Note passing system?

Anyone know of a good CF-based note/messaging system? I'm not talking about an email server but more of a db driven messaging software that will allow me to post a message to a specific suer. When that user comes in, they can check for their own messages and reply accordingly. Again, its not an email system per se. Thanks, Rey Bango... Certified Allaire Instructor Member of Team Allaire "A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

>>>"A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*." What in the world does the above quote mean?  It's boggling my mind! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

You'll have to ask Dave Watts on that one. It was a quote he made. It sounded cool so I took! ;o) Rey,,, ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

I am also scheduled to build such a system soon. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Perhaps I can get a head start. Tony Gruen Anyone know of a good CF-based note/messaging system? I'm not talking about an email server but more of a db driven messaging software that will allow me to post a message to a specific suer. When that user comes in, they can check for their own messages and reply accordingly. Again, its not an email system per se. Thanks, Rey Bango... Certified Allaire Instructor Member of Team Allaire "A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

Tony: Have you looked at the code in Chatster? http://www.factorxsoftware.com/ This is basically a CFM version of AOLIM - ICQ etc.. dunno if this meets your needs wish you well in your quest Dan I am also scheduled to build such a system soon. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Perhaps I can get a head start. Tony Gruen Anyone know of a good CF-based note/messaging system? I'm not talking about an email server but more of a db driven messaging software that will allow me to post a message to a specific suer. When that user comes in, they can check for their own messages and reply accordingly. Again, its not an email system per se. Thanks, Rey Bango... Certified Allaire Instructor Member of Team Allaire "A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

Sounds like you want a project management tool. We have an internal system here we use to parse out work.  Basically the client/project manager submits an item to a form and it appears on the necessary persons desktop based on who they select.  They see the item, do the work, mark their time, and reply via the form.  It's a great project management tool and it keeps track of correspondence. Building a system like your describing isn't too difficult, it's just time consuming.  We have looked into outside utilities to do this, but we've found them lacking.  As a development shop we have found that when we need some additional functionality we build it on.  The current system we have now has grown out of several developers efforts in the past two years to incompass project managment, billing, contacts, work requests, logging, and a host of other things. A third party too may save you time in the short run, but in the long run, it'll probably lacks the additional functionality you want.  I recommend buiding your own system, keeping in mind you want to be able to add additionally functionality in the future. - Paul > Anyone know of a good CF-based note/messaging system? I'm not talking about > an email server but more of a db driven messaging software that will allow > me to post a message to a specific suer. When that user comes in, they can > check for their own messages and reply accordingly. Again, its not an email ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

I have a socket I wrote for my organization.  Real crude but it works. Interested? Steve ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

What do you mean by a socket program? Rey... ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- do ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- time > >consuming.  We have looked into outside utilities to do this, but we've > >found them lacking.  As a development shop we have found that when we need > >some additional functionality we build it on.  The current system we have > >now has grown out of several developers efforts in the past two years to > >incompass project managment, billing, contacts, work requests, logging, and > >a host of other things. > > > >A third party too may save you time in the short run, but in the long run, ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- allow > > > me to post a message to a specific suer. When that user comes in, they can ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

Not really, Paul. Its more like an internal messaging system. One where I can write a message to another user or perhaps a group of users and have them correspnd back. Again, its not a true email system but one that would allow me to be able to communicate within the scope of my own application. Rey... Certified Allaire Instructor Member of Team Allaire "A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*." ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- and ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- allow > > me to post a message to a specific suer. When that user comes in, they can ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

I implemented the same thing for the new Friends Plus site. The beauty of the system is that nobpdys email address is released. We could be draconian and introduce full auditing but it has not been necessary yet. The user remain anonymous and their email address is never released unless they give it out. Not really, Paul. Its more like an internal messaging system. One where I can write a message to another user or perhaps a group of users and have them correspnd back. Again, its not a true email system but one that would allow me to be able to communicate within the scope of my own application. Rey... Certified Allaire Instructor Member of Team Allaire "A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*." ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- and ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- allow > > me to post a message to a specific suer. When that user comes in, they can ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

As a side note - if you have an idea for your application - do it! Do not expect someone else to have already written the code for you. CF makes coding easy. If you are worried about the code have trusted people try and break it. Spend at least 3 weeks with beta testers on trusted code. You would be amazed at how the feedback either picks up problems or points out, even unobtrusively, better ways to accomplish a task. I implemented the same thing for the new Friends Plus site. The beauty of the system is that nobpdys email address is released. We could be draconian and introduce full auditing but it has not been necessary yet. The user remain anonymous and their email address is never released unless they give it out. Not really, Paul. Its more like an internal messaging system. One where I can write a message to another user or perhaps a group of users and have them correspnd back. Again, its not a true email system but one that would allow me to be able to communicate within the scope of my own application. Rey... Certified Allaire Instructor Member of Team Allaire "A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*." ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- and ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- allow > > me to post a message to a specific suer. When that user comes in, they can ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

