Over the weekend I installed Windows XP Professional 64bit RC2 on my AMD powered IBM IntelliStation A Pro . It took a while to find the correct 64bit video drivers, and I still have one device showing up as "unidentified" ... but that being said, the system is running nicely, and I have not found...
Most of us (and not just CFers) build applications with inline processing, For example, if a user uploads a file we process it in the ACTION page while the user waits. Or if a report needs to be generated we create it while the user waits. Or if we need to send out a batch of e-mail messages ......
I have been visiting lots of customers recently, primarily demonstrating ColdFusion MX 7 functionality. One question that keeps cropping up (particularly from customers who have been looking at Macromedia Flex) is "why would I need Flex if I have Flash Forms in ColdFusion MX 7?". I've written about...
Join Macromedia Senior Software Engineer Tom Jordahl who will lead this live technical discussion on ColdFusion Event Gateways. ColdFusion has long been the easiest way to create applications that respond to Web requests from web browsers. ColdFusion 7.0 opens up a whole new world of applications...
I'll be all over the Northeast this week, and will get the opportunity to present to the Hartford, CT, ColdFusion User Group on Tuesday March 15th. Details are on the user group web page . I hope to see you there!
Murat, from MMIstanbul (the Istanbul Macromedia User Group) has posted my Introduction to ColdFusion MX 7 article translated into Turkish . UPDATE: New URL is http://mmistanbul.com/makaleler/index.cfm?makale_id=48 .
Computerworld is running a story on application interfaces, and gives an example of an application created by The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School using Flex with a ColdFusion back-end.
Someone on the cf-talk list asked about obtaining a SMS account and short code, and Damon Cooper posted a response with some valuable links. Here is an extract from his post: Most of the major wireless carriers provide SMPP accounts directly (AT&T Wireless, etc) for access to a specific...
Lots of users have been asking about the Flash Player versions needed for ColdFusion MX 7 features. There are three ColdFusion MX 7 features that can take advantage of Flash, and the player requirements are different for each: Flash Forms require Flash Player version 7. FlashPaper requires Flash...
Reports created using the ColdFusion Report Builder are more report templates than actual reports. They are designed to allow you define the presentation of report data, data that may not even exist until report execution time. For example, although a SQL query could be embedded in the report as...