May 3, 2004
I mentioned this application in the MAX 2003 opening keynote, but this is the first reference to it that I have seen in print (or e-print). Government Computer News (GCN) is running a story on E-Tran, an application that will let the SBA (Small Business Administration) approve loan applications...
April 26, 2004
We have publicly stated that ColdFusion "Blackstone" will provide a way to generate printable output. I first mentioned this at MAX 2003, and both Tim Buntel and I have publicly demonstrated PDF generation prototypes as well. But we have made no public statement about the planned print formats, and...
April 26, 2004
I have been running a poll on my site for a couple of months now, asking users how they develop their applications (on a live production server, on a shared development server, developers running the free developer edition locally, or on a separate development instance on a production server). With...
April 25, 2004
DRK7 is available, see http://www.macromedia.com/software/drk/productinfo/product_overview/volume7/. This edition includes content for ColdFusion, Dreamweaver, Flash, and more.
April 25, 2004
I receive several questions a week about locking, and the need for in ColdFusion MX, and so I thought it worthwhile to post a reply that I just sent to a user ... Locking in ColdFusion, and the tag specifically, has two primary uses, and these must be distinguished. The first use of has nothing to...
April 20, 2004
My "Certified ColdFusion MX Developer Study Guide" (http://www.forta.com/books/0321180585/) is now available in Japanese (published locally by Softbank Publishing, see http://store.sbpnet.jp/bm_detail.asp?sku=4797326654).
April 19, 2004
Looks like I'll be extending the Summer 2004 User Group Tour to include venues in Europe. More details to follow.
April 18, 2004
CFMyAdmin is a ColdFusion based MySQL database management tool. Create and manage databases and tables, view table structures, execute SQL statements, and more. Visit http://www.cfmyadmin.com/. This one is highly recommended.
April 15, 2004
A new six-part ColdFusion training series has been posted to http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/articles/rd_cf.html. These Flash based videos start with absolute basics, and move up to data driven pages, and even using ColdFusion Components. If you are new to ColdFusion, or have yet to...
April 14, 2004
ColdFusion MX 6.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack if a malicious user repeatedly uploads files and interrupts each upload before it completes. A patch is available at http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb04-06.html.