Re: CF8, cfimage writetobrowser action - backgrounds?

2008-06-19 Thread Raymond Camden
Why not just save the image? I generally recommend folks only use writeToBrowser for testing. Yes - you can generate images on the fly and show them to the user. But if you get any kind of load you really want to start saving those images to the file system. On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Scott

Re: CF8, cfimage writetobrowser action - backgrounds?

2008-06-19 Thread Scott Weikert
Raymond Camden wrote: Why not just save the image? I generally recommend folks only use writeToBrowser for testing. Yes - you can generate images on the fly and show them to the user. But if you get any kind of load you really want to start saving those images to the file system. Thinking

Re: CF8, cfimage writetobrowser action - backgrounds?

2008-06-19 Thread Scott Weikert
Well thinking about it MORE, I really *do* need to write the images right out to the browser. The sheer number of combinations of the data preclude pre-writing out the images to the file system - it would be a huge number of files. But I figured out my background issue. I'm just using a pair

RE: CF8, cfimage writetobrowser action - backgrounds?

2008-06-19 Thread Brad Wood
, cfimage writetobrowser action - backgrounds? Well thinking about it MORE, I really *do* need to write the images right out to the browser. The sheer number of combinations of the data preclude pre-writing out the images to the file system - it would be a huge number of files. But I figured out my

Re: CF8, cfimage writetobrowser action - backgrounds?

2008-06-19 Thread Raymond Camden
- From: Scott Weikert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:38 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CF8, cfimage writetobrowser action - backgrounds? Well thinking about it MORE, I really *do* need to write the images right out to the browser. The sheer number of combinations

RE: CF8, cfimage writetobrowser action - backgrounds?

2008-06-19 Thread Brad Wood
-Original Message- From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you ... reload this a few times, you will see a new file is created everytime. I stand by my original recommendation - in _general_, it probably makes sense to manipulate an image only one time and save the result.

Re: CF8, cfimage writetobrowser action - backgrounds?

2008-06-19 Thread Scott Weikert
Brad Wood wrote: I suppose perhaps Scott could chime in and tell us if he truly wants one-time-use, throw-away images, or if he is hoping to save them and reuse them for multiple page requests later or even archive them for later retrieval. I guess that's my cue. :D Ok a little

RE: CF8, cfimage writetobrowser action - backgrounds?

2008-06-19 Thread Brad Wood
. I'll let you get back to your gaming... What is the URL for your companion site? ~Brad -Original Message- From: Scott Weikert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 2:19 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CF8, cfimage writetobrowser action - backgrounds? Brad Wood wrote: I