:o) Hi Peter. I certainly understand where you're coming from. After 3 years of doing some solid CF work, I'm very capable of building most of the stuff that I need. I'm just an advocate of code reuse. If there's something out there that helps me reduce my coding time, I'd like to take advantage of it. I really hate reinventing the wheel. Thanks for the feedback... Rey... Certified Allaire Instructor Member of Team Allaire "A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*." > As a side note - if you have an idea for your application - do it! Do not > expect someone else to have already written the code for you. CF makes > coding easy. If you are worried about the code have trusted people try and > break it. Spend at least 3 weeks with beta testers on trusted code. You > would be amazed at how the feedback either picks up problems or points out, ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- do ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- time > > consuming.  We have looked into outside utilities to do this, but we've > > found them lacking.  As a development shop we have found that when we need > > some additional functionality we build it on.  The current system we have ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- run, ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

As strange as this may sound in light of normal developmental thought processes... I like to re-invent the wheel... each time I do, I get a better, more efficient, and sometimes a much better looking wheel...  of course I don't do this all the time, and I may use a function or two that somebody else wrote, but I've always written my own applications.  It's why I'm a developer... I love developing... At 02:37 AM 4/17/01 -0400, you wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

More power to ya, Joe. I love developing as well but anything that allows me to deploy a system quicker and spend more time with my family is worth the investment. Personally, if I had to choose between re-coding or watching a DVD with my wife & kids, I'll go for the latter. ;o) Rey Bango Certified Allaire Instructor Member of Team Allaire "A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*." > As strange as this may sound in light of normal developmental thought > processes... I like to re-invent the wheel... each time I do, I get a > better, more efficient, and sometimes a much better looking wheel...  of > course I don't do this all the time, and I may use a function or two that > somebody else wrote, but I've always written my own applications.  It's why ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- of > >doing some solid CF work, I'm very capable of building most of the stuff > >that I need. I'm just an advocate of code reuse. If there's something out > >there that helps me reduce my coding time, I'd like to take advantage of it. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- not > > > expect someone else to have already written the code for you. CF makes > > > coding easy. If you are worried about the code have trusted people try and > > > break it. Spend at least 3 weeks with beta testers on trusted code. You ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- of ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- never ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- where I > > > can write a message to another user or perhaps a group of users and have > > > them correspnd back. Again, its not a true email system but one that would > > > allow me to be able to communicate within the scope of my own application. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- the > > > > client/project manager submits an item to a form and it appears on the > > > > necessary persons desktop based on who they select.  They see the item, > >do > > > > the work, mark their time, and reply via the form.  It's a great project ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- just > >time > > > > consuming.  We have looked into outside utilities to do this, but we've > > > > found them lacking.  As a development shop we have found that when we ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- years to > > > > incompass project managment, billing, contacts, work requests, logging, ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- long > >run, > > > > it'll probably lacks the additional functionality you want.   I recommend ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- talking ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- will ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- they ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- an ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

Check out http://friendsplus.dns2go.com - I may need to set you up a "test account" to see it in action as we are finalising testing. At the same time I recommend using the DNS2GO service - or at least trying it! I implemented the same thing for the new Friends Plus site. The beauty of the system is that nobpdys email address is released. We could be draconian and introduce full auditing but it has not been necessary yet. The user remain anonymous and their email address is never released unless they give it out. Not really, Paul. Its more like an internal messaging system. One where I can write a message to another user or perhaps a group of users and have them correspnd back. Again, its not a true email system but one that would allow me to be able to communicate within the scope of my own application. Rey... Certified Allaire Instructor Member of Team Allaire "A browser's beauty, at its heart, is its usefulness as a *TOOL*." ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- and ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- allow > > me to post a message to a specific suer. When that user comes in, they can ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

I'd like to add to that... I also have no problem comming up with the code i need, but code that is available publicaly is likely to have undergone serveral bug fixes, performance enhancements and it might even be better then what i could come up with. Code reuse has it's benefits.... Regards, Javier ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

To a hammer, every problem seems like a nail -- Right?      ^     / \__    (    @\___   /          O /    (_____/ /_____/ Whoof... 410-757-3487 -----Original Message----- From:  Joe Sheble aka Wizaerd [SMTP:wizaerd@wizaerd.com] Sent:  Tuesday, April 17, 2001 9:43 AM To:  CF-Talk Subject:  Re: Note passing system? As strange as this may sound in light of normal developmental thought processes... I like to re-invent the wheel... each time I do, I get a better, more efficient, and sometimes a much better looking wheel...  of course I don't do this all the time, and I may use a function or two that somebody else wrote, but I've always written my own applications.  It's why I'm a developer... I love developing... At 02:37 AM 4/17/01 -0400, you wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

Hi: I guess Hal Helms has a tutorial on something like you need. Basically its a tutorial on fusebox applications. Its called "Action Items Manager" have a look at it at: www.halhelms.com or download from http://www.halhelms.com/actionItems.zip not sure if this is what you need. DK > Anyone know of a good CF-based note/messaging system? I'm not talking about > an email server but more of a db driven messaging software that will allow > me to post a message to a specific suer. When that user comes in, they can > check for their own messages and reply accordingly. Again, its not an email ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

Hey rey I know this message is old, but I am trying to do the same thing and found your msg while searching for a solution. Did you ever get/build a solution that you cam share. Thanks tGirl. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- cfm