pdfs, cfcs and webservices

Nevermind had a Acrobat Reader install acting up for some reason. Reinstall
seems to have fixed it.

Thanks Again for all the help Ian!

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"Bash **AdobeCommunityExpert**" <bashcraft@wmtBRAIN.com> wrote in message
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> Apparently this is an IE issue as it works fine FF.
>
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> "Bash **AdobeCommunityExpert**" <bashcraft@wmtBRAIN.com> wrote in message
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>> Apparently these servers just don't like me. I get the binary data dumped
>> on the page using your method.
>>
>> Basically I get a lot of this stuff:
>>
>> %PDF-1.2 %?? 12 0 obj << /Length 13 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream
>> H?????????%=??6$Y`'??`gl??? ???\V????
>> TF??=O??2#fS??(?X?o??1#???&k????z?@v
>> ?'?8??5`qo!.?=??7???+????????Rf??
>> ????h?????�f?w??L!????????2{WwU?? \??fkB???]???!????? iw??]???Cg?
>> ?? sf???;?P???0????~Ig3h??
>>
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>>
>> "Ian Skinner" <ian.skinner@bloodsource.org> wrote in message
>> news:e9196n$rj2$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>>> Well if one tries hard enough one can do most anything. The following
>>> code is serving up PDF files from a web service! For some reason, I
>>> could not get this to work by sending the data directly to the client
>>> with the cfcontent tag, but by writing the data to a temp file and then
>>> sending that file to the client with cfcontent worked.
>>>
>>> Hopefully you can build on this to solve your problem.
>>>
>>> fileServing.cfm
>>> ---------------
>>> <cfset myFile="test.pdf">
>>>
>>> <cfheader name="Content-Type" value="pdf">
>>> <cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment;
>>> filename=#Myfile#">
>>>
>>> <cfset testObj = createObject("webservice",
>>> " http://playground/probono/fileServing.cfc?wsdl")>
>>>
>>> <cffile action="write" file="g:\playground\probono\tempServe.pdf"
>>> output="#BinaryDecode(testObj.serveFile(myFile),'Base64')#"
>>> addnewline="No" >
>>>
>>> <cfcontent type="application/pdf"
>>> file="g:\playground\probono\tempServe.pdf" reset="no">
>>>
>>>
>>> fileServing.cfc
>>> ---------------
>>> <cfcomponent>
>>> <cffunction name="serveFile" access="remote" returntype="string">
>>> <cfargument name="fileToServe" required="yes" type="string">
>>>
>>> <cfset var fileObj = "">
>>> <cfset var returnVar = "">
>>> <cfset var file = "">
>>>
>>> <cffile action="readBinary"
>>> file="g:\playground\probono\#arguments.fileToServe#" variable="fileObj">
>>> <cfset returnVar = binaryEncode(fileObj,"Base64")>
>>>
>>> <cfreturn returnVar>
>>> </cffunction>
>>> </cfcomponent>
>>
>>
>
>

Apparently this is an IE issue as it works fine FF.

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"Bash **AdobeCommunityExpert**" <bashcraft@wmtBRAIN.com> wrote in message
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> Apparently these servers just don't like me. I get the binary data dumped
> on the page using your method.
>
> Basically I get a lot of this stuff:
>
> %PDF-1.2 %?? 12 0 obj << /Length 13 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream
> H?????????%=??6$Y`'??`gl??? ???\V????
> TF??=O??2#fS??(?X?o??1#???&k????z?@v
> ?'?8??5`qo!.?=??7???+????????Rf??
> ????h?????�f?w??L!????????2{WwU?? \??fkB???]???!????? iw??]???Cg?
> ?? sf???;?P???0????~Ig3h??
>
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>
>
> "Ian Skinner" <ian.skinner@bloodsource.org> wrote in message
> news:e9196n$rj2$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> Well if one tries hard enough one can do most anything. The following
>> code is serving up PDF files from a web service! For some reason, I
>> could not get this to work by sending the data directly to the client
>> with the cfcontent tag, but by writing the data to a temp file and then
>> sending that file to the client with cfcontent worked.
>>
>> Hopefully you can build on this to solve your problem.
>>
>> fileServing.cfm
>> ---------------
>> <cfset myFile="test.pdf">
>>
>> <cfheader name="Content-Type" value="pdf">
>> <cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment;
>> filename=#Myfile#">
>>
>> <cfset testObj = createObject("webservice",
>> " http://playground/probono/fileServing.cfc?wsdl")>
>>
>> <cffile action="write" file="g:\playground\probono\tempServe.pdf"
>> output="#BinaryDecode(testObj.serveFile(myFile),'Base64')#"
>> addnewline="No" >
>>
>> <cfcontent type="application/pdf"
>> file="g:\playground\probono\tempServe.pdf" reset="no">
>>
>>
>> fileServing.cfc
>> ---------------
>> <cfcomponent>
>> <cffunction name="serveFile" access="remote" returntype="string">
>> <cfargument name="fileToServe" required="yes" type="string">
>>
>> <cfset var fileObj = "">
>> <cfset var returnVar = "">
>> <cfset var file = "">
>>
>> <cffile action="readBinary"
>> file="g:\playground\probono\#arguments.fileToServe#" variable="fileObj">
>> <cfset returnVar = binaryEncode(fileObj,"Base64")>
>>
>> <cfreturn returnVar>
>> </cffunction>
>> </cfcomponent>
>
>

