The Many Faces of ColdFusion

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The Many Faces of ColdFusion

• AdvancedGroup.netTom Frey
• tom_at_asdc.net

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Overview

• Who am I ?
• What can you do with ColdFusion
• Lessons Helpful Hints

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AdvancedGroup.net

• Network, Software, and Design Company
• Since 1976 (PB Computer Services)
• Customers
• Large Corporations
• Small Businesses
• ColdFusion since 1996 version 2.0
• Over 100 sites built using CF
• CFX_Excel
• Partnerships F-Secure, New Atlanta

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What can you do with CF?

• Content Management
• Mass Mailings
• ECommerce
• File Sharing
• Software Distribution Management
• Data Warehousing
• Surveys
• Event Calendars
• Portals
• Client Server Variations

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Standard Methodology

• NetObjects Fusion www.netobjects.com
• ColdFusion Studio
• StoreSafe

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Standard Modules

• Security
• Mailer
• Content Managed Pages
• Dump to Excel

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Code Snippets

• ColdFusion JavaScript
• Date Drop downs
• Check List (check boxes in a list box)
• Multi formatted Email (HTML Plain Text)
• CFHEADER/CFCONTENT
• Passing Form Fields from page to page
• Query to table
• Validation dates, numeric, email, credit card,
  money

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New Technologies

• DHTML
• Web Services