A user sent me some code he was having trouble with, and in the code I saw a rather verbose and complex block of CFML being used to generate random strings for use with CAPTCHA verifications. So, while replying to his e-mail, I also sent him the RandString() function I use myself. And, as it may be...
I recently mentioned that we were working on a ColdFusion update that would add Mac OSX Leopard support, as well as support for 64bit OSs (beyond the current Solaris support). ColdFusion Product Marketing Manager Kristen Schofield has just announced that the beta for this update has begun.
I mentioned Fusion Authority Quarterly (FAQU) when the inaugural issue was published back in mid-2006. Since then I have glanced at each issue as I have received them, but have not really given them as much attention as I probably should have. Until now, that is. I recently had a short flight...
Steve Drucker of Figleaf Software recently presented an online Acrobat Connect session on AIR, concentrating on getting started and building HTML/JS/Ajax AIR apps (and of course he uses ColdFusion as the back-end). And, very considerately, he recorded the entire session - it runs about an hour, and...
A year or so ago I posted an entry explaining why, as a rule, managing session state on the server (as ColdFusion does) was not ideal in Flex applications. I still stand by that assertion. But, many have pointed out that it is sometimes necessary to access ColdFusion session data from within Flex...
Scott Stroz has written a really useful article for the ColdFusion Developer Center entitled Using ColdFusion 8 with Microsoft Exchange Server .
The second ColdFusion 8 cumulative hot fix pack has been released. This hot fix contains the 7 fixes from hot fix 1, plus 14 additional fixes.
ColdFusion 7 and 8 includes an XMPP gateway, used for IM communication (to Jabber, Google Talk, and more). An update to the XMPP gateway is now available (for both ColdFusion 7 and 8), as explained in TechNote: Replacement file for XMPP Gateway .
Jim Priest has written a great article on CFEclipse for IBM developerWorks entitled Code ColdFusion applications fast with the Eclipse CFEclipse plug-in .
As I mentioned earlier this week, building AIR applications using HTML and JavaScript is pretty simple (arguably easier than doing so in MXML/AS for those of us with a web background). But how do you port a ColdFusion powered web app to be an AIR app? One simple solution is not to. After all, you...