Apparently these servers just don't like me. I get the binary data dumped on
the page using your method.

Basically I get a lot of this stuff:

%PDF-1.2 %?? 12 0 obj << /Length 13 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream
H?????????%=??6$Y`'??`gl??? ???\V????
TF??=O??2#fS??(?X?o??1#???&k????z?@v
?'?8??5`qo!.?=??7???+????????Rf??
????h?????�f?w??L!????????2{WwU?? \??fkB???]???!????? iw??]???Cg? ??
sf???;?P???0????~Ig3h??

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"Ian Skinner" <ian.skinner@bloodsource.org> wrote in message
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> Well if one tries hard enough one can do most anything. The following
> code is serving up PDF files from a web service! For some reason, I could
> not get this to work by sending the data directly to the client with the
> cfcontent tag, but by writing the data to a temp file and then sending
> that file to the client with cfcontent worked.
>
> Hopefully you can build on this to solve your problem.
>
> fileServing.cfm
> ---------------
> <cfset myFile="test.pdf">
>
> <cfheader name="Content-Type" value="pdf">
> <cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment;
> filename=#Myfile#">
>
> <cfset testObj = createObject("webservice",
> " http://playground/probono/fileServing.cfc?wsdl")>
>
> <cffile action="write" file="g:\playground\probono\tempServe.pdf"
> output="#BinaryDecode(testObj.serveFile(myFile),'Base64')#"
> addnewline="No" >
>
> <cfcontent type="application/pdf"
> file="g:\playground\probono\tempServe.pdf" reset="no">
>
>
> fileServing.cfc
> ---------------
> <cfcomponent>
> <cffunction name="serveFile" access="remote" returntype="string">
> <cfargument name="fileToServe" required="yes" type="string">
>
> <cfset var fileObj = "">
> <cfset var returnVar = "">
> <cfset var file = "">
>
> <cffile action="readBinary"
> file="g:\playground\probono\#arguments.fileToServe#" variable="fileObj">
> <cfset returnVar = binaryEncode(fileObj,"Base64")>
>
> <cfreturn returnVar>
> </cffunction>
> </cfcomponent>

Very good point. I was planning using the makeunique option of cffile to
help with that. Adding a lock could further enhance this. Thanks!

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"Ian Skinner" <ian.skinner@bloodsource.org> wrote in message
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>I just thought of something of which you should be aware. I believe there
>is a potential for a race condition during your save it, serve it, delete
>it cycle.
>
> I suspect you will want to lock or otherwise control the access to this
> logic so that a second user is not saving a new file just before an
> earlier user is to be served and thus they both get the second user's
> file.
>
> Bash **AdobeCommunityExpert** wrote:
>> You rock!!!!
>>
>> Thank you so much. I'll just have to save it, serve it, delete it!
>>

I just thought of something of which you should be aware. I believe
there is a potential for a race condition during your save it, serve it,
delete it cycle.

I suspect you will want to lock or otherwise control the access to this
logic so that a second user is not saving a new file just before an
earlier user is to be served and thus they both get the second user's file.

Bash **AdobeCommunityExpert** wrote:
> You rock!!!!
>
> Thank you so much. I'll just have to save it, serve it, delete it!
>

You rock!!!!

Thank you so much. I'll just have to save it, serve it, delete it!

