ColdFusion and JRUN Hotfixes

There is a Security Update(hotfix) from Adobe for ColdFusion and JRun.
This has been released on August 17, 2009

Summary:
Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in ColdFusion v8.0.1 and
earlier versions, and JRun 4.0. These vulnerabilities could lead to
the potential compromise of user accounts or the affected system.

Affected software versions:
ColdFusion 8.0.1 and earlier versions
JRun 4.0

Download Here:

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-12.html

Introduction to CFBuilder

Here is a good article by Ben on CF Builder

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/cfbuilder_whatsnew.html

The CFBuilder Blog

Check out the CFBuilder Blog

http://blogs.adobe.com/cfbuilder/

ColdFusion Bugtracker

This publicly accessible bugtracker can be used to log bugs on
ColdFusion 9 and ColdFusion Builder:

ColdFusion 9
http://cfbugs.adobe.com/cfbugreport/flexbugui/cfbugtracker/main.html

CF Builder
http://cfbugs.adobe.com/bugreport/flexbugui/cfbugtracker/main.html

You should use your adobe id to login.

ColdFusion Builder (Bolt) Public Beta Released

Adobe® ColdFusion® Builder™ is the highly-anticipated first ColdFusion IDE offered by Adobe. Adobe ColdFusion Builder is an Eclipse based IDE for ColdFusion development that is deeply integrated with ColdFusion 9. Now you can manage your entire ColdFusion development cycle from concept to production all in one easy to use tool.

ColdFusion Builder is now available as part of public beta. Check out http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/coldfusionbuilder/

ColdFusion 9 Public Beta Released

ColdFusion 9 is now available as part of public beta.

Check out http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/coldfusion9/

Learn ColdFusion 8...

You can learn CF 8 from the Adobe CF Curriculum site.

http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/teach/cfcurriculum.html

This is a project-based curriculum is designed to teach experienced
web developers how to create dynamic, database-driven web applications
using ColdFusion 8.
Adobe has made available two courses:
1. Introduction to ColdFusion 8 -
http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/teach/coldfusion/Introduction_to_ColdFusion_8.pdf

2. Advanced ColdFusion 8 Development - This is divided into some 10 units.

Column Names Tip

Michael has a good tip here...

You can show the column names and corresponding values from any query
on any cfm page, without the cfdump table.

http://www.miuaiga.com/index.cfm/2009/3/17/Quick-output-of-variables-from-any-query-sans-cfdump

eUKhost.com Announces Coldfusion 8 Hosting

eUKhost.com has announced that it will be supporting Coldfusion 8 Hosting.

http://www.eukhost.com/coldfusion-hosting.php

The site says "With over 8 years experience in the web hosting
industry, a focus on excellent customer service and affordable web
hosting solutions, we now offer the best coldfusion hosting plans for
your ebusiness. Our Windows web hosting servers are running Coldfusion
MX 8, combined with SQL Server 2005 which provides web developers with
excellent high powered options they need for their Cold Fusion
development."

The eUKhost ColdFusion hosting includes:

* Industry leading Plesk Control Panel.
* Coldfusion MX 8, combined with SQL Server 2005
* 99.95% uptime guarantee, true 24x7x365 support.
* Flexible access. Unlimited FTP access and email accounts,
unlimited email forwarding.
* Easy upgrades. eUKhost's ColdFusion hosting lets you smoothly
upgrade plans anytime you wish to.
* Quick set-up of coldfusion hosting account.

Coldfusion 8 hosting plans - http://www.eukhost.com/windows-web-hosting.php

Bolt - The New ColdFusion IDE

Hi,

This is out!!! A new ColdFusion IDE has been announced at MAX 2008 in day 2 key note. This Eclipse based IDE for ColdFusion development has been codenamed as “Bolt”.

Features of Bolt

• Object Relational Mapping auto-configuration

• Application Code Generation

• Server management

• Easily extensible through the Eclipse framework

• CFML, HTML, Javascript, and CSS Syntax Highlighting

• Code assist for tags, functions, variables, and components

• Code folding

• Snippet creation and management

• Outline viewing

• RDS Explorer for files and databases

• Line-level Debugging

More features to come…

Join the Bolt Prerelease Program - http://www.adobe.com/go/boltprerelease

MAX 2008

MAX happens next week in San Francisco

 

When : Sunday November 16, 2008 to Wednesday November 19, 2008

 

Where:

Moscone Center

747 Howard Street
San Francisco, California 94103

 

More Details:

http://max.adobe.com/

 

http://www.adobemax08.com/

 

 

CFUnited 2009 Dates and Venue

The cfunited 2009 registration is open…

 

 

