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Shane72 · Jan 18th, 2005, 10:48 AM

Hi,

My technology consulting company is getting into intranet development for our clients. Our "test" client wants the following:

Drop a file (probably a Word doc) into a directory on a network server. That file should "automatically" appear on an intranet webpage of theirs, hyperlinked so employees can click on it and download it.

Having said this, we have chosen Dreamweaver as our HTML authoring software, and therefore decided to get trained on ColdFusion as our programming language. CF seems to be mostly databases. Can CF do what I need, or is there another langauge out there that is more appropriate for the task at hand?

Thanks in advance,
Shane

Dizzutch · Jan 18th, 2005, 11:18 AM

I've never worked with CF, but i know that PHP, ASP and Perl can all accomplish what you need to do. There are some alternatives for ya.

good luck

Dizz

Pizentios · Jan 18th, 2005, 11:47 AM

PHP is what i'd use. but that's just me, i have never used CF. I have heard that it's a bit slower than PHP.

Infinite Recursion · Jan 18th, 2005, 4:27 PM

I also would choose PHP to do this, using MySQL for the database of attachments in the "drop zone" and you can have a PHP script grab the file information and dynamically generate the download list, all the while, integrating it into your main intranet download page.

Berto · Jan 19th, 2005, 3:39 AM

CF is written as a heavy DB use language the syntax for it is simple and getting information from databases to pages etc is fairly easy, but when i used it i found that trying to do anything more dynamic then displaying results from a user built query a pain in the arse.

kurifu · Jan 22nd, 2005, 1:08 AM

Yeah, CF will do what you want it to do. One of the main features you are looking for here is the ability to either scan a set of dirctories for files and place them withint the HTML code, or scan for file information from a constantly updated database (first option seems most practical for you I believe).

PHP and ASP would have accomplished the same thing, and they are a bit freer (I believe) and a little more frequently updated and more supported than CF... but CF will get the job done.

new User(Kevin.Parkinson) · Apr 6th, 2005, 9:47 PM

Hello:
Myself, I would use ASP.NET, but this may not be the best for your organisation. I would imagine that Cold Fusion( which seems like a pretty good technology ) has access to the file system, so I would think that you cna write some code that looks for all of the file in a certain directory and respond with a page that links to those documents. Any good web programming technology should be able to do so!

Sincerely,
Kevin Parkinson

Infinite Recursion · Apr 6th, 2005, 11:22 PM

I have developed a need for something similar... I think I will be doing it in PHP... although, I am biased because I have -zero- Cold Fusion experience.

Jan 18th, 2005, 10:48 AM	#1
Shane72 Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Did I pick the right language? Hi, My technology consulting company is getting into intranet development for our clients. Our "test" client wants the following: Drop a file (probably a Word doc) into a directory on a network server. That file should "automatically" appear on an intranet webpage of theirs, hyperlinked so employees can click on it and download it. Having said this, we have chosen Dreamweaver as our HTML authoring software, and therefore decided to get trained on ColdFusion as our programming language. CF seems to be mostly databases. Can CF do what I need, or is there another langauge out there that is more appropriate for the task at hand? Thanks in advance, Shane

Jan 18th, 2005, 11:18 AM	#2
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Jan 22nd, 2005, 1:08 AM	#6
kurifu Expert Programmer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) Posts: 784 Rep Power: 5	Yeah, CF will do what you want it to do. One of the main features you are looking for here is the ability to either scan a set of dirctories for files and place them withint the HTML code, or scan for file information from a constantly updated database (first option seems most practical for you I believe). PHP and ASP would have accomplished the same thing, and they are a bit freer (I believe) and a little more frequently updated and more supported than CF... but CF will get the job done. __________________ Clifford Matthew Roche <geek@cliffordroche.com> Web Hosting: http://www.crd-hosting.com Consulting: http://www.crdev-consulting.com

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Berto Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,022 Rep Power: 5	CF is written as a heavy DB use language the syntax for it is simple and getting information from databases to pages etc is fairly easy, but when i used it i found that trying to do anything more dynamic then displaying results from a user built query a pain in the arse.

Apr 6th, 2005, 9:47 PM	#7
new User(Kevin.Parkinson) Programmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 37 Rep Power: 0	Eh Ess Pee Dot Net Hello: Myself, I would use ASP.NET, but this may not be the best for your organisation. I would imagine that Cold Fusion( which seems like a pretty good technology ) has access to the file system, so I would think that you cna write some code that looks for all of the file in a certain directory and respond with a page that links to those documents. Any good web programming technology should be able to do so! Sincerely, Kevin Parkinson __________________ (Toggle Plain Text) public class MySignature extends Post implements JavaSyntax throws NuttinHoney{ MySignature() { Salutation(); Name(); } public string Salutation() { Screen.printLn( "Sincerely,\n" ); } public string Name() { Screen.printLn( "Kevin Parkinson" ); } } public class MySignature extends Post implements JavaSyntax throws NuttinHoney{ MySignature() { Salutation(); Name(); } public string Salutation() { Screen.printLn( "Sincerely,\n" ); } public string Name() { Screen.printLn( "Kevin Parkinson" ); } }

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