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August 1, 2006

TechNote: Using The SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver With ColdFusion

A TechNote entitled ColdFusion MX: Configuring the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC driver has just been released.

ColdFusion Powers Range Of Prepaid Credit Card Sites

My daughter is traveling out of the country. Instead of giving her traveler's checks we gave her a Visa Travel Money card. Basically, it's a prepaid Visa card (and can thus be used as a Visa card or a debit/ATM card), and we get to monitor usage, and can load additional funds online if she needs...

Using CFEXECUTE To Execute Command Line Utilities

A user just wrote to me to ask about using . He was trying to execute a command-line utility (based on an example I posted back in CF 5 days) and the code kept throwing Java errors. His specific problem turned out to be one of pathing, pre CFMX you may not have needed to provide fully qualified...

Building Rich Internet Applications eSeminar

Join me online to learn about Adobe Flex 2, and how ColdFusion and Flex have been designed to work seamlessly together. ColdFusion productivity and simplicity on the back-end, coupled with Flex-generated rich and engaging Flash on the client-side, empowers you to build better and richer...

ColdFusion And PaperThin Power Massive New Multilingual VOA Site

The new Voice Of America site has been launched, consisting of sub-sites serving content in 44 different languages, and handling over 2,000,000 unique visitors and 120,000,000 hits each month. The original site was Spectra based, but the new site is powered by PaperThin's CommonSpot running on top...

Book Your MAX Hotel

The MAX 2006 attendee rate at The Venetian Hotel is $219/night, much cheaper than the $499/night you'll pay without the MAX discount. So, if you do plan on staying at The Venetian Hotel, you may want to register soon. Hotel details are on the MAX 2006 Hotel and Travel page.

Mark Andrachek On Getting ColdFusion To Run On Mactel

Mark Andrachek has posted an entry entitled CFMX on Intel Macs - The Definitive Guide (aka, How I Did It) . Thanks, Mark!

CF_PDFForm: Programmatically Set And Get PDF Form Fields

The ability to programmatically access and manipulate PDF forms from within ColdFusion has been requested since, well, since we first demonstrated PDF generation abilities in ColdFusion MX 7. At CFUNITED a few weeks ago, Jason Delmore (ColdFusion Product Manager) demonstrated a planned ColdFusion...

Mark Niemann-Ross On The New Combined Partner Program

The Adobe Solutions Network and the Macromedia Alliance Partner Program have been merged, and Mark Niemann-Ross has posted an entry with a link to a FAQ with useful information.

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July 23, 2006

Brian Kotek: Stop Trying To Make CF Like Java

Brian Kotek has posted an important entry entitled Adobe Should Stop Trying To Make CF Like Java . I believe that Brian is right on the money on this one, and the entry and comments are well worth the read.