Ever wondered what to do with those VTM files that come with many of the Custom Tags out there? VTM files are used by ColdFusion Studio (and HomeSite) to display Tag Editors - the dialogs that are displayed when you right click on a tag and select Edit. How do you use VTM files? Simply drop them...
The ColdFusion tag is used to group a set of SQL statements that need to be executed as a batch (allowing for rollbacks and explicit commits). But before you use this tag, stop and think - do you really need to do this? Could you process the entire set of statements within a stored procedure...
ColdFusion Studio caches VTM files (to improve performance). If you are creating and testing VTM's you'll need to flush the cache frequently so as to be able to test your changes. Instead of quitting and restarting Studio, you can use the following keystrokes to flush the cache: Ctrl + Alt + Shift...
If you are running ColdFusion on a Unix system (Linux, for example) then you must pay special attention to file names and their case-sensitivity. This is especially important when using special files like "Application.cfm" in which case the file must be spelled like that exactly, any other spelling...
Need immediate help with an HTML or CFML tag in Studio? Press F1 at any time to display help about the tag being edited. And newer versions of Studio also provide help for CFML functions this way too. (Applies to: ColdFusion Studio All)
The ColdFusion tag is used to interact with COM, CORBA, and EJB components. ColdFusion 4.5 added a new function, CreateObject(), which does the exact same thing. If you are using , and find yourself having to play with long lists of tags, take a look at this new function. (Applies to: ColdFusion...
The best way to learn HTML (and JavaScript, and all client side technologies) is by looking at what someone else has done. You can do this in any Web browser (just do a View Source), but ColdFusion Studio has a better way. Select "Open From Web" from the File menu, and then specify a URL - Studio...
As of ColdFusion 4.5 FORM and URL are structures. As such, you can use all the Struct functions to access these variables, and can loop through them using . (Applies to: ColdFusion 4.5 (or later))
Using to invoke paired tags or tags with child tags? Be careful to match your and tags carefully. And if you are using associated tags, make sure that each has a matching , or use the XML style syntax . (Applies to: ColdFusion 4 (or later))
Have a long list of statements? Lots of loops and conditional processing? Take a look at the tag - it can greatly simplify some kind of scripting by allowing you to perform assignments, and conditional and loop processing using JavaScript style scripting. (Applies to: ColdFusion 4 (or later))