August 21, 2006
An app I am working on needs to check the Java CLASSPATH (I am trying to return more useful errors if a call fails). The CLASSPATH is a Java property (kind of like environment variables) named java.class.path, and to obtain this value all you need to do is call getProperty() in java.lang.System. To...
August 19, 2006
Marcel Boucher is the Product Manager in the Technical Marketing Team for the Adobe Enterprise and Developer Business Unit (whatever that means!). In practice, he's a hardcore techie who has been with Adobe for a decade or so, has been involved with LiveCycle for years, is a Java-head ... and he...
August 17, 2006
Kforce (Tampa, FL) needs a Cold Fusion Developer for a 3-6 month contract opportunity internally for their Corporate Headquarters. Solid Cold Fusion skills (3-5 years) are required. Mach II is a big plus. Technical experience must also include XML experience. Contact Kevin Melchin .
August 17, 2006
Lots of community folks know Adam Lehman. He's been involved with ColdFusion since the very early days, he founded and managed the Department of State Adobe Developer User Group for over two years, he has created content for the Macromedia DRKs, and he has spoken at many CF events. He is also our...
August 17, 2006
I missed this one while I was out this week, but ... Ray Camden has created ColdFusion Resource Portal , a single page links to all the important ColdFusion links, feeds, resources, and more.
August 10, 2006
I've known the folks at U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms for quite a while, they are dedicated CF and Flex shop, and are a great group to spend time with. And now Matt Wooward has announced that he's joining them as Principal Information Technology Specialist. Congrats, Matt!
August 10, 2006
For a limited time, Adobe is offering two special RIA bundles exclusively for our federal government customers: RIA Starter Package: Purchase ColdFusion MX 7.0.2 Enterprise and get a free copy of Flex Builder 2 with Charting (a $750 value) plus a free training certificate. Use the training...
August 10, 2006
A user wrote to ask how the recently released XPPAJ libraries (used in my cf_pdfform tag) could be used to determine basic PDF file information (version, page count, and so on). And yes, it sure can. The following is a quick UDF I threw together that returns PDF version, page count, attachment...
August 9, 2006
The Flash team has released Flash Player 9 universal binary for Intel based Macs . Emmy Huang has posted details on her blog.
August 9, 2006
Today's news about a foiled plot to blow up flights between the U.K. and the U.S. is very upsetting. Not the plot itself, as despicable as it is, what is really upsetting is the response. No taking liquids on to planes, "sorry maam, we know airlines don't feed you anymore, but that water bottle is...