This one was not discussed during the usergroup tour, and I have not seen anyone mention it since we released the CF8 public beta, so ... If you've ever needed server-side printing under programmatic control, ColdFusion 8 introduces a new tag. prints PDF files (including those created using , and )...
The data grid is critical to all sorts of development on all sorts of platforms and in all sorts of languages. ColdFusion has supported data grids since ColdFusion 2 - first a Java applet, then a Flash control, and in ColdFusion 8 we've added an HTML data grid that can be pre-populated with data,...
Many of us have built related select controls, forms with two (or more) drop down controls, where making a change in one control causes the available selections in the related control to change. For example, selecting a category in one control displays category products in a related control, or...
I plan to post a series of examples demonstrating how to use the new Ajax functionality in ColdFusion 8 (many based on examples used during our recent usergroup tour). The first one I'll start with is the auto-suggest control. Auto-suggest is a modified text input box, one that displays suggestions...
I've been waiting for this one to be announced, and Mike Chambers just blogged it - Apollo will include an embedded SQLite engine which can be used for local database storage, and which will be invaluable to apps that need to support offline processing.
Ashwin Matthew has shared a peek at what has been going on behind the scenes while racing to get CF8 out of the door.
This is an example that I used when demonstrating ColdFusion 8 .NET integration on the recent usergroup tour, and as requested, I am posting it publicly. GetDriveInfo() returns a query containing specifics about the hard drives on your server, it returns all drives unless an optional drive letter...
HostMySite (actually, they do indeed host my site) is offering free ColdFusion 8 hosting for the duration of the beta. Details posted online .
InfoWorld has posted a great story on ColdFusion 8 , and it includes this quote from Gartner: The ColdFusion upgrade puts to rest questions about Adobe's commitment to the technology after acquiring Macromedia, said analyst Ray Valdes, research director for Internet platforms and Web services at...
After a 7 year hiatus, ColdFusion once again has an interactive debugger, and this time it is built on top of Eclipse (and uses the same debugging interface as Flex Builder, and other Eclipse plug-ins). If you are interested in taking the debugger for a spin, here's what you need to know to get...