November 12, 2008 Announcing today CFUnited 2009 registration is open! August 11th, 2009 Pre-conference Classes August 12th-15th, 2009 Main event (repeat sessions on Saturday) Lansdowne Resort, Leesburg VA Visit the travel page for more information. The following early bird prices will expire December 31st. 4 Day Package ($849.00) Full registration includes Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Repeats on Saturday. Includes all materials, breakfast, breaks, lunch, and receptions. Free parking, airport transportation, and metro shuttle. Expo admission and general session included. 3 Day Package ($699.00) Registration includes Wednesday, Thursday, Friday only. Includes all materials, breakfast, breaks, lunch, and receptions. Free parking, airport transportation, and metro shuttle. Expo admission and general session included. Saturday Package ($399.00) Registration includes Saturday Repeats only. Includes all materials, breakfast, breaks, lunch, and receptions. Free parking, airport transportation, and metro shuttle. Saturday will have a smaller number of sponsor exhibits. There will not be a general session on Saturday. Subscribe to our blog to get updates on the latest CFUnited news.  We will be posting all the new topics, speakers, benefits and changes for 2009's event. You don't want to miss out on the extremely awesome things our team has come up with! We are in the process of updating a lot of information on the CFUnited website so please bear with us. - CFUnited Team

 

Security Update for ColdFusion 8

A security update for ColdFusion 8 has been released…

 

More details and download from here…

 

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-21.html

 

 

Flash Player 10 RC Build

The RC build for Flash Player 10 has been released.

You can download the it here…

download

 

What if you forget the ColdFusion Admin Password?

Imagine suppose you have forgotten the admin password and cannot log in to ColdFusion Administrator. Here is a solution for this, follow the below steps.

1. Make a backup copy of CF_HOME\lib\neo-security.xml file
   
   In case of multi-server editions, the path is:
   C:\JRun4\servers\cfusion\cfusion-ear\cfusion-war\WEB-INF\cfusion\lib\neo-security.xml
2. Open the neo-security.xml file in a text editor and change 'true' to 'false' for the admin.security.enabled variable tag. For example, search the file for "admin.security.enabled" and change the entry as follows:
   
   <var name='admin.security.enabled'><boolean value='false'/></var>
3. Restart the ColdFusion application server.

You should now be able to bypass the login to the ColdFusion administrator. You can reset the password by choosing Security > Administrator.

 

Imp Technote about "Flex Builder 2 RemoteObject calls to ColdFusion 8 CFCs"

Here is an important update on the adobe site.

http://www.adobe.com/go/kb404846

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Flex Builder 2 RemoteObject calls to ColdFusion 8 CFCs fail

Issue

You are unable to connect Adobe Flex Builder 2 RemoteObjects to Adobe ColdFusion 8 CFCs.

Reason

Flex Builder 2 projects containing RemoteObject calls to ColdFusion 8 fail to connect for the following reasons:

• You have not entered the proper compiler arguments which point to your ColdFusion 8's services-config.xml and or your ColdFusion server's context root.
• You have created your Flex Builder 2 project as a "ColdFusion Flash Remoting Service." This is not appropriate if you are connecting to ColdFusion 8 CFCs.
• You are using ColdFusion 8's embedded web server (typically running from port 8500) and you are trying to run your Flex project from within Flex Builder.
• You do not have your ColdFusion 8 CFCs located in your server's web root.

Solution

Create your Flex Builder 2 project

1. Create a "Basic" (e.g. XML or web service from PHP/JSP/ASP.NET) Flex project.
2. Change your project's Output folder to point to your web root (if using ColdFusion 8's embedded web server, use {cfusion8_root}/wwwroot/your_project_name).
3. Click Finish, right-click your project from the Navigator pane of Flex Builder 2, and then choose Properties.
4. In the Flex Compiler section, add the appropriate Additional Compiler Arguments. For example:
   
   -services=C:\ColdFusion8\wwwroot\WEB-INF\flex\services-config.xml -context-root=/ -locale en_US.
5. Click OK

Ensure ColdFusion 8 CFCs are setup properly

• If using ColdFusion 8's embedded web server, ensure you have you CFCs located somewhere beneath the {cfusion8_root}/wwwroot/ directory
• If using an external web server, ensure you have your CFCs located somewhere beneath your web server's web root, for example IIS is typically C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/
• Ensure the "source" attribute of your Flex Project's <mx:RemoteObject> is correct. If your CFC is located in /wwwroot/myCFC/someCFC.cfc, then your "source" entry would be "myCFC.someCFC".
• Ensure your database serving the data to your CFC is started and the ColdFusion 8 DSN is configured properly within ColdFusion Administrator

Run your Flex Application from the web root

• Compile your project, but instead of running it from Flex Builder 2, open a web browser and go to http://host_name/website_name/flex_app_name/flex_project_name.html.

TechNote Details

Last Update:	08-01-2008
ID:	kb404846
OS:	Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Windows Vista Windows XP
Permanent Link:	http://www.adobe.com/go/kb404846

 

Patch for Performance Monitor with ColdFusion 8.0.1

Here is a patch for Performance Monitor with ColdFusion 8.0.1

 

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb404026&sliceId=1

 

 

ColdFusion is 13 years and going strong...

ColdFusion is officially 13 years old today!

 

More here…

 

http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/7/10/Happy-13th-Birthday-ColdFusion

 

Determine the Version Information of ColdFusion 8

The CF8 version information:

CF Release	CF Version Number	JRun Build
8.0	8,0,0,176276	108487
8.0.1	8,0,1,195765	108673

 

Here is a TechNote with more details.

 

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb403823&sliceId=1

 

 

ColdFusion Docs on AIR

Here is an Adobe AIR application that brings the ColdFusion 8 documentation to your desktop which is surprising small, easy to use, extremely fast.

 

http://www.brianflove.com/public/CFDocsOnAIR/