newbie q.: how to access a CF array from a java applet?

[cadoltt]

Hi everybody!

I am completely new to CF, jast started some reading, maybe my questions will be stupid, please forgive me.

My task in general terms is to build a query in my java applet, pass the query to the CF program (?), make CF connect to a database, populate a CF array with the data, then get the data back in the applet and process it. I've read a bit about CF db connections and arrays - looks pretty straightforward, but I can't find about how to communicate between the applet and CF program: 1) how to pass a query string from the applet to the program, and 2) how to access a CF array from the applet.

Any advice will be appreciated. And first of all where to read, useful links etc.

Thanks,
Alex

 

[TruthInSatire]

This isn't really a CF question i don't think. Sounds more like a "java remoting" question. You're asking how to use java to reach out and touch someone. I dunno.

We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.

 

[pigsie]

I agree with TruthInSatire - what you really need to know is how to use an applet to retrieve data remotely perhaps from a url or webservice. You could also do this mind you with Flash and if you're using cfmx then flash remoting is built in making things a bit easier. Sorry haven't messed with applets in years.

 

[cadoltt]

TruthInSatire, Pigsie,

Thank you guys anyway for your advice, I've posted my question in the java forum.

Alex