The syntax for calling Oracle (8.1 or higher)stored procedures which return reference cursors in Macromedia ColdFusion MX is different from that of previous versions of ColdFusion. A new tech note on this subject has been posted at...
Which web server technology powers the US Federal Government? Most Government sites are private and behind firewalls, but the public face of the .gov domain hold valuable clues. A search on Google looking for specific file extensions (use "allinurl:cfm site:.gov", for example) yields the following...
The new Flash Professional forms interface is a highly intuitive and usable alternative to the timeline that so many of us coders fear and loathe. Forms are screens that are displayed and hidden as needed, and forms are created and managed in a hierarchical tree view within Flash Professional. But...
Royale is the internal code name for an initiative at Macromedia that addresses the requirements of enterprise programmers who want to develop Rich Internet Applications. Or put differently, it's a whole new way to build great looking apps. The Royale team is now accepting applications for beta...
I'll be presenting at 5 user groups during the next two weeks (2 in the D.C. area, and 2 in Brazil). Details and links have been posted to my homepage.
I have long been a fan of "How Stuff Works" (http://www.howstuffworks.com/). When the book (also named "How Stuff Works", http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764565184/benfortascoldfus/) came out I bought it immediately and was not disappointed. Marshall Brain (yes, his real name) and his team...
I seem to be getting more and more questions like: "How can I get better Java support in CF4.5?" and "I need Web Service calls to timeout but am still using CFMX" and "I know CFMX6.1 has a better , but I am still at CF5", you get the idea. There are regular posts on cf-talk and other lists asking...
This one has nailed me several times this week, so ... The Flash MX 2004 DataGrid component allows for the browsing and editing of data, including data retrieved from ColdFusion (via Flash Remoting or SOAP). Data grids are typically populated by datasets (which in turn are populated using...
If you are using Web Service connectors in Flash MX 2004, then you will likely find yourself wanting to see the Web Service calls being made and raw data being returned to Flash. To dump this data to the output window, use the following line of code: _global.__dataLogger=new mx.data.binding.Log();
I've just finished reviewing all of the ColdFusion related MAX sessions, providing comments and critique where appropriate. I've been swamped the past few months, and was quite late in getting outline and draft feedback back to presenters, but I have finally caught up, and the presenters have been...