Ben Forta Director of Platform Evangelism Adobe Systems, Inc.

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Ben Forta
Director of Platform Evangelism
Adobe Systems, Inc.
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ColdFusion 8 Is All About ...
Developer
Productivity
Integration
Improved Management
and Administration
2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved.
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Developer Productivity
Developer
Productivity
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Image Manipulation

New <CFIMAGE> tag used to perform image manipulation

High level ACTIONs

Over 50 new Image functions:

BORDER, CAPTCHA, CONVERT, INFO, READ, RESIZE, ROTATE, WRITE,
WRITETOBROWSER
E.g. ImageDrawRect(), ImageNew(), ImageOverlay(), ImageSetDrawingColor()
Supporting functions:

IsImage() function

ImageGetBlob() returns an image as a blob suitable for storing in a database

GetReadableImageFormats() and GetWriteableImageFormats()
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AJAX Support

Simplify CFC invocation from AJAX

JSON to simplify data consumption

New JSON functions : SerializeJSON(), DeSerializeJSON(), IsJSON()
AJAX Wizard
AJAX UI Components

Create a library of rich controls you can use in your html pages

Using DHTML and AJAX technologies

Cross browser support

Extensible and skinable

Sample Controls

Rich Grid using <CFGRID>

Rich Tree using <CFTREE>

Able to make calls back to the server to get tree children
Dual Select Lists using <CFSELECT>

Support items such paging, sorting, and filtering in the grid
Populate one select list based on the selection of another
Auto-Suggest combo-box using <CFSELECT>

Will generate list of suggestions, based on what the user has entered so far.

Support a drop down of options, or auto-complete.
Calendars and Date Pickers
Improved File I/O

New functions to simplify file i/o operations

FileClose(), FileCopy(), FileDelete(), FileIsEOF(), FileMove(), FileOpen(),
FileRead(), FileReadBinary(), FileReadLine(), FileSetAccessMode(),
FileSetAttribute(), FileSetLastModified(), FileWrite(), FileWriteLine()
<cfloop> can now loop through files incrementally:

<cfloop file=“” index=“chars” characters=“100” …>
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ZIP File Support

<CFZIP> for ZIP and JAR file manipulation

DELETE

LIST

READ

READBINARY

UNZIP

ZIP
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Thread Manipulation

<CFTHREAD> can be used to create and manage threads

RUN, JOIN, SLEEP, TERMINATE
Thread exposed metadata

ELAPSEDTIME, ERROR, NAME, OUTPUT, PRIORITY, STARTTIME, STATUS
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<CFDOCUMENT> Enhancements

Support for bookmarks and bookmark hierarchies, and more

TOTALPAGECOUNT and CURRENTPAGENUMBER
can now be used within CFML expressions

Support for section page counts
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Reporting Enhancements

Templates

Stylesheets

Design your corporate template to be used from within the wizards or to
be applied to an existing report (design-time templates)
Using CSS define the colors and font styles of your report at runtime (via
the <CFREPORT> tag
Conditional Formatting

Format data depending on its value (or any other criteria)

Multiple Bands for the same layout area using Print When Expressions,
conditionally include different header or detail bands in your report
Output to HTML and XML

A single reporting template for printing and web viewing
Server Side Printing

<CFPRINT> tag prints PDF files to a specified printer

Can send content to local or network printers (list of available printers
is displayed in CF Admin)

Provides control over size, rotation, fidelity, color, number of copies,
as well as printer specific options
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CFC Interfaces

Create object interface definitions

<CFINTERFACE> used in a CFC which can only contain
<CFFUNCTION> and <CFARGUMENT> tags

IsInstanceOf() can be used to check if an object is an instance
of a specific interface

onMissingMethod() handles any method call which do not exist
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Database Enhancements

New database drivers

Adds support for SQL Server 2005, Oracle 10g, Sybase ASE15,
MySQL 4 & 5, PostgreSQL 8, and more

Additional database driver level logging

Nested <CFTRANSACTION> tags

New <CFDBINFO> tag, used to obtain:

Tables in a data source

Table columns

Version information

Index, PK, and FK details

Stored procedure details
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Debugger

New Eclipse based ColdFusion Debugger

Step through debugging

Access to variables

Breakpoints

Local and remote debugging

Supports multiple concurrent debug sessions

Debug sessions can be initiated outside of Eclipse
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Attribute Collections

Attribute Collections can be used to simplify working with tag attributes

Before:

<CFQUERY NAME=“myQuery”
DATASOURCE=“myDSN”
CACHEDWITHIN=“#CreateTimeSpan(0,1,0,0)#”>
…
</CFQUERY>
After:

<CFSET args=StructNew()>
<CFSET args.name=“myQuery”>
<CFSET args.datasource=“myDSN”>
<CFSET args.cachedwithin=CreateTimeSpan(0,1,0,0)>
<CFQUERY ATTRIBUTECOLLECTION=“#args#”>
…
</CFQUERY>
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Implicit Array Creation

Implicitly create arrays (single dimensional)

Before:

<CFSET myArray=ArrayNew(1)>
<CFSET ArrayAppend(myArray, “Adam”)>
<CFSET ArrayAppend(myArray, “Ben”)>
<CFSET ArrayAppend(myArray, “Tim”)>
After:

<CFSET myArray=[“Adam”,“Ben”,“Tim”]>
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Implicit Structure Creation

Implicitly create structures

Before:

<CFSET myStruct=StructNew()>
<CFSET myStruct.product=“ColdFusion”>
<CFSET myStruct.version=8>
After:

<CFSET myStruct={product=“ColdFusion”, version=8}>
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Use JavaScript Operators

In all CFML expressions:

++, --, %, +=, -=, *=, /=, %=, &&, ||, !
In <CFSCRIPT>

==, !=, <, <=, >, >=
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Miscellaneous

<CFSTOREDPROC> now supports caching (CACHEDWITHIN
and CACHEDAFTER)

Query caching now works when using <CFQUERYPARAM>

<CFFTP> now supports SFTP

Built-in FIPS compliant encryption with CFENCRYPT()

CFCs now serialize properly (will replicate correctly)
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Performance Gains

Significant performance gains!

