Have you tried cfflush? I believe this tag will allow you to send partial responses to the browser. I might have spelled it wrong, but I am sure there is a function in CF. David - Original Message - From: Tony Schreiber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:17 AM Subject: Send response to browser, but continue working on request? I have a function that allows a user to create a file of available inventory. The problem is that it takes a long time and eventually the browser will timeout, but they haven't gotten their file yet... What I want to do is let the user make the request and then respond with Thank you for your request. Your file will be created and emailed to you shortly. How can I spawn off the part that will actually create the file and still respond with a finished request to the browser? Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and Machine, Limited mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technocraft.com http://www.simplemessageboard.com ___Free Forum Software for Cold Fusion http://www.is300.net ___The Enthusiast's Home of the Lexus IS300 http://www.digitacamera.com __DigitA Camera Scripts and Tips http://www.linklabexchange.com _Miata Link ECU Data Exchange ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives:
