CFThread Is In The House

cfthread.cfm

<cfset value = '' />
<cfthread name="aThread" action="run">
	<cfset value = objectInstance.method(anArgument) />
 </cfthread>

<cfset sleep(5000) /><!--- wait for a bit (give the thead a chance to complete) --->

<cfif ((aThread.Status IS "RUNNING") || (aThread.Status IS "NOT_STARTED"))><!--- if the thread is not done, kill it --->
    <cfthread action="terminate" name="aThread" />
    <cfset sleep(500) /><!--- sleep for a bit to properly terminate the thread --->
    <cfset value = 'objectInstance.method did not respond in time' />
</cfif>

<cfoutput>
    #value#
</cfoutput>
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