Using ColdFusion 5's Alarms feature? Make sure to provide an SMTP server (DNS name or IP address) in the Alarms Notification Page. The standard SMTP server (specified in the Mail Settings page) is not used for alarms so as to allow you to use alternate server if needed. (Applies to: ColdFusion 5...
ColdFusion 5 includes Verity's new high-performance K2 full text search engine. The engine comes with a set of utilities that may be used to manage collections, perform search operations, and start or stop the engine. These are all installed under the ColdFusion directory in a subdirectory named...
The tag may be used to create forms containing Java applet form controls (using , , etc.). These controls may all be customized in a variety of ways, including their various colors. When specifying colors using color names you may only use the colors black, red, blue, magenta, cyan, orange,...
While CFML does not provide complete support for manipulating binary data, reading and writing of binary files are indeed supported. The trick is to convert a read binary file to a text representation (using the ToBase64() function) before using it, and then convert it back to binary form (using...
The ColdFusion Administrator contains links to important URL's (documentation, examples, support, and more). You can add on your links to the Administrator by creating a file named extensionscustom.cfm and placing it in the Administrator root (usually /CFIDE/Administrator/ under the Web server...
To quickly create an archive definition for backing up a complete ColdFusion Server go to the Archive Definition page, provide a name, and click the Global Select All button. This will check and options and include all files, allowing you to create a complete archive when needed. (Applies to:...
In order to maintain a complete record of archive activity, make sure ColdFusion logs archive create and restore operations. These options are not available in the Logging Settings screen, but on the Archive Settings page. (Applies to: ColdFusion 5 Enterprise)
ColdFusion archives may contain your own tags, but only CFX tags are listed for explicit inclusion in archive definitions. To include CFM Custom Tags you'll need to select the Files and Directories option and include the appropriate directories manually. (Applies to: ColdFusion 5 Enterprise)
When deploying archive files avoid hard coding any paths, instead, create variables in the Archive Settings page. Variables may be included in archive definitions allowing you to create portable and flexible archives. To use variables prefix them with car.variable and enclose them within curly...
You may create any number of probes in ColdFusion Enterprise (both Default Probes and Custom Probes), and when a probe fails you can execute a script – allowing you to send e-mail notification of the failure. But there is a simpler (and safer) way to do this. Simply go to the ColdFusion...