ColdFusion ICMP Ping Sample Source Code

Network Component provides an easy-to-use development interface to a variety of IP protocols. By using Network Component, you can very easily create or enhance applications with network features.

Network Component features the following: DNS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPs, ICMP Ping, IP-to-Country, MSN, NTP, RSH, SCP, SFTP, SNMP v1/v2c (Get, GetNext, Set), SNMP Traps, SNMP MIB, SSH, TCP, Telnet, TFTP, UDP, Telnet, Wake-On-LAN and more.

Network Component can be well integrated into any development platform that supports ActiveX objects.

Step 1: Download and install the Network Component

Download Network Component from the ActiveXperts Download Site and start the installation. The installation guides you through the installation process.

Step 2: Create a new ColdFusion document

Create a new blank webdocument with the ".cfm" extention. First of all we are going to build the form whitch commands and properties of the device can be filled in. Then we are going to make a source code that connects to the device.

Step 3: Implementation

Sending a telnet command to a server is quit simple. Setting up a telnet-connection can be done in four simple steps.

Make the Network Component object
Fill in the properties
Connect to the host
Send the command

Once the object is created the rest is easy. To make the Network Component object in ColdFusion you need the following code snippet:

 <cfobject class="AxNetwork.Icmp" type="com" name="objIcmp" Action="Create">

Appendix: Full source code

<!--- creating the object --->
<cfobject class="AxNetwork.Icmp" type="com" name="objIcmp" Action="Create">

<cfoutput>
<html>
<head>
 <title>ActiveXperts Network Component Icmp Sample in ColdFusion</title>
  <style>
  <!--
  body{
    text-align: center;
  }
  h2{
   font-family: verdana;
   color: navy;
   font-weight: bold;
  }
  form{
   margin: 0px;
  }
  .input{
   font-family: verdana;
   font-size: 9pt;
   color: navy;
   border: 1px solid navy;
   background-color: white;
   width: 325px;
  }
  
  .button{
   font-family: verdana;
   font-size: 9pt;   
   width: 325px;
  }
  .table{
   font-family: verdana;
   font-size: 9pt;
   color: navy;
   border: 1px solid navy;
   width: 500px;
  }
  div{
    width: 500; 
    height: 250px; 
    overflow: auto; 
    text-align: left; 
    font-size: xx-small; 
    font-family: verdana;
    border: 1px solid navy;
  }
  a{
    font-family: verdana;
    font-size: 8pt;
    color: red;
  }
  -->
 </style>
</head>
<body>
</cfoutput>

<cfscript>
    strHost = "www.activexperts.com";
    nTimeout = 5000;
    nTtl = 255;
    strReply = "";  
    strResult = "";
    
    strLogfile = GetTempDirectory() & "Icmp.log";
    strComponent = "Module [" & objIcmp.Module & "]; Build [" & objIcmp.Build & "]";
    
    if (isDefined("URL.txtHost")){
      strHost = URL.txtHost;
    }    
    
    if (isDefined("URL.txtTimeout")){
      nTimeout = URL.txtTimeout;
    } 
    
    if (isDefined("URL.txtTtl")){
      nTtl = URL.txtTtl;
    } 
    
    if (isDefined("URL.txtLogfile")){
      strLogfile = URL.txtLogfile;
    }

    if(IsDefined("URL.Submitbutton")){
      objIcmp.Logfile = strLogfile;
      objIcmp.Ttl = nTtl;
      objIcmp.Ping(strHost, nTimeout);
      
      If (objIcmp.LastError == 0){
        strReply = "Reply from " & strHost & ": time=" & objIcmp.LastDuration & "ms TTL=" & objIcmp.LastTtl;
      }
      
      strResult = objIcmp.LastError & ": " & objIcmp.GetErrorDescription(objIcmp.LastError);
	
    }
</cfscript>



<cfoutput>

</head>

<body>

<form method=get>

<h2>ActiveXperts Network Component CF Sample - ICMP</h2>

<table class=table>
 <tr>
  <td>Component:</td>
  <td>#strComponent#</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>Host:</td>
  <td><input class=input type=text name=txtHost value="#strHost#"></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>Timeout (msecs):</td>
  <td><input class=input type=text name=txtTimeout value="#nTimeout#"></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>Ttl:</td>
  <td><input class=input type=text name=txtTtl value="#nTtl#"></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
    <td> </td>
    <td><input class=button type=submit name=submitbutton value="Ping"></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
    <td>Logfile:</td>
    <td><input class=input type=text name=txtLogfile value="#strLogfile#"></td>
 </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>Reply:</td>
    <td><input class=input type=text name=txtReply value="#strReply#"></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td><b>Result: </b></td>
  <td>#strResult#</td>
 </tr>

</table>

</form>
<br />


<p>This sample is based on ActiveXperts Network Component, an <a target="blank" href="https://www.activexperts.com">ActiveXperts Software</a> product.</p>
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</body>
</html>

</cfoutput>

You can download the complete samples here. There are many other working Network Component scripts on our site and shipped with the product.

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ColdFusion ICMP Ping Sample Source Code

Step 1: Download and install the Network Component

Step 2: Create a new ColdFusion document

Step 3: Implementation

Appendix: Full source code