Calling an coldfusion template from a ASP script

[John Reid]

G'day,

On the server i am using a asp script to loop thru an xml file that contains
a number of email addresses. When i pick up a email address i would like to
call a cfm template that sends the email. I have tried the below:

Server.Execute("sendemail.cfm?Email=john");

but it gives me a ASP 0231 error. i suspect that i can only call another asp
script. Interestingly i only get an error when i use the string parameter

any thoughts? i would like to use CF as the mail delivery vehicle

salud

John

[Kris Eiben]

Not if he's trying to use the CF mail server it's not.

When we need to use CFmail, we use
response.redirect("whatever.cfm?var=blah"), with no problems. If
redirect works for you, could you rewrite that page so you can use it?

"mark | r" <ma**@nmd.freeuk.com> wrote in message
news:3f*********************@news.dial.pipex.com.. .

theres a cfm to asp conversion tool on hotscripts.com, dont know if its of any use
mark

"John Reid" <Jo*******@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:3f***********************@news.optusnet.com.a u...

G'day,
On the server i am using a asp script to loop thru an xml file that contains a number of email addresses. When i pick up a email address i would like to call a cfm template that sends the email. I have tried the below:
Server.Execute("sendemail.cfm?Email=john");
but it gives me a ASP 0231 error. i suspect that i can only call another asp script. Interestingly i only get an error when i use the string parameter any thoughts? i would like to use CF as the mail delivery vehicle

[John Reid]

thanx Kris and Mark,

yes,but i do not know how to get it to loopthru the xml file, spitting out a
email each time. And i am using CFMAIL ie

salud

John
eg
for (var i = players.nextNode(); i; i = players.nextNode())
{
Server.Execute("sendemail.cfm?john=helen")
}
"Kris Eiben" <ei*********************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:O5**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Not if he's trying to use the CF mail server it's not.

When we need to use CFmail, we use
response.redirect("whatever.cfm?var=blah"), with no problems. If
redirect works for you, could you rewrite that page so you can use it?

"mark | r" <ma**@nmd.freeuk.com> wrote in message
news:3f*********************@news.dial.pipex.com.. .

theres a cfm to asp conversion tool on hotscripts.com, dont know if

its of

any use
mark

"John Reid" <Jo*******@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:3f***********************@news.optusnet.com.a u...

G'day,
On the server i am using a asp script to loop thru an xml file that contains a number of email addresses. When i pick up a email address i would like to call a cfm template that sends the email. I have tried the below:
Server.Execute("sendemail.cfm?Email=john");
but it gives me a ASP 0231 error. i suspect that i can only call another asp script. Interestingly i only get an error when i use the string parameter any thoughts? i would like to use CF as the mail delivery vehicle

[Kris Eiben]

Could you store up all the emails in a variable as you loop through, and
send that concatenated variable to the CF page through a redirect?

"John Reid" <Jo*******@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:3f***********************@news.optusnet.com.a u...

thanx Kris and Mark,

yes,but i do not know how to get it to loopthru the xml file, spitting out a email each time. And i am using CFMAIL ie

salud

John
eg
for (var i = players.nextNode(); i; i = players.nextNode())
{
Server.Execute("sendemail.cfm?john=helen")
}
"Kris Eiben" <ei*********************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:O5**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Not if he's trying to use the CF mail server it's not.

When we need to use CFmail, we use
response.redirect("whatever.cfm?var=blah"), with no problems. If
redirect works for you, could you rewrite that page so you can use it?
"mark | r" <ma**@nmd.freeuk.com> wrote in message
news:3f*********************@news.dial.pipex.com.. .

theres a cfm to asp conversion tool on hotscripts.com, dont know if

its of

any use
mark

"John Reid" <Jo*******@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:3f***********************@news.optusnet.com.a u...
> G'day,
> On the server i am using a asp script to loop thru an xml file

that contains

> a number of email addresses. When i pick up a email address i

would like to

> call a cfm template that sends the email. I have tried the

below: > Server.Execute("sendemail.cfm?Email=john");
> but it gives me a ASP 0231 error. i suspect that i can only call

another asp

> script. Interestingly i only get an error when i use the string

parameter

> any thoughts? i would like to use CF as the mail delivery

vehicle

[John Reid]

thanx, i like that idea, i am trying to find out the maximum number of
characters that i can use in the redirect. taking up on your approach, maybe
i could store the email data elsewhere and then read it into CFMAIL

salud

John

"Kris Eiben" <ei*********************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:uT**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Could you store up all the emails in a variable as you loop through, and
send that concatenated variable to the CF page through a redirect?

"John Reid" <Jo*******@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:3f***********************@news.optusnet.com.a u...

thanx Kris and Mark,

yes,but i do not know how to get it to loopthru the xml file, spitting

out a

email each time. And i am using CFMAIL ie

salud

John
eg
for (var i = players.nextNode(); i; i = players.nextNode())
{
Server.Execute("sendemail.cfm?john=helen")
}
"Kris Eiben" <ei*********************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:O5**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Not if he's trying to use the CF mail server it's not.

When we need to use CFmail, we use
response.redirect("whatever.cfm?var=blah"), with no problems. If
redirect works for you, could you rewrite that page so you can use it?
"mark | r" <ma**@nmd.freeuk.com> wrote in message
news:3f*********************@news.dial.pipex.com.. .
> theres a cfm to asp conversion tool on hotscripts.com, dont know if its of
> any use
> mark
>
> "John Reid" <Jo*******@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:3f***********************@news.optusnet.com.a u...
> > G'day,
> > On the server i am using a asp script to loop thru an xml file that contains
> > a number of email addresses. When i pick up a email address i would like to
> > call a cfm template that sends the email. I have tried the below: > > Server.Execute("sendemail.cfm?Email=john");
> > but it gives me a ASP 0231 error. i suspect that i can only call
another asp
> > script. Interestingly i only get an error when i use the string
parameter
> > any thoughts? i would like to use CF as the mail delivery vehicle