I've written and talked about event gateways for a while, and the very first time we ever mentioned gateways publicly was when I demoed the Directory Watcher gateway at CFUNITED 2005. Jeff Peters saw that demonstration, and noting that its significance failed to resonate with many, has written a...
Want to write your own games for Xbox 360? Microsoft has announced the availability of the XNA beta , initially to build games for Windows, but eventually to build games for Xbox, too. More details on the FAQ page. Now you have a really compelling reason to learn C#!
Sterling Ledet is offering a class entitled "Using ColdFusion or Java with PDF files and eForms". If you work with PDF files and forms check this out (select "ColdFusion - Using ColdFusion or Java with PDF files and eForms" from the drop down).
I'll be in the U.K. briefly next month (on my way back from India), and will use the opportunity to present ColdFusion and Flex 2 to the new Thames Valley CFUG. The event is on September 12th and registration is required .
DateDiff() is usually used to perform date difference calculations. But for simple difference calculations you can subtract dates from each other, like this: #Now()-mydate# days since #DateFormat(mydate)# The returned number will likely not be an integer, and will contain date fractions too, so you...
I was working on a Flex component to display ColdFusion debug data in a usable format, but then learned that Mike Nimer had beaten me to it (and created something far more elaborate than I was planning). So, if you are looking for something akin to in Flex (usable with any AS3 objects, including...
I just had to debug some really old code that used to work. I found the issue, and it appears that the code broke in going from CF5 to CFMX (yep, it is code that is not used very often). I was using to process file uploads, and was using the destination attribute to specify the full path of the...
is used to define and run ColdFusion scheduled tasks. For some reason the tag does not return a list of defined tasks, and a user on cf-talk asked for this functionality recently. So, until we update , here is a UDF that returns a query containing the details about all scheduled tasks. The bulk of...
If you want to learn about the basics of ColdFusion Flex integration, and the relationship between the two, check out Oliver Merk's new CFDJ article entitled An Introduction To Flex 2 For ColdFusion Developers .
It's Friday again, so time for some more ColdFusion employment opportunities: Cleantech Capital Group (Brighton, MI) is looking for an experienced ColdFusion Developer. Requirements include good knowledge of ColdFusion MX 7, HTML, JavaScript, and Dreamweaver This is a full-time onsite position....