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September 12, 2002

Need a Break?

Need to insert a tag? Just press Shift-Return. This will work in both code and design views. (Applies to: Dreamweaver MX)

September 11, 2002

Creating a Named Anchor

To simply create a named anchor highlight the text (or image) and press Ctrl-Alt-A. This will work in both code and design views. (Applies to: Dreamweaver MX)

September 10, 2002

Inserting Flash

To quickly insert a Flash SWF file into your page (with all supporting code) press Ctrl-Alt-F. This will work in both code and design views. (Applies to: Dreamweaver MX)

September 9, 2002

Insert an Image

To quickly insert an image into your code (complete with populated HEIGHT and WIDTH attributes) press Ctrl-Alt-I. This will work in both code and design views. (Applies to: Dreamweaver MX)

September 7, 2002

Avoid Lists, Use Arrays

List processing is slow - there actually is no list data type in ColdFusion, lists are simply strings. Any list processing requires lots of string manipulation, and that is time consuming (even more so in ColdFusion MX). Lists were originally intended as a way to work with data like form fields and...

September 6, 2002

Implementing Access Control

The security framework in ColdFusion MX provides the foundation for implementing access control. To actually restrict access to specific functionality simply wrap the code in a statement checking for IsUserInRole(). (Applies to: ColdFusion MX)

September 5, 2002

Logging Out a User

Users are logged out of the security framework automatically when their SESSION expires. To force a manual logout use the tag. (Applies to: ColdFusion MX)

September 3, 2002

Getting User Login Details

Within a block, two variables in the CFLOGIN scope provide details about the logged in user. CFLOGIN.name contains the login name, CFLOGIN.password contains the login password. When not in a code block use the GetAuthUser() function to get this information. (Applies to: ColdFusion MX)

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