Problems
How can ColdFusion generate an excel file?
Because recent Excel products support HTML table format, getting ColdFusion to generate and Excel fi...
How can I access/call functions in .Net classes?
As per the ColdFusion documentation, the <cfobject> tag can be used to access and use .Net cla...
How can I access/call functions in a C++ dll?
As per the ColdFusion documentation, the <cfobjec> tag can be used to create and manipulate Co...
How can I create page navigation that dynamically highlights the current page?
When displaying navigation to the user, it is a good idea to highlight the current page or section t...
How can I get user and Search Engine Friendly URLs?
Due to the dynamic nature of ColdFusion websites, you may find that some of your pages end up with a...
How can I tell the dimensions of an image in ColdFusion?
ColdFusion does not have native image support (i.e., the ability to manipulate images) although it h...
How can I use ColdFusion to check a mail account?
ColdFusion comes with a <cfpop> tag that allows you to both read and delete email from a POP b...
How do I create a vCard/ vCalender link and have it download to MS Outlook?
Use <cfcontent> and <cfheader> to set the appropriate MIME and header types, then includ...
How do I do a server-side relocation?
ColdFusion provides a tag to handle relocating the user, <cflocation>. This tag returns header...
How do I make a 301 redirect (permanently) from url1 to url2?
Permanently redirecting traffic using <cfheader> with statuscode="301" is the best way to ens...
How do I make a template pause(sleep)?
There is no native sleep or pause function in CFML. But with CFMX you can easily leverage Java and t...
How do I process CF code contained in a string (eg. text field in DB)?
Unfortunately CFMX 7 does not have a built-in feature to accomplish this task. You can how ever pul...
How do I programmatically create a new datasource?
The short answer is to use the Coldfusion Administrator API.
The following is taken directly from...
How Do I Send An Email To Multiple Recipients Without All Email Addresses Being Listed in the To Line?
Use the query attribute of the <cfmail> tag. Doing this will iterate once over the cfmail tag...