A blog for ColdFusion and other topics http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm In case you haven't already discovered them yet, Macromedia has made available a <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/downloads/">HomeSite + CFMX 7 Updater</a>. The updater contains tag definitions and help files for the new CFMX 7... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=EF19BBF2-CA8C-2242-AB82ECF6FAA75C3E 2005-02-07T18:12:00-05:00 ColdFusion,Homesite + This one seems to have slipped under the radar, as I couldn't find any other blog references to it... Developer Resource Kit 10 (DRK 10) is now available (has been since 1/27/05). Macromedia recently <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/software/dr... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=ED7D94EC-C981-1B6D-8C356A2CA4BDDFA1 2005-02-07T10:34:00-05:00 ColdFusion It's official, <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/">Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7.0</a> has been officially released. I'll blog much more regarding the new featues/functionality when I get over the Philadelphis Eagles Superbowl loss... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=EB187217-9233-AC81-79A6A06FCA960DA1 2005-02-06T23:32:00-05:00 Announcements,ColdFusion <a href="http://www.cfczone.org">www.CFCZone.org</a> has moved to a new host. We're now running the site on an excellent server provided by <a href="http://www.cfxhosting.com">CFXHosting</a>. If you're still seeing the Mindtool banner at the bottom of ... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=BCFFDE14-0098-9B52-1729812BBEC76ED5 2005-01-29T00:39:00-05:00 Announcements I spent the time between Christmas and New Years back in Delaware this year, visiting with friends and family. I was hoping to make it a computer free "vacation", but we had some pretty serious Sarbanes Oxley related activities going on at work, and... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=3ED19576-A163-2CD3-FF38F024477319B7 2005-01-04T09:31:00-05:00 Misc My wife has been getting pretty jealous of my iPod lately (4th gen, 40GB ). That jealous look she's shot me more than once while we were traveling somewhere, me with my headphones on oblivious to the fact that she was bored out of her mind, convince... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=00D31F05-A611-E241-2EFE15B3496042B6 2004-12-23T08:38:00-05:00 Music Adam and David Churvis over at <a href="http://www.productivityenhancement.com">Productivity Enhancements</a> have released the public beta of <a href="http://www.productivityenhancement.com/News.cfm?id=PlumV10PublicBetaReleased">Plum</a>, a RAD too... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=8A2C090C-C6EE-2A82-0320BAF9DFB87B6B 2004-11-30T07:34:00-05:00 ColdFusion Recently, I upgraded the last of the CFMX 6.0 systems here at my company to CFMX 6.1. I ran into a small problem after the upgrade where the ODBC Server and ODBC Agent services, used by ColdFusion to allow connections to ODBC datasources would not s... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=47435700-E89C-940C-450095AE551D78A0 2004-11-17T07:53:00-05:00 ColdFusion Last week, I was updating our disaster recovery plan for our public website and ran into an interesting "problem" with recovering ColdFusion. As part of our planning, we regularly go off-site to our disaster recovery provider's facility and bring up... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=3D00CB50-D6A4-3FDE-6266BCCDB7C11245 2004-11-15T08:02:00-05:00 ColdFusion It's official, Firefox 1.0 is now available for <a href="http://www.mozilla.org">download</a>. If you haven't tried Firefox yet, you really should. It's tabbed browsing and RSS integration features alone make it worth the switch from IE. That, and... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=1E235AD1-C57D-F157-B2E673C103CDAB45 2004-11-09T08:17:00-05:00 Mozilla I've been getting asked quite a bit lately about using Design Patterns in ColdFusion. It seems that a lot more people are reading up on them, but are often having a more difficult time figuring out both how and when to actually implement them within... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=199625AA-A36C-8B2D-3FCA85395D0C93C6 2004-11-08T11:07:00-05:00 ColdFusion Now that Evet Gateways have officially gotten more coverage (ala MAX), we in the ColdFusion community need to start thinking about the possibilities they open. By piecing together everything we heard at MAX surrounding gateways, we know that Blackst... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=148218CD-0758-FCCC-9EF7FC12CFE7C339 2004-11-07T11:13:00-05:00 ColdFusion I didn't get a chance to blog this yesterday because my wireless connection in the auditorium wouldn't stay up. That, and the demo machine blue screened, so Damon Cooper had to basically just tell us what the sneak would have been, rather than demoi... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=05796354-9096-1BE6-87CCD5798863A2DF 2004-11-04T13:20:00-05:00 ColdFusion,MAX MAX 2004 is winding down with only a few hours left to go. Time for a little reflection and some thoughts for next year. Macromedia consistently puts on one of the best conferences I've been to. While it's true that some things go more smoothly ... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=057339F0-E18D-F159-A572F3810C91C19F 2004-11-04T13:01:00-05:00 MAX Dreamweaver: <ul> <li>Template driven design using XML/XSL <li>Binding with XSL stylesheets <li>Code Toolbar ala Homesite <li>Drag and drop XML/XLS, including repeating regions <li>Code collapse ala Homesite (4 years ago ;-) <li>New zoom too... http://www.cfczone.org/blogs/rob/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=01060C30-A1E8-AF50-FF5E69899E87427E 2004-11-03T16:22:00-05:00 MAX,Dreamweaver