5-8x faster object creation (<CFOBJECT> and CreateObject())

Nearly all aspects of the server optimized

File / Directory Operations

Lots of built-in functions

… much more!
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Productivity
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Integration
Integration
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.NET Integration

<CFOBJECT> and CreateObject() now support the invocation
of .NET assemblies

Local or remote

Remote requires a .NET proxy

No code changes required to .NET assemblies

Automatic conversions of common data types

Arrays, Structures, etc…

.NET DataTables Æ ColdFusion Queries
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Microsoft Exchange Integration

Microsoft Exchange client tags (not Windows specific)

Supports Mail, Calendar, Contact, and Task

<CFEXCHANGECALENDAR> (includes supports recurring events and
responses)

<CFEXCHANGEMAIL> (only get and delete are supported)

<CFEXCHANGETASK>
Full control over connections and filters

<CFEXCHANGECONNECTION> opens a new
connection

Access to subfolders
<CFEXCHANGEFILTER> used to specify GET
filters
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Open connection
<CFEXCHANGECONNECTION
server=“10.192.16.56”
username=“testUser”
password=“mypassword”
connection=“con1”>

Example: Get calendar events for a day
<CFEXCHANGECALENDAR action=“get”
connection=“con1”
name=“calQuery”>
<CFEXCHANGEFILTER name=“MaxRows” value=“10”>
<CFEXCHANGEFILTER name=“StartTime”
from=“7/23/2006 8:00 AM”
to=“7/23/2006 6:00 PM”>
</CFEXCHANGECALENDAR>

Create Calendar Event
<CFSCRIPT>
event.StartTime = “7/18/2006 11:00 AM”;
event.EndTime = “7/18/20006 11:30 AM”;
event.Subject = “Discuss CFExchange”;
event.Message = “Feature discussion and demo”;
event.Location = “Room1”;
event.RequiredAttendees = “user1@adobe.com”;
event.OptionalAttendees = “user3@adobe.com”;
event.RecurrenceType = “Daily”;
event.RecurrenceEndDate = “7/24/2006 11:30 AM”;
</CFSCRIPT>
<CFEXCHANGECALENDAR ACTION=“CREATE”
CONNECTION= “con1”
EVENT=“#event#”>
On-Demand Presentations

<CFPRESENTATION> creates Acrobat Connect presentations
on-the-fly, without needing access to a Connect server

Output is SWF, complete with content tabs and audio controls and more

Pages can be HTML, SWF, or any body content

<CFPRESENTATIONSLIDE> defines specific slides within a
presentation

<CFPRESENTER> defines presenters (which can then be
associated with specific slides)
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LiveCycle Data Services

Improved Data Services integration

Single installer for both ColdFusion and LCDS

Integrated installation improves performance, no need for RMI
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Content Syndication

<CFFEED> tag supports RSS and ATOM

Consume feeds and return standard queries

Simply generate RSS and ATOM content
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PDF Manipulation

<CFPDF> (and related tags) tag used to:

Obtain PDF file metadata

Extract pages from PDF files

Merge PDF files

Encrypt PDF files (Sign/Verify)

Protect PDF files (Password)

Create Page Thumbnail

Flatten PDF files

Execute DDX instruction sets
<CFPDF>
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PDF Form Manipulation

<CFPDFFORM> tag used to:

Populate PDF forms (AcroForms and XML based forms) with CF data

Extract data from a filled PDF form

<CFPDFFORMPARAM> used to pass values to a form

<CFPDFSUBFORM> used to manipulate nested forms
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Developer
Productivity
Integration
Improved Management
and Administration
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Improved Management and Administration
Improved Management
and Administration
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Server Monitoring

Peek into the ColdFusion “Black Box”

Take server snapshots

Save the server state for future reference
Define alerts

See activity, requests, usage details, load, and more
Set threshold values for memory usage, average
response time, thread count, and more.
Sophisticated Flex based UI

Can build own interface using
Server Monitoring API
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User Based Administration And RDS

Define multiple user accounts and
specify which ColdFusion
Administrator pages each has access
to

Permissions extend to the Admin API
User accounts can also be tied to
RDS, associating users
with specific sandboxes

Users will only have access to whatever is
exposed in their associated sandbox
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Per Application Settings

Support per application mappings

Per application mappings

Custom Tag paths
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Platform Support
OS

Windows 2000, 2003, Vista
2000 Pro and XP (Development)
Red Hat Linux AS & ES 3.0 & 4.0
SuSE Linux Enterprise 8, 9
TurboLinux J
Solaris 8, 9, 10
AIX 5L v5.1, v5.2, v5.3
Apple Mac OS
Apple Mac OS X on Intel
JVM

64-bit Support (Solaris)
JDK 1.5 & JDK 1.6 (default)
Application Servers

Macromedia JRun
BEA WebLogic Server 7, 8.1, 9.0
Oracle AS 8i, 9i, 10g
IBM WebSphere 4, 5.x, 6.0
JBoss Application Server 5.x
Virtualization

VMWare & MS Virtual Server
ColdFusion 8, Available Now!
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