Several of you have discovered that ColdFusion XMPP gateway Google Talk bots have stopped working (those that have logged out and tried to log in again). It seems that Google Talk began requiring SASL PLAIN auth, and this is not yet supported by our XMPP gateway implementation. We are working with...
As soon as I mentioned the Google Talk CF Docs bot someone wanted to know if he could get to it using Yahoo IM. Well, why not? Here's what I did: Installed Zion Software's JBuddy-CF on my server Registered a new Yahoo IM account Created a gateway .cfg file for Yahoo IM Defined a new gateway...
Last week I mentioned that Google Talk was XMPP based, and that you could therefore write a Google Talk IM bot using ColdFusion. Well, I've now done just that. If you are a Google Talk user you can use cfdocs@gmail.com to do instant CFML lookups (tags and functions for now). Just type in the...
Sami Hoda of eCivis Inc wrote to let me know that his company is looking for an experienced ColdFusion developer in Pasadena, CA. Details are online .
ColdFusion Reporting generates reports in PDF, Flash Paper, and Excel formats. The most requested additional format is RTF (for use with Microsoft Word primarily), and (if all goes according to plan) we hope to add support for RTF reports in the ColdFusion MX 7 updater (codenamed "Merrimack").
Google has entered the IM space. If you are a Trillain Pro user, here are instructions for connecting to Google Talk using Trillian. FYI, Google Talk uses XMPP (as does Jabber), and so it'll be easy to create a ColdFusion event gateway to Google Talk.
CFEclipse 1.2 has been released. Details on the CFEclipse site.
Well, at least I think it is the first. Adedeji Olowe is a ColdFusion developers based in Nigeria, and he is blogging (using Ray Camden's blog.cfc ).
Investor's Business Daily's Investors.com is running an interview with Macromedia Chief Executive Stephen Elop regarding the planned Macromedia - Adobe merger. And yes, ColdFusion gets a mention (albeit a misspelled one).
"Merrimack" is the codename for the ColdFusion MX7 updater in beta right now. The updater adds support for additional Linux flavors, Oracle AS, Mac OSX and WebSphere ND. It also updates some of the 3rd party bits (thereby fixing some bugs) and properly exposes CFCProxy (used to invboke CFCs from...