http://coldfusion.dzone.com/interviews/current en http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/bbc-dumps-microsoft-for-adobe- The BBC has been using Microsoft technologies for widgets that are used by "hundreds of thousands of users". And they have just publicly stated that they have dumped the Microsoft solution for an Adobe AIR one. paidContent has posted details, too. http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/bbc-dumps-microsoft-for-adobe-#comments air flex http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/3872 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:05:36 -0400 742 0 BenForta http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-299809.gif Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:05:36 -0400 BenForta 3872 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/flash-content-is-now-searchabl Adobe has announced new technologies that will allow SWF content to be indexed and searchable, not just text in the SWF, but also data generated programmatically and at runtime. Lots of good info in the SWF Searchability FAQ. Google is the first to leverage this new ability, and some great Google-centric context can be found on the Google Webmaster Central http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/flash-content-is-now-searchabl#comments Adobe flash flex Google search swf http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/3852 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:54:12 -0400 797 0 BenForta http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-299809.gif Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:54:12 -0400 BenForta 3852 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/swf-searchable Adobe SWF files that run in the flash player will now be searchable. Adobe published SWF searchability FAQ earlier this morning explaining the details of what this implies.Web spiders will now be able to playback SWF(s) like users and cull out the data to add to their index. This annoucement has two huge impacts: http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/swf-searchable#comments Adobe Google search swf web spiders Yahoo http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/3850 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:17:14 -0400 671 0 sandbox http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-164334.jpg Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:17:14 -0400 sandbox 3850 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/max-2008-sessions-posted The MAX USA 2008 site is now up, and the schedule is now online too complete with the session list. Register now! Oh, and the site background is interactive, and apparently there are http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/max-2008-sessions-posted#comments AdobeMAX08 Appearances MAX http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/3780 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:24:59 -0400 395 0 BenForta http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-299809.gif Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:24:59 -0400 BenForta 3780 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/hey-wmi-where-can-i-print Windows Management Instrumentation, or WMI for short, is a very powerful and often under used technology. I am simply fascinated by how much you can accomplish using WMI. It is mostly intended for computer management tasks but it can be used for much more. Some examples include getting all kinds of computer information, managing system services and application. This article will cover a possible... http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/hey-wmi-where-can-i-print#comments .net coldfusion wmi http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/2011 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:09:13 -0400 1136 0 boyan http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-246156.jpg Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:09:13 -0400 boyan 2011 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/model-glue-tips-and-tricks Turn off automatic reloading of your application This will greatly reduce the time the application needs to process all request. This is the way I develop Model-Glue applications. In your Model-Glue configuration (the "modelGlueConfiguration" bean in ColdSpring.xml), look for the "reload" property and set it to false: <property... http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/model-glue-tips-and-tricks#comments coldfusion Model-Glue http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/1835 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:26:22 -0400 679 0 boyan http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-246156.jpg Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:26:22 -0400 boyan 1835 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/querying-file-system-coldfusio While looking for a solution of a different problem, I realized that SQL Server has a feature called extended stored procedures. Extended stored procedures, at least in SQL Server 2000, have to be written in C++ and compiled to a DLL. A good example of such a procedure is my previous article on Using Regular Expression in SQL Server. I am not going to get into how to write extended stored... http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/querying-file-system-coldfusio#comments coldfusion SQL Server http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/1785 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:10:16 -0400 1577 0 boyan http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-246156.jpg Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:10:16 -0400 boyan 1785 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/closing-404-gap-dynamic-page-g ColdFusion's new onMissingTemplate() function is a great addition to our toolbox, and mind blowingly useful for Dynamic Page Generation, but (as Ben Nadel notes) the problem of requiring a ColdFusion template to be requested in order to invoke the functionality has yet to be addressed. http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/closing-404-gap-dynamic-page-g#comments 404 coldfusion ColdFusion 8 Dynamic Page Generation FAQU how-to IIS onMissingTemplate http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/1570 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:12:29 -0400 2329 4 atuttle http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-273082.jpg Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:12:29 -0400 atuttle 1570 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/coldfusion-8s-image-functions- One of the new features in ColdFusion 8 is the ability to manipulate images using ColdFusion tags and functions. In addition to being to do generic image manipulations (like rotating, resizing, and cropping), you can also add text to an image using the ImageDrawText function, like in this example: http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/coldfusion-8s-image-functions-#comments coldfusion ColdFusion 8 image manipulation jQuery http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/1416 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:28:41 -0500 1253 2 bcswartz http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/themes/dzone/avatars/default_48.gif Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:28:41 -0500 bcswartz 1416 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/universal-package-tracking-col A while back, I was in need of a universal package tracking tool that is not specific to the carrier. Almost every carrier provides some kind of an API but it can be a pain to set up each one separately. Fortunately, I found a nifty tracking tool which is universal and can be leveraged through RSS. It works with UPS, FedEx, USPS, or DHL/AirBorne without having to specify which carrier you need.... http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/universal-package-tracking-col#comments http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/1151 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:19:52 -0500 696 0 boyan http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-246156.jpg Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:19:52 -0500 boyan 1151 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/get-all-form-fields-modelglue- If you are using the ModelGlue framework for your ColdFusion development, you know how to get variable values from the form/url scope. Assuming you are inside a controller method that takes the argument "event" of type "ModelGlue.Core.Event", ModelGlue makes this as simple as arguments.event.getValue("eventVariableName") http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/get-all-form-fields-modelglue-#comments coldfusion Model-Glue http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/1110 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:27:52 -0500 894 4 boyan http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-246156.jpg Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:27:52 -0500 boyan 1110 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/querying-active-directory-thro Integrating your application with Active Directory (or another LDAP based directory) is a common requirement in many business applications. Almost every language has a way to query LDAP but little known is the approach of integrating SQL Server with your LDAP controller. This quick article will guide you through setting up and using LDAP queries through SQL Server 2000 with Active Directory as... http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/querying-active-directory-thro#comments SQL Server t-sql http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/934 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:55:57 -0500 4858 3 boyan http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-246156.jpg Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:55:57 -0500 boyan 934 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/quick-tip-including-javascript While programming with Model-Glue, I find that I have to often include JavaScript files in each individual view. I most often do this for form validation but it could be for whatever other reason. http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/quick-tip-including-javascript#comments coldfusion javascript Model-Glue http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/798 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:48:45 -0500 1077 3 boyan http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-246156.jpg Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:48:45 -0500 boyan 798 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/who-uses-coldfusion Those who haven't used CFML often have the perception that it is a niche language or 'training wheels' for developers to get their feet wet with programming before moving on to a 'real' language.  What they fail to realize is that CFML is used to rapidly create powerful, easily maintainable, scalable enterprise level web applications.  Who uses ColdFusion?  Well, our very own Zone Leader Rey... http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/who-uses-coldfusion#comments coldfusion http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/792 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:04:00 -0500 892 1 cfsilence http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/files/avatars/picture-237287.jpg Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:04:00 -0500 cfsilence 792 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/what-function-called-my-functi I recently came across a question on the Adobe forums about being able to tell who called a certain function in a base component (the "super"). The first thing that came to mind was: is this even possible? The answer is: Yes of course it's possible! http://coldfusion.dzone.com/news/what-function-called-my-functi#comments coldfusion http://coldfusion.dzone.com/crss/node/789 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:37:23 -0500 496 0 ggilbert http://coldfusion.dzone.com/sites/all/themes/dzone/avatars/default_48.gif Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:37:23 -0500 ggilbert 789 at http://coldfusion.dzone.com