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Can CF call an ISAPI extension (dll)?

  • March 6, 2008
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I'm not a CF guy, so bear with me.

We have an ISAPI extension and want to use it in a website written in CF.
Is this possible? The web guy is telling me to rewrite it as a custom tag.

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    Newsgroup_UserAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 6, 2008
    Can you point me to a reference on this so I can figure out the calling
    syntax?

    "Mr Black" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
    news:fqp4ul$sji$1@forums.macromedia.com...
    > Yes, you can use an IISAPI extension on CF Web-site. You do not need to
    > re-write it to any custom tag, unless, you want to. ColdFusion itself is
    > IISAPI extension.

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    Mr_Black
    Participating Frequently
    March 6, 2008
    You cannot call it from CF, because it is a IIS extension. IIS extension is a self-contained app, which you can call from CF-generated HTML page, for example. This is similar like combining, let's say ASP and CF.

    What exactly is your purpose? And what kind of extension you are talking about?
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    Newsgroup_UserAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 6, 2008

    "SafariTECH" <contact@safaritech.com> wrote in message
    news:fqp2g0$q30$1@forums.macromedia.com...
    > It depends on what the executable needs to do etc - but CFEXECUTE can run
    > executable extensions on the server.

    The goal is to pass in an integer key, and return a text string containing a
    couple of pages of merged text.

    > If it is something straight forward, or if CFEXECUTE is disabled on the
    > server
    > for security reasons, writing it as a custom tag may be a better solution.

    I've been looking at custom tags. The only example I've found is in C++,
    and I'm writing in Delphi. I see references to Delphi examples, but haven't
    found the actual code yet. Any suggestions?


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    Mr_Black
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    March 6, 2008
    Yes, you can use an IISAPI extension on CF Web-site. You do not need to re-write it to any custom tag, unless, you want to. ColdFusion itself is IISAPI extension.
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    SafariTECH
    Inspiring
    March 6, 2008
    It depends on what the executable needs to do etc - but CFEXECUTE can run executable extensions on the server.

    If it is something straight forward, or if CFEXECUTE is disabled on the server for security reasons, writing it as a custom tag may be a better solution.

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