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November 7, 2002

Defining External Editors

Dreamweaver maps specific file types to external editors (for example, PNG files are mapped to Fireworks). To map your own associations (or to change existing associations), select Preferences from the Edit menu, and then select the File Types / Editors page. (Applies to: Dreamweaver MX)

November 6, 2002

Code Font and Size

Need to change the size and font of code in Dreamweaver? Select Preferences from the Edit menu, and then select the Fonts page. The setting you'll want to change is Code View (this is especially important when projecting code to an audience). (Applies to: Dreamweaver MX)

November 5, 2002

Upload File Dependencies

When Dreamweaver uploads (puts) files it can check for dependant files and upload them too. If this option gets in the way it can be disabled. Select Preferences from the Edit menu, and then select the Site page to set this option. (Applies to: Dreamweaver MX)

November 4, 2002

Changing the Default Encoding

By default, ColdFusion uses the encoding of the operating system to load CFML pages. However, you can override the default charset for processing CFML files by setting the -Dfile.encoding=[your preferred encoding] JVM argument in the ColdFusion Administrator. (Applies to: ColdFusion MX)

November 3, 2002

Exposing CFC Methods to Flash

In order for Flash to be able to access a ColdFusion Component method, that method must be exposed by setting ACTION="remote". The default ACTION is "public", and if that access level is used Flash will not be able to invoke the method. (Applies to: ColdFusion MX)

November 2, 2002

The FLASH Scope

The FLASH scope is automatically present when .cfm files are invoked via Flash Remoting. The FLASH scope is not used when using Flash Remoting to invoke ColdFusion Components. When CFCs are used, data is passed back and forth just as it would be with any other client - the fact that Flash is making...

November 1, 2002

Incremental Data Delivery to Flash

Sending ColdFusion query results to Flash on the client? If you are using .cfm files via Flash Remoting you can control the frequency at which data is sent by setting the FLASH.pagesize variable. By default data is sent when processing has completed, but this option lets you send data incrementally...

October 31, 2002

Returning Data to Flash

To return data from .cfm files to Flash via Flash Remoting place the values in the FLASH.result variable. Only the values in FLASH.result will be returned to Flash in the client. (Applies to: ColdFusion MX)

October 30, 2002

Accessing Passed Flash Parameters

If accessing .cfm files via Flash Remoting, passed parameters are made available via the params variable in the FLASH scope. FLASH.params is an array and may be accessed using standard index notation or via any of the CFML array functions. (Applies to: ColdFusion MX)

October 29, 2002

Flash Remoting and CFM Files

The ActionScript NetServices GetService() method is used to connect to a ColdFusion service. When using Flash Remoting to connect to ColdFusion CFM files the service is actually a directory name, and service methods map to specific files in that directory (minus the .cfm extensions). (Applies to:...

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