Macromedia has created a hot fix for Verity so as to support additional versions of Linux. Verity is now supported with ColdFusion MX 6.1 on the following Linux versions: Red Hat (7.2, 7.3, 8, 9), Red Hat AS (2.1, 3.0), Red Hat ES (2.1, 3.0), Suse (7.2, 7.3, 8.0). The HotFix is downloadable from...
Dave Gruber, Tim Buntel, and I will be co-hosting the ColdFusion MacroChat today at 3:00 PM Eastern (12:00 PM Pacific, 8:00 PM UK, 9:00 PM Europe). No specific topic, as long as it is CF related it is fair game. So bring your questions, comments, suggestions, whatever to...
South African IT publication, ITWeb, is running a story on a large call center application created for Benefit Recover Services. As per the description, "The call centre, which deals with a large number of pension funds, required a system that would allow operators to locate and contact people,...
Ray's newest article is up on the Macromedia Dev Center (see http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/coldfusion/articles/updating_legacy.html). If you are still using ColdFusion 5 (or 4.x), and are considering an upgrade to CFMX, then be sure to read this one. Even if you are already running CFMX, this...
Several months ago I posted an entry about changing the JRun JRE (http://www.forta.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=e&entry=1026). A couple of users have asked me how to change the ColdFusion JRE if using ColdFusion in standalone server mode (with embedded JRun). The instructions are actually, the same,...
Life is good in CF land. We're working hard on what will be one of the most exciting ColdFusion upgrades ever. ColdFusion sales continue to climb. ColdFusion team members have been making a point of visiting (and posting to) the forums and major discussion list. We've been sending speakers to...
Macromedia today announced the immediate availability of solution accelerators for Macromedia Breeze that enable enterprise developers to fully leverage Breeze as an integral part of their existing IT infrastructure. The accelerators consist of sample code and documentation that allow developers to...
Macromedia is celebrating our customer community by hosting Community Week, May 17-21, an opportunity to learn, network and interact with Macromedia product managers and our customer community. Go to http://www.macromedia.com/community for more information.
I mentioned this application in the MAX 2003 opening keynote, but this is the first reference to it that I have seen in print (or e-print). Government Computer News (GCN) is running a story on E-Tran, an application that will let the SBA (Small Business Administration) approve loan applications...
We have publicly stated that ColdFusion "Blackstone" will provide a way to generate printable output. I first mentioned this at MAX 2003, and both Tim Buntel and I have publicly demonstrated PDF generation prototypes as well. But we have made no public statement about the planned print formats, and...