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June 24, 2010
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Is there a runtime version

  • June 24, 2010
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Hello all

I have a question and a cituation. I'm working for a new company who's core product is a back office system for inventory, logistics and other services. That system is sold to each client (couple hundred) set up and ready to go on a server. The client plugs the server into there network and after some light configuring and entering all the inventory they're ready to go. Within the back office system we have some (Upgrade Features) that can be turned on or off. One of those is two reports. At present those reports are created and run on JasperReports which we have installed on each server. Jasper being free we can distribute it in order to provide these reports. I would really prefer to be using Coldfusion for the reports. The reports are very simple in there design we have potential for making some very good revenue from adding more and better reports but not if we have to pay for a Coldfusion license for each server that we sell to our clients.

So, my question is, is there a way that I can use CF for my reporting and use some sort of runtime version on the servers that will give me the ability to execute the reports?

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    Correct answer Owainnorth

    Hi there

    No, I don't believe there's any way of using CF in such a way, as it's licenced on a per-CPU basis. You could use one of the free versions (Railo etc) but they still require installing and configuring.

    How much data requires processing? You could always just use any old PHP or .NET page on the client to post the data to a webservice on a central CF server, which processes the data then returns an XML report or similar.

    Advantage is that you can centrally manage and upgrade the reporting system, downside is it's taking their reporting out-of-house, and that may raise security or reliability concerns.

    O.

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    Owainnorth
    OwainnorthCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    June 24, 2010

    Hi there

    No, I don't believe there's any way of using CF in such a way, as it's licenced on a per-CPU basis. You could use one of the free versions (Railo etc) but they still require installing and configuring.

    How much data requires processing? You could always just use any old PHP or .NET page on the client to post the data to a webservice on a central CF server, which processes the data then returns an XML report or similar.

    Advantage is that you can centrally manage and upgrade the reporting system, downside is it's taking their reporting out-of-house, and that may raise security or reliability concerns.

    O.