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"Ian Skinner" <ian.skinner@bloodsource.org> wrote in message
news:e9196n$rj2$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Well if one tries hard enough one can do most anything. The following
> code is serving up PDF files from a web service! For some reason, I could
> not get this to work by sending the data directly to the client with the
> cfcontent tag, but by writing the data to a temp file and then sending
> that file to the client with cfcontent worked.
>
> Hopefully you can build on this to solve your problem.
>
> fileServing.cfm
> ---------------
> <cfset myFile="test.pdf">
>
> <cfheader name="Content-Type" value="pdf">
> <cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment;
> filename=#Myfile#">
>
> <cfset testObj = createObject("webservice",
> " http://playground/probono/fileServing.cfc?wsdl")>
>
> <cffile action="write" file="g:\playground\probono\tempServe.pdf"
> output="#BinaryDecode(testObj.serveFile(myFile),'Base64')#"
> addnewline="No" >
>
> <cfcontent type="application/pdf"
> file="g:\playground\probono\tempServe.pdf" reset="no">
>
>
> fileServing.cfc
> ---------------
> <cfcomponent>
> <cffunction name="serveFile" access="remote" returntype="string">
> <cfargument name="fileToServe" required="yes" type="string">
>
> <cfset var fileObj = "">
> <cfset var returnVar = "">
> <cfset var file = "">
>
> <cffile action="readBinary"
> file="g:\playground\probono\#arguments.fileToServe#" variable="fileObj">
> <cfset returnVar = binaryEncode(fileObj,"Base64")>
>
> <cfreturn returnVar>
> </cffunction>
> </cfcomponent>

Well if one tries hard enough one can do most anything. The following
code is serving up PDF files from a web service! For some reason, I
could not get this to work by sending the data directly to the client
with the cfcontent tag, but by writing the data to a temp file and then
sending that file to the client with cfcontent worked.

Hopefully you can build on this to solve your problem.

fileServing.cfm
---------------
<cfset myFile="test.pdf">

<cfheader name="Content-Type" value="pdf">
<cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment; filename=#Myfile#">

<cfset testObj = createObject("webservice",
" http://playground/probono/fileServing.cfc?wsdl")>

<cffile action="write" file="g:\playground\probono\tempServe.pdf"
output="#BinaryDecode(testObj.serveFile(myFile),'Base64')#"
addnewline="No" >

<cfcontent type="application/pdf"
file="g:\playground\probono\tempServe.pdf" reset="no">


fileServing.cfc
---------------
<cfcomponent>
<cffunction name="serveFile" access="remote" returntype="string">
<cfargument name="fileToServe" required="yes" type="string">

<cfset var fileObj = "">
<cfset var returnVar = "">
<cfset var file = "">

<cffile action="readBinary"
file="g:\playground\probono\#arguments.fileToServe#" variable="fileObj">
<cfset returnVar = binaryEncode(fileObj,"Base64")>

<cfreturn returnVar>
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent>

A small sample of the data dump would be fine, I was just curious if it
was an obvious encoding?

I am making a bit of progress, there is an error in the code, and the
error display is what is being downloaded to the reader.

Bash **AdobeCommunityExpert** wrote:
> cfhttp.filecontent is simply the data returned from the cfhttp call. I can
> post the big binary data dump if you want, but that is what the variable
> contains.
>
> The reason I'm doing this is because we have the files stored one server but
> need them to be accessible from two separate servers. I wanted to use a web
> service as it reduces the amount of code involved.
>
> Thanks so much for all the effort you have put into this, I know I have been
> banging my head against it for a while now.
>

cfhttp.filecontent is simply the data returned from the cfhttp call. I can
post the big binary data dump if you want, but that is what the variable
contains.

The reason I'm doing this is because we have the files stored one server but
need them to be accessible from two separate servers. I wanted to use a web
service as it reduces the amount of code involved.

Thanks so much for all the effort you have put into this, I know I have been
banging my head against it for a while now.

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"Ian Skinner" <ian.skinner@bloodsource.org> wrote in message
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> Can you provide a sample of what #cfhttp.filecontent# is in this sample?
>
>
> <!--- Send HTTP request for file from intranet and serve file to user--->
> <cfhttp method="get" url=" http://domain/load_doc.cfm?doc=#url.doc#"
> timeout="60" throwonerror="yes"></cfhttp>
> </cfsilent>
> <!--- Set default headers for serving file and serve file up to user--->
> <cfheader name="Content-Type" value="pdf">
> <cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment;
> filename=#url.doc#">
> <cfcontent type="application/pdf">
>
> <cfoutput>#cfhttp.filecontent#</cfoutput>

Can you provide a sample of what #cfhttp.filecontent# is in this sample?


<!--- Send HTTP request for file from intranet and serve file to user--->
<cfhttp method="get" url=" http://domain/load_doc.cfm?doc=#url.doc#"
timeout="60" throwonerror="yes"></cfhttp>
</cfsilent>
<!--- Set default headers for serving file and serve file up to user--->
<cfheader name="Content-Type" value="pdf">
<cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment; filename=#url.doc#">
<cfcontent type="application/pdf">

<cfoutput>#cfhttp.filecontent#</cfoutput>