Consuming a web service in javascript

[ScottyMTL]

-- This is a copy of a post I made in ColdFusion General Discussion --

Hi,

I am currently working on a project where we need to dynamically refresh lists
based on user input in certain fields. So far we used MSXML to gather an XML
file from ColdFusion in "runtime" as the visitor pick options and type in some
text. Basically ONE .cfm file equal ONE (or a few) functions that returns an
XML file.

I would like to bring this one step further.

I would like to consume a CFC webservice from Javascript... specifying a
method and passing arguments. Is there a way to do it? Have anyone been able to
do it?

Is there a way to create a webservice object in javascript and then deal with
it?

The environment is Internet Explorer-only... so any IE-exclusive method is
acceptable. I found some documentation by doing a Google search on this, but is
seems the code isn't working anymore... the articles seems to be 2 years old.

Many thanks.

Patrick

[Steel_Cat]

I'd have to know what you wanted to do specifically, but you can accomplish
just about anything with javascript... so I'm gonna say "yes" :))

Without more details... I couldn't give any real advice except this: in
Dreamweaver, if you press F1 (or go to Help-Reference), you can
use the dropdown menu to get the O'REILLY JavaScript Reference - a very helpful
tool for pting together complex scripts. You said something about refreshing
textfields upon a certain time index? Well... you can put your fields in
layers, and then use the javascript function "onAfterUpdate=" to give instant
updates when new field information is entered. If you want it to be updated in
bursts... you can change which fields are verified when, and control it that
way.

I'm not sure what exactly it is that you want to do here... but these are just
some things that are often overlooked that are usefull in many a situation :D