The following tip was sent to me by Ben Cline, and is posted verbatim. Thanks Ben. Ben writes ... I found something lacking in the Macromedia documentation and nearly everything I’ve read about CF. It’s the use of XSL parameters. I found a way to successfully do this, and have tried to...
This is just too funny (http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/09/01/offbeat.gps.thief.ap/index.html). A thief in Wisconsin stole a device used to track prisoners on home detention. And of course, the device not only alerted the authorities but also tracked the thief. You've got to love it when...
A thread of the forums (http://webforums.macromedia.com/coldfusion/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=681710) turned into a request for a SubStr() function and a discussion as to why it did not exist. CFML does have a Mid() function, but the third parameter (the length) is required, and this is...
I registered all my phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry (http://donotcall.gov/) the 2nd day they were accepting registrations, I even received the automated e-mail confirmation messages. When I saw a note somewhere reminding that August 31st is the deadline for initial registrations...
Great new ColdFusion MX 6.1 case study posted at http://dynamic.macromedia.com/bin/MM/showcase/scripts/showcase_cs_cover.jsp?Showcase_OID=952342. Nissan Digital Asset Management System is an enterprise digital asset management system that enables authorized remote end-users to access Nissan digital...
Ever since the MX 2004 announcement, lots of you have been asking about HomeSite wanting to know if that product is being upgraded too. You'll be pleased to know that HomeSite 5.5 is in the works. Information can be found at the HomeSite homepage at http://www.macromedia.com/software/homesite/, new...
Macromedia announced MX 2004 today, new versions of Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks (http://www.macromedia.com/software/mx2004/). Flash now comes in two editions, Flash MX (the update to Flash MX) and Flash MX Professional (a brand new Flash with a development model that will appeal to us...
is used to execute a process (executable, batch file, script, etc.) on the server. can save any generated output to a file or write it to the screen, and so many of us would wrap calls in between and tags so as to save generated output in a variable. As of ColdFusion MX 6.1 this is no longer...
Several CFMX 6.1 users have reported receiving a "Required user name is missing." error when using , , , and . The problem occurs only if there is no username and password specified for the datasource in the ColdFusion Administrator, and only if using the four mentioned tags (it does not affect )....
I have IM accounts on all of the major IM platforms (ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, AIM), and use Trillian so as to be able to access them all. I have long wondered why the likes of AOL and Microsoft allow Trillian to be used as an MSN front-end, or rather, why they have not prevented the use of 3rd party front...