Installing and Using ColdFusion MX

Installing and Using ColdFusion MX is intended for anyone who needs to install and configure ColdFusion MX 7.

This book contains the following chapters:

• Introduction
• Preparing to Install ColdFusion MX 7
• Installing the Server Configuration
• Installing the Multiserver Configuration
• Installing the J2EE Configuration
• Configuring Your System
• Troubleshooting

Getting Started Building ColdFusion MX Applications

Getting Started Building ColdFusion MX 7 Applications is intended for anyone who needs to begin programming in the ColdFusion MX 7 development environment. This book includes a tutorial, which uses supporting files that are installed if you chose to install example applications. If you did not install the ColdFusion MX 7 example applications, you can download the tutorial files from the ColdFusion Support center on the Macromedia website.

This book contains the following chapters:

• Introduction
• Introducing ColdFusion MX
• CFML Basics
• Database Fundamentals
• Lesson 1: Preparing to Build the Sample Application
• Lesson 2: Configuring Your Development Environment
• Lesson 3: Retrieving Data
• Lesson 4: Building Dynamic Queries
• Lesson 5: Creating a Trip Detail Page
• Lesson 6: Creating a Main Application Page
• Lesson 7: Validating Data to Enforce Business Rules
• Lesson 8: Implementing Browsing and Searching
• Lesson 9: Enabling Database Maintenance
• Lesson 10: Restricting Access to ColdFusion Applications

Developing ColdFusion MX Applications

Developing ColdFusion MX 7 Applications provides the tools needed to develop Internet applications using Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7. This book is intended for web application programmers who are learning ColdFusion MX 7 or wish to extended their ColdFusion MX 7 programming knowledge. It provides a solid grounding in the tools that ColdFusion MX 7 provides to develop web applications.

Because of the power and flexibility of ColdFusion MX 7, you can create many different types of web applications of varying complexity. As you become more familiar with the material presented in this manual, and begin to develop your own applications, you will want to refer to CFML Reference for details about various tags and functions.

This book contains the following chapters:

• About ColdFusion MX Documentation
• Introducing ColdFusion MX
• Elements of CFML
• Using ColdFusion Variables
• Using Expressions and Number Signs
• Using Arrays and Structures
• Extending ColdFusion Pages with CFML Scripting
• Using Regular Expressions in Functions
• Creating ColdFusion Elements
• Writing and Calling User-Defined Functions
• Building and Using ColdFusion Components
• Creating and Using Custom CFML Tags
• Building Custom CFXAPI Tags
• Designing and Optimizing a ColdFusion Application
• Handling Errors
• Using Persistent Data and Locking
• Securing Applications
• Developing Globalized Applications
• Debugging and Troubleshooting Applications
• Introduction to Databases and SQL
• Accessing and Retrieving Data
• Updating Your Database
• Using Query of Queries
• Managing LDAP Directories
• Building a Search Interface
• Using Verity Search Expressions
• Introduction to Retrieving and Formatting Data
• Building Dynamic Forms with cfform Tags
• Validating Data
• Creating Forms in Macromedia Flash
• Creating Skinnable XML Forms
• Creating Charts and Graphs
• Creating Reports for Printing
• Using the Flash Remoting Service
• Using Server-Side ActionScript
• Using XML and WDDX
• Using Web Services
• Integrating J2EE and Java Elements in CFML Applications
• Integrating COM and CORBA Objects in CFML Applications
• Sending and Receiving E-Mail
• Interacting with Remote Servers
• Managing Files on the Server
• Using Event Gateways
• Using the Instant Messaging Event Gateways
• Using the SMS Event Gateway
• Creating Custom Event Gateways

CFML Reference

CFML Reference is your primary ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) reference. Use this book to learn about CFML tags and functions, ColdFusion expressions, and using JavaScript objects for WDDX in Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7. It also provides detailed references for Java and C++ CFX interfaces.

This book contains the following chapters:

• Introduction
• Reserved Words and Variables
• ColdFusion Tags
• ColdFusion Functions
• ColdFusion MX Flash Form Style Reference
• Application.CFC Reference
• ColdFusion MX Event Gateway Reference
• ColdFusion C++ CFX Reference
• ColdFusion Java CFX Reference

Configuring and Administering ColdFusion MX

Configuring and Administering ColdFusion MX 7 is intended for anyone who needs to configure and manage their ColdFusion development environment.

This book contains the following chapters:

• Introduction
• Administering ColdFusion MX
• Using the ColdFusion MX Administrator
• Data Source Management
• Web Server Management
• Deploying ColdFusion Applications
• Administering Security
• Using Multiple Server Instances
• Introducing Verity and Verity Tools
• Indexing Collections with Verity Spider
• Using Verity Utilities