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Updating Facebook Profile FBML using setRefHandle, fb:ref and "infinate sessions".

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:02:00 -0700

Setting up an infinate session in CF is not difficult. You need to echo the request.session_info.session_key to the screen and save it (somewhere). You also need a user id. I have a scheduled task that triggers a file every hour, on the hour. I like the setRefHandle because it allows me to update a cache on the facebook server instead of pulling or pushing content whenever there is an update. Even if the handle is the userID, the functionality is great! In this examle, the handle name I have chosen is called "global_message" and the content is the date and time when the script was last accessed.



facebook 	= CreateObject("component","FacebookRestClient").init(argumentCollection=request.config);
request.key 			= "[saved session ID]";
request.uid 			= "[userID]";






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		res = facebook.fbml_setRefHandle("global_message", "#DateFormat(Now())# #TimeFormat(Now())#", request.key);

The function to add to the facebook CFC is this:

In my facebook application, I have set the default FBML to this"

Coldfusion Facebook REST API Example.

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:09:00 -0700

I've created a quick and very, very dirty example on how to create a Coldfusion application for Facebook. There is no documentation with the project, and it comes as is where is blah blah blah, no warranty, etc. Use at your own risk. In your facebook application, set it to use an Iframe. I have not yet figured out how to pass the auth_token through a complete FBML application. There is a REST compatible CFC here You'll need to add these two functions somewhere to your pleasing in the CFC.

A small difference between these methods, and those in the REST Client, is that I am not using the XmlToArray function. I prefer Xpath, because it's more like working with an Object. You can change that if you really want to. The source I made to go with this source is here

Apollo, Apollo.

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:14:00 -0700

Why not get the runtime & flex builder 2 extentions (if you have Flex Builder 2)

Flex Form Validation for Rich Forms

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:29:00 -0700

Adding validators to a rich form is reasonably simple. For Cold Fusion 7.02, the flex and mxml API referrence you need to use is here Show me the goods... [More]

Recursion, XML, and Flash Remoting for CFTree Components (Part 2)

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:26:00 -0700

In the previous entry, I showed how to make an XML document with a recursive function in a CFC. In this example, I show how to use the CFTree Form element of a CFForm to present the data as a Tree. Behind the scenes [More]

Recursion, XML, and Flash Remoting for CFTree Components (Part 1)

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:40:00 -0700

In this entry, I explain how to construct a simple XML document for use with a flash CFForm Tree component. It is particularly useful where a field referrences a primary key in the same table. You may need to change it around to suit your needs. Read on, Adventurer.... [More]

Free Apollo Book

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:52:00 -0700

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