The ColdFusion Administrator Log Files screen allows you to merge log files so as to browse their combined results. Any two log files may be selected (by checking the check boxes to their left). Once selected, click the View Log Files button to combine and display the contents. (Applies to:...
The ColdFusion Administrator Log Files screen displays a list of log files and a set of control icons for each. The Download Log File icon (second from the left) allows you to download log files in CSV (comma-delimited) format which may be read into Excel and other applications for further...
Click the Launch Filter button in the Log Viewer screen to display the log filter dialog. Using the form in this dialog you may specify a filter condition so as to restrict displayed entries to a specific subset, for example, those containing certain keywords, specific severity levels, and those...
The log file viewer typically displays ten entries at a time. Selecting Compact View (a checkbox at the top of the Log Viewer page) to display truncated messages so as to be able to display twenty entries at a time. (Applies to: ColdFusion 5 (or later))
Log files can grow rapidly making finding data difficult. To help you locate specific data you may sort log file entries by date, time, severity, thread id, or application name. Sorting by thread name can help you associate multiple log entries generated by the same client. (Applies to: ColdFusion...
Custom Tags are meant to be reused, the more they are used and reused the better. The key to creating reusable Custom Tags is making them highly dynamic by accepting all sorts of attributes, and the more attributes the better. Hard code nothing, but use to assign default values within the Custom...
Encrypt() and Decrypt() provide basic encryption and decryption of strings in ColdFusion. CFusion_Encrypt() and CFusion_Decrypt() return a 32 character hexadecimal string providing an even stronger encryption, but those two functions are undocumented, so use with caution. (Applies to: ColdFusion 5)
accepts e-mail sender and recipient addresses in the TO and FROM attributes respectively. If you specify an address in the standard format (name@domain) then that is what will be displayed in the recipients mail client. If you'd like to provide a friendly name (plain text name to be displayed...
Want to send ColdFusion admin e-mail to multiple recipients? The best way to do this is not in ColdFusion, but in your mail server. Define a mail group (containing the required recipients) and use that as the administrators e-mail address. (Applies to: ColdFusion All)
So as to keep log files manageable, ColdFusion can automatically archive them on scheduled intervals. If you use this option make sure to schedule archiving for when you anticipate lighter traffic. Performing this operation during peak traffic times will place unnecessary load on the server....