[cfaussie] For the Mac and Linux users out there - Codeweavers CrossOver software free today thanks to George W

2008-10-27 Thread Nathan Drury
Heard throught he grapevine that Codewaevers is giving away their CrossOver software today thanks to George W. I don't use Mac or Linux but thought there might be people on the group interested in this. http://lameduck.codeweavers.com/ CrossOver Product Description Intended for Intel Mac OS X

[cfaussie] Re: To maintain DB connections or not ... that is the question

2008-04-27 Thread Nathan Drury
of sessions and the like > > z > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Nathan Drury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Zac > > > We do that. One DB user has full permissions for all the relevant DBs > > on the server. When a user logs in and selects a

[cfaussie] Re: To maintain DB connections or not ... that is the question

2008-04-27 Thread Nathan Drury
ired to the database server > > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Nathan Drury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Andrew > > > Our application is used by law firms to manage documents that form > > part of a litigation matter. The one single applicati

[cfaussie] Re: To maintain DB connections or not ... that is the question

2008-04-27 Thread Nathan Drury
w Scott > Senior Coldfusion Developer > Aegeon Pty. Ltd.www.aegeon.com.au > Phone: +613 9015 8628 > Mobile: 0404 998 273 > > -Original Message- > From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Nathan Drury > Sent: Monday, 28 Apri

[cfaussie] Re: To maintain DB connections or not ... that is the question

2008-04-27 Thread Nathan Drury
Thanks for your responses guys. @Barry It does reads and writes. @Joel If we decide to maintain connections, I would be looking to limit the number of open connections to each DB to try to ensure that the DBMS (SQL Server BTW) won't run out of connections. If nothing comes of this post I wi

[cfaussie] Re: To maintain DB connections or not ... that is the question

2008-04-27 Thread Nathan Drury
Stumbled across this old (2004) article "How are database connections handled in ColdFusion?" at http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_18061 Doesn't say when not to maintain connections but provides a good general outline. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~--

[cfaussie] To maintain DB connections or not ... that is the question

2008-04-27 Thread Nathan Drury
Hi We have a CF app which can be using multiple DBs at any given time (e.g. user1 logs into DB1, user2 logs into DB2, etc). At any given time the application can be accessing up to 20 different DBs. I've been trying to determine whether we should be maintaining connections to these DBs or not.

[cfaussie] CF8 launching on July 31?

2007-07-11 Thread Nathan Drury
http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/7/11/Adobe-User-Group-To-Host-ColdFusion-8-Launch-Event --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@google

[cfaussie] Re: CFAussie Community Head Count

2007-05-31 Thread Nathan Drury
ping pow boom crash uh --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL P

[cfaussie] Anyone had success accessing COM objects using Java Stubs?

2007-04-04 Thread Nathan Drury
G'day I'm trying to access a COM object for the web server extensions for Pegasus' Prizm Viewer (http://www.pegasusimaging.com/prizmviewerhelp/ web-server.htm) Pegasus provides an ActiveX DLL (AnnCGI) and some ASP code that accesses that DLL and actually works. Of course, we don't want to use A

[cfaussie] Re: CF calling MS Fax COM

2007-04-04 Thread Nathan Drury
Rod What error message do you get back? I'm having difficulties with COM at the moment too and will post about them here. On Apr 3, 5:19 pm, "rod higgins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having a problem talking to the MS Fax service object. My code > below fails on the last line while

[cfaussie] Re: OT: webdu birds of a feather

2007-03-07 Thread Nathan Drury
Great idea Andrew. Chant with me now . Apollo, Apollo, Apollo, Apollo --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsu

[cfaussie] Re: Cold Fusion Is Old Hat compared to php aps etc !!!!

2006-12-13 Thread Nathan Drury
Maybe this may help? World's Top Companies Use ColdFusion MX - http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/proven/ "In use at 75 of the Fortune 100 companies and at more than 10,000 other companies worldwide, ColdFusion MX is one of the most widely adopted web technologies in the industry. Here's a

[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-07 Thread Nathan Drury
No need to apologise Barry. For the most part this has been a healthy debate about CF and its competitors. Anyone who relies on CF for their living should be aware of its competitors and how they compare to CF (especially how they compare to CF in the eyes of the bean counters and decision maker

[cfaussie] Re: Duplicating CFC instances (very interesting behaviour)

2006-07-25 Thread Nathan Drury
For those who do have access to CF7 Enterprise, here is an Adobe Dev Net article that explains how to use a DirectoryWatcher Event Gateway to clear trusted cache: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/cacheclear.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received t

[cfaussie] Re: creating .doc files in Coldfusion

2006-07-06 Thread Nathan Drury
Using COM does require a licensed copy of Office on the server. However, even Microsoft doesn't recommend using Office on the server! http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257757/en/ In a past life I used COM extensively with CF5 and it was very unreliable and quite slow. I can't imagine it would be a

[cfaussie] Re: Unit Testing

2006-06-08 Thread Nathan Drury
You can find CFUnit at http://cfunit.sourceforge.net/ It appears to be an updated (?) version of the DRK 3 CFUnit. There are some articles about using it listed here - http://cfunit.sourceforge.net/news.php Also, CFUnit can be used with Ant - http://cfunit.sourceforge.net/help-ant.php Cheers

[cfaussie] Re: Help me save CF!

2006-03-22 Thread Nathan Drury
Misconceptions and Myths About ColdFusion . . . Debunked http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/read/172573.htm "The majority of the misconceptions about ColdFusion surround its capabilities. We've all been there; having to defend against the notion that ColdFusion is a toy; that it's not capable of deli

[cfaussie] $495 Project Management Software for $5

2006-02-22 Thread Nathan Drury
http://www.axosoft.com/Products/ontime.aspx?cn=otm_stepromo This is a genuine offer with proceeds going to the American Red Cross. I know little about the software but seems like a good deal. The offer expires tomorrow. Found it via this post - http://www.cbetta.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/2/22/49

[cfaussie] Re: Ruby on Rails

2006-02-22 Thread Nathan Drury
I'm already going to the Flex workshop but the Ruby one sounds like a great deal for $365 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.

[cfaussie] Re: WebDu Who's going ?

2006-02-22 Thread Nathan Drury
I'll be there as will the TQ eMarketing ladies, Clare, Jo and Narda. Woohoo - webDU here we come! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@goog

[cfaussie] Re: Can you generate Word documents with CF without using COM?

2006-02-07 Thread Nathan Drury
Thanks for your replies, Gentlemen. I'll try CFReport first and if that gives me grief head down the iText road or get dirty using Barry's method. Cheers Nathan

[cfaussie] Re: Can you generate Word documents with CF without using COM?

2006-02-07 Thread Nathan Drury
I just found iText (http://www.lowagie.com/iText/) which generates RTF. CFDocument uses iText - I wonder why CFDoc can't generate RTF? Cheers Nathan

[cfaussie] Can you generate Word documents with CF without using COM?

2006-02-07 Thread Nathan Drury
Hi I've been tasked with generating a Word (or RTF) document using CF. I've done this before using COM (need to purchase Word and it's not very stable at all) but am wondering if there is any acceptable non-COM alternative. I'm aware of POI HWPF but as it is "still in early development" I though