Vol: 7 Iss: 7 Read Back Issues

It's a Great Issue This Month, Even Better Issues on the Horizon! In addition to the XML and community articles I've mentioned, we also have some terrific articles about other topics. In the regular 'Macromedia Speaks Out' column, Tim Buntel introduces the ColdFusion Administrator API. This API is new in CFMX 7 and allows developers to programmatical... Aug. 17, 2005  Reads: 13,110

Using XML in ColdFusion, XML is 8 Years Old XML is over 8 years old. How many of you have been using it that long? (Feel free to raise your hand.) I don't see a lot of hands, which doesn't surprise me. However, I bet a lot of you have used XML without even knowing it. Aug. 17, 2005  Reads: 27,687

Solve Key Limitations With ColdFusion MX 7 Administrator API The ColdFusion Administrator is an extremely powerful and easy-to-use Web-based interface for managing your ColdFusion environment. It provides scores of pages to configure data sources, server settings, Web services, logging and debugging, and more. Aug. 15, 2005  Reads: 9,144

Études: Studies in Structures The life of a writer is sometimes a lonely one. After writing something, you send it out and aren't sure how it will be received. Last month was a happy change: I received a lot of feedback from my column introducing the idea of études. In the introduction to the series on études, we... Aug. 9, 2005  Reads: 16,264

The XPath Factor It's 3:00 P.M. on a sunny Saturday afternoon. The birds are chirping, the leaves are blowing, and you can hear the lake waters breaking on its rocky shores. The sounds of a baseball game randomly crack in the distance, and the roar of competition erupts on the basketball courts nearby. Aug. 9, 2005  Reads: 19,665

XML and cfcPowerTools CfcPowerTools is a web GUI for generating Cold Fusion Components (CFCs). I started working with CFCs when ColdFusion MX 6 was released. Like many developers, I was intrigued as to what CFCs are and how I can use them to be a better, more productive developer. I played with CFCs followi... Aug. 9, 2005  Reads: 13,567

Observed Benefits of the Unified Modeling Language Over the past 12 months, I have observed significant benefits using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) when developing Rich Internet Applications using Macromedia technology. Aug. 9, 2005  Reads: 15,765

Using Gateways PART 2 Part 1 in this series (CFDJ, Vol. 7, issue 5) discussed the options in the ColdFusion Administrator for configuring the event gateway facility in ColdFusion MX 7 and how to register new event gateway types. Aug. 9, 2005  Reads: 12,914

Playing With(in) the Rules In a book entitled Finite and Infinite Games in 1986, James P. Carse wrote 'Finite players play within the rules, infinite players play with the rules.' We play finite games every day, from checkers and chess to Yatzee and Monopoly. Finite games have a familiar pattern: a beginning, a ... Aug. 9, 2005  Reads: 17,079

July Was Busy for the ColdFusion Community! July was an exceptionally active month in the ColdFusion Community. First, the month began with the conclusion of the CFUnited Conference. Formerly known as 'CFUN,' CFUnited was a ColdFusion Conference the likes of which I haven't seen since the old DevCon days. Aug. 9, 2005  Reads: 10,471

Searching through your iTunes Library using ColdFusion Unless you've been stuck under a rock for the last five years you'll undoubtedly have noticed that XML is starting to become part and parcel in the software industry. In the past CSV, INI and fixed width files were the standard way to exchange information between systems. Aug. 9, 2005  Reads: 22,021

CFUNITED is still Fun The crowded auditorium was abuzz with anticipation. The snatches of conversation from around you were meaningless jargon to those not in the know. A hush fell over the crowd as the moment they were waiting for arrived - Ben Forta walking on stage. Okay, he's not rock star, but the clos... Aug. 9, 2005  Reads